Asma, BMOzturk, K2024-08-042024-08-0420050925-9864https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-003-1384-5https://hdl.handle.net/11616/94027The purpose of this study was to characterize the Irano-Caucasian apricot germplasm that was collected in Anatolia, Turkey. Fifteen (pomological, phenological, and yield) parameters were studied in this germplasm, consisting of 128 apricot cultivars and types. A wide variation was found in harvest season, fruit yield, total solids soluble (TSS), total acidity, fruit, pit, and kernel mass. Most of the cultivars and types had a relatively small fruit size; only seven had a fruit mass >= 50 g. In general, fruits had yellow skin ground color and flesh color as well as mostly sweet kernels and high TSS. While there was a high correlation between fruit, pit and kernel mass and also between TSS and total acidity, a low or no significant correlation was determined between other pomological or phenological characteristics. The Levent apricot type possessed a substantially late ripening with a total period of 190-200 days for fruit development, a characteristic that makes this apricot type highly suitable for breeding studies.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessapricotfruit qualitygermplasmphenologypomologyPrunus armeniaca L.Article52330531310.1007/s10722-003-1384-52-s2.0-23044469444Q2WOS:000230834800010Q3