Table A3.
Fruit ripening time expressed as the number of days required from the beginning of flowering to optimal fruit consumption maturity and fruit taste in F1 apple hybrids in the offspring of testcross hybridization with the five cultivars used as paternal testers.
| Nr. | Maternal Parent (♀) * | Fruit ripening Time (Days) ** | Fruit Taste *** | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SEM | Sign. | CV% | Mean ± SEM | Sign. | CV% | ||
| Paternal Tester: Feleac (w) (♂) | |||||||
| 1 | X–17–19 (s) | 150.0 ± 1.4 | bc | 20.0 | 6.0 ± 1.3 | – | 70.7 |
| 2 | X–5–71 (a) | 180.0 ± 15.8 | ab | 19.2 | 4.0 ± 1.1 | – | 57.7 |
| 3 | X–3–8 (a) | 153.3 ± 9.7 | bc | 35.9 | 4.4 ± 0.9 | – | 49.8 |
| 4 | III–VI–5–26 (a) | 210.4 ± 16.5 | a | 11.3 | 6.0 ± 0.7 | – | 38.5 |
| 5 | DSF 3/86 (a) | 180.0 ± 12.3 | ab | 17.6 | 6.0 ± 1.2 | – | 33.3 |
| 6 | DSF 3/80 (a) | 156.7 ± 11.5 | bc | 12.8 | 5.3 ± 1.8 | – | 29.2 |
| 7 | DSF 7/68 (a) | 181.4 ± 15.1 | ab | 16.9 | 6.0 ± 1.3 | – | 21.6 |
| 8 | X–9–69 (a) | 167.1 ± 9.2 | bc | 17.5 | 5.2 ± 0.6 | – | 64.4 |
| 9 | X–9–19 (a) | 174.0 ± 13.8 | abc | 18.9 | 5.3 ± 0.5 | – | 30.6 |
| 10 | X–9–70 (a) | 162.0 ± 14.1 | bc | 15.6 | 6.0 ± 1.3 | – | 31.4 |
| 11 | Ardelean (a) | 142.7 ± 7.8 | c | 28.6 | 6.5 ± 2.1 | – | 21.0 |
| 12 | Prima (a) | 165.0 ± 10.6 | bc | 6.8 | 6.8 ± 1.6 | – | 26.3 |
| 13 | Roşu de Cluj (w) | 165.0 ± 12.5 | bc | 6.0 | 6.0 ± 1.1 | – | 54.4 |
| Mean (Feleac ♂) | 168.3 | 5.7 | Ftest = n.s | ||||
| Paternal Tester: Mutsu (w) ( ♂) | |||||||
| 1 | 218/2 (s) | 150.0 ± 12.6 | a | 13.3 | 6.0 ± 1.4 | a | 20.0 |
| 2 | X–13–10 (a) | 150.0 ± 10.2 | a | 12.7 | 4.0 ± 1.1 | b | 76.9 |
| 3 | X–6–73 (a) | 170.0 ± 16.1 | a | 18.2 | 6.0 ± 2.1 | a | 12.6 |
| 4 | DSF 3/70 (a) | 161.7 ± 11.8 | a | 26.1 | 6.0 ± 1.9 | a | 14.0 |
| 5 | X–6–64 (a) | 110.0 ± 9.7 | b | 20.3 | 4.4 ± 1.4 | ab | 64.4 |
| 6 | X–5–71 (a) | 151.7 ± 14.1 | a | 19.2 | 4.0 ± 0.9 | b | 73.0 |
| 7 | Aromat de vară (s) | 174.0 ± 12.3 | a | 18.9 | 5.2 ± 1.2 | ab | 34.4 |
| 8 | Ancuţa (w) | 172.5 ± 15.4 | a | 18 | 4.8 ± 0.7 | ab | 39.8 |
| Mean (Mutsu ♂) | 155.0 | 5.1 | |||||
| Paternal Tester: Ancuța (w) ( ♂) | |||||||
| 1 | X–17–16 (s) | 156.7 ± 12.4 | bcd | 12.8 | 4.6 ± 0.6 | b | 42.8 |
| 2 | X–21–20 (s) | 180.0 ± 15.1 | abc | 17.8 | 4.5 ± 1.1 | b | 38.0 |
| 3 | DSF 5/67 (a) | 170.0 ± 13.2 | abcd | 17.4 | 5.6 ± 2.1 | ab | 20.4 |
| 4 | DSF 7/68 (a) | 186.0 ± 17.7 | ab | 17.7 | 6.0 ± 0.9 | ab | 23.6 |
| 5 | DSF 3/41 (a) | 158.6 ± 16.3 | bcd | 14.3 | 6.0 ± 0.8 | ab | 19.2 |
| 6 | X–6–3 (a) | 180.0 ± 19.1 | abc | 17.2 | 6.0 ± 1.3 | ab | 12.2 |
| 7 | DSF 3/80 (a) | 200.8 ± 16.9 | a | 11.2 | 4.7 ± 0.7 | b | 40.3 |
| 8 | DSF 5/22 (a) | 162.0 ± 11.8 | bcd | 16.6 | 6.0 ± 0.4 | ab | 23.6 |
| 9 | X–9–69 (a) | 150.0 ± 13.6 | cd | 10.8 | 7.0 ± 1.7 | a | 25.8 |
| 10 | X–13–63 (a) | 170.0 ± 15.5 | abcd | 18.2 | 5.3 ± 1.3 | b | 30.6 |
| 11 | X–9–70 (a) | 168.2 ± 21.8 | abcd | 26.2 | 6.0 ± 2.1 | ab | 14.9 |
| 12 | X–5–71 (a) | 172.5 ± 17.4 | abc | 18.0 | 4.5 ± 1.3 | b | 46.0 |
| 13 | X–6–73 (a) | 174.0 ± 13.3 | abc | 18.9 | 5.2 ± 0.9 | b | 34.4 |
| 14 | Aromat de vară (s) | 148.6 ± 11.1 | cd | 26.9 | 5.0 ± 1.4 | b | 36.2 |
| 15 | Ardelean (a) | 140.0 ± 9.7 | d | 32.6 | 5.2 ± 0.7 | b | 32.4 |
| 16 | Golden Delicious (w) | 167.1 ± 16.3 | bcd | 17.5 | 6.0 ± 1.2 | ab | 21.1 |
| 17 | Roșu de Cluj (w) | 165.0 ± 14.9 | bcd | 18.2 | 6.0 ± 0.8 | ab | 38.5 |
| 18 | Starkrimson (w) | 165.2 ± 12.2 | bcd | 15.7 | 5.2 ± 0.5 | b | 23.1 |
| Mean (Ancuța ♂) | 167.5 | 5.5 | |||||
| Paternal Tester: Prima (a) ( ♂) | |||||||
| 1 | X–21–20 (a) | 177.3 ± 14.2 | a | 17.1 | 2.4 ± 0.7 | c | 49.5 |
| 2 | X–6–24 (a) | 159.2 ± 16.6 | abc | 14.2 | 6.0 ± 0.8 | ab | 6.8 |
| 3 | X–5–65 (a) | 144.4 ± 9.8 | bc | 16.5 | 6.9 ± 1.2 | a | 25.6 |
| 4 | X–5–52 (a) | 147.5 ± 10.6 | abc | 13.4 | 5.8 ± 0.5 | b | 8.7 |
| 5 | X–1–20 (a) | 152.5 ± 13.3 | abc | 13.3 | 6.3 ± 0.7 | ab | 8.0 |
| 6 | X–13–10 (a) | 137.5 ± 12.8 | c | 18.2 | 7.0 ± 1.8 | a | 28.6 |
| 7 | Ardelean (a) | 164.4 ± 13.5 | ab | 23.0 | 6.0 ± 2.1 | ab | 17.8 |
| Mean (Prima ♂) | 154.7 | 5.8 | |||||
| Paternal Tester: Starkrimson (w) ( ♂) | |||||||
| 1 | 218/2 (s) | 150.0 ± 14.7 | d | 9.6 | 6.0 ± 0.8 | a | 8.9 |
| 2 | III–II–17–25 (s) | 201.4 ± 12.6 | a | 11.3 | 4.9 ± 1.2 | ab | 40.2 |
| 3 | DSF 1/54 (a) | 199.1 ± 20.2 | ab | 12.2 | 3.8 ± 0.4 | bc | 54.7 |
| 4 | DSF 5/45 (a) | 150.0 ± 17.8 | d | 11.1 | 6.0 ± 2.1 | a | 13.6 |
| 5 | III–VI–5–26 (a) | 175.7 ± 17.1 | bc | 18.3 | 3.1 ± 0.7 | c | 62.2 |
| 6 | DSF 3/40 (a) | 165.0 ± 10.5 | cd | 18.2 | 3.0 ± 0.9 | c | 66.7 |
| 7 | DSF 3/58 (a) | 207.5 ± 21.1 | a | 8.4 | 6.3 ± 1.5 | a | 8.0 |
| 8 | X–6–3 (a) | 153.3 ± 19.2 | cd | 10.2 | 5.8 ± 1.3 | a | 16.3 |
| 9 | Ancuţa (w) | 167.1 ± 13.4 | cd | 17.5 | 5.3 ± 1.0 | ab | 30.6 |
| Mean (Starkrimson ♂) | 174.3 | 4.9 | |||||
| Mean of all combinations | 165.3/164.0 | 5.4/5.4 | |||||
* For each parent, the ripening time of the fruit is shown in parentheses as follows: (s)—summer; (a)—autumn; (w)—winter. ** The number of days required from the beginning of flowering to optimal fruit consumption maturity. *** The assessment of the fruit taste was conducted via tasting with notes using the following scale: 1—very poor; 3—poor; 5—medium; 7—good; 9—very good. The difference between any two half-sib families with a common tester followed by at least one common letter was not significant (Duncan’s MRT test; p < 0.05).