Journal of Biotechnology & Biomaterials
Open Access

Research Article

Breeding of Sistan Yaghouti Grape using Clonal Selection

¹Department of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran

²Iran-Azad University, Zabol, Iran

³Iran-Center of Zabol Agriculture and Resource Natural Research, Zabol, Iran

Corresponding Author:

Maryam Allahdou
Department of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology
University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran
E-mail: maryam.allahdo@gmail.com

Received date: November 02, 2012; Accepted date: December 14, 2012; Published date: December 17, 2012

Citation: Allahdou M, Sadegh AN, Kouhkan S (2012) Breeding of Sistan Yaghouti Grape using Clonal Selection. J Biotechnol Biomaterial S13:004. doi:10.4172/2155-952X.S13-004

Copyright: © 2012 Allahdou M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Sistan Yaghouti grape belongs to the category of seedless grapes which are resistant to diseases and they have an uninterrupted growth in adverse conditions. Sistan weather usually has hot wind and salty soil. In order to increase the fruit quality, we investigated vine yards of Sistan areas such as Zahak, Dust-Mohammed and Bonjar and collected samples of Yaghouti grape. Traits of Yaghouti grape were calculated using Descriptor method. Results showed that Yaghouti grape clones had high variation in traits such as density of branch, size of berry, weight of berry, weight of branch and height of branch. Therefore, it can be said that clonal selection is suitable method for breeding of grape for good branch quality. Collected seedlings were also planted in Zahak agriculture research station for further evaluation and stability of traits with respect to location and season.

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