Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Bahçe, cilt.53, sa.2, ss.137-145, 2024 (Hakemli Dergi)
Sweet cherries can be easily grown in almost every region of the world with temperate climate conditions. Breeding studies on sweet cherries have been carried out for many years. These studies have aimed to find solutions to the problems of sweet cherries (such as small fruit, darkening fruit inner colour, fruit cracking, low yield, vertical growth, selfefficiency) and to develop new cultivars with superior characteristics. Today, countries such as the USA, Italy and Canada have come to the leading in terms of breeding studies. Many new cultivars have been developed from breeding studies in these countries. In this review, the goals of sweet cherry breeding programs carried out the worldwide and the cultivars developed from these breeding programs are briefly explained and Türkiye’s situation in sweet cherry breeding is discussed.