Plant Breeding

Development of New Cultivars

Work here has resulted in the development and release of 55 new varieties - 29 strawberry, 8 processing peach, 7 cherry, 5 almond, 3 prune and 3 pistachio - as well as 2 almond-peach rootstocks.

Almond | Cherry | Peach-Almond Hybrid Rootstocks | Peach, Clingstone (processing) | Pistachio | Prune/European Plum | Strawberry | Walnut

Almond Prunus amygdalus L.

  • Padre
  • Solano
  • Sonora
  • Sweetheart
  • Winters

Cherry Prunus avium L.

  • Bada
  • Berryessa
  • Brooks
  • Coral Champagne
  • Jubilee
  • Larian
  • Mona

Peach-Almond Hybrid Rootstocks

  • Hansen
  • Nickels

 

Peach, Clingstone (processing) Prunus persica L.

  • Dee-Six
  • Dr. Davis
  • Goodwin
  • Hesse
  • Lilleland
  • Riegels
  • Rizzi
  • Ross

Pistachio Pistacia vera L.

  • Golden Hills
  • Lost Hills
  • Randy

Prune/European Plum Prunus domestica L.

  • Muir Beauty
  • Sutter
  • Tulare Giant

Strawberry Fragaria x ananassa Duch.

  • Aiko
  • Albion
  • Aliso
  • Aptos
  • Aromas
  • Brighton
  • Capitola
  • Camino Real
  • Chandler
  • Cuesta
  • Diamante
  • Fern
  • Hecker
  • Gaviota
  • Monterey
  • Mrak
  • Muir
  • Pacific
  • Palomar
  • Portola
  • San Andreas
  • Salinas
  • Seascape
  • Selva
  • Soquel
  • Sequoia
  • Sunset
  • Vista
  • Yolo

Walnut Juglans regia L.

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