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Research Project: Management of Temperate-Adapted Fruit, Nut, and Specialty Crop Genetic Resources and Associated Information

Location: National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Title: Thematic Issue: Kiwifruit

Author
item Hummer, Kim

Submitted to: Acta Horticulturae
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/30/2018
Publication Date: 9/8/2018
Citation: Hummer, K.E. 2018. Thematic Issue: Kiwifruit. Acta Horticulturae. 83(4):1-266.

Interpretive Summary: Whether it’s called Kiwifruit, Chinese gooseberry, milhoutau, or “macaque peach”, fruits of the vine, Actinidia, have an international production base and sales throughout the world. Total world production of this crop was about 4.274 MT in 2016 and the top five producing countries were China, Italy, New Zealand, Iran, and Chile. Beginning in 1959, New Zealand growers led the world production and marketing of this crop, but then in 2014, China assumed that position. The most recent IX International Symposium on kiwifruit occurred in Porto, Portugal, on 6-10 September 2017. As a result of this symposium this thematic compilation of research on kiwifruit was prepared and published in eJHS by the International Society for Horticultural Science. This issue contains the latest kiwifruit research articles: on the development of sex-linked molecular markers for two species of kiwifruit, information concerning the kiwifruit SVP2 gene which prevents premature budbreak during dormancy, seasonal changes in leaf nutrient concentration for hardy kiwifruit in Oregon, and key factors for success in vitro proliferation phase of hardy kiwifruit.

Technical Abstract: Whether it’s called Kiwifruit, Chinese gooseberry, milhoutau, or “macaque peach”, fruits of the vine, Actinidia, have an international production base and sales throughout the world. Total world production of this crop was about 4.274 MT in 2016 and the top five producing countries were China, Italy, New Zealand, Iran, and Chile. Beginning in 1959, New Zealand growers led the world production and marketing of this crop, but then in 2014, China assumed that position. The most recent IX International Symposium on kiwifruit occurred in Porto, Portugal, on 6-10 September 2017. As a result of this symposium this thematic compilation of research on kiwifruit was prepared and published in eJHS by the International Society for Horticultural Science. This issue contains the latest kiwifruit research articles: on the development of sex-linked molecular markers for two species of kiwifruit, information concerning the kiwifruit SVP2 gene which prevents premature budbreak during dormancy, seasonal changes in leaf nutrient concentration for hardy kiwifruit in Oregon, and key factors for success in vitro proliferation phase of hardy kiwifruit.