13 May 2026
A Serbian study on eight sweet cherry genotypes shows how temperature, pollen germination and pollen tube growth affect fertility and fruit set. ‘Lapins’, ‘Canetova’ and ‘G-2’ stand out as more stable, resilient cultivars under changing climate trends in orchards.
16 Jan 2025
Despite the fact its manifests similarly to other Rosaceae species, GSI in sour cherries is more complex due to tetraploidy and the presence of pollen-part and stylar-part mutants that cause genetic changes at S-locus.
05 Jul 2024
The study conducted by several Canadian research centres used pollen 'sampled' by bees to perform metagenomic monitoring of plant viruses. In detail, viruses extracted from pollen RNA were compared with RNA extracted from leaves and flowers.
