Table 10.
The percentage of F1 apple hybrids that showed the analyzed traits expressed at an optimal level for selection.
| Traits | Type of Hybridization | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct | Testcross Using as Tester: | |||||
| Feleac | Mutsu | Ancuţa | Prima | Starkrimson | ||
| High eating taste | 4.6 | 9.2 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 1.4 |
| Large fruits | 22.5 | 32.7 | 21.4 | 30.5 | 22.7 | 22.9 |
| Tolerance to scab | 76.6 | 66.9 | 57.8 | 59.3 | 76.0 | 77.1 |
| Tolerance to powdery mildew | 17.9 | 25.0 | 22.2 | 23.7 | 45.4 | 25.7 |
| High number of fruits per tree | 10.6 | 13.5 | 14.3 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 8.6 |
| Winter ripe of fruits | 20.6 | 32.0 | 26.2 | 34.6 | 25.3 | 37.1 |
| Weak vigor (as trunk section, TCSA) | 16.5 | 10.5 | 30.4 | 18.8 | 2.7 | 5.7 |
| Weak vigor (as tree height) | 27.0 | 4.8 | 32.6 | 15.9 | 4.0 | 11.5 |