Nomenclatural standards of summer apple cultivars bred in Oryol

A nomenclatural standard confirms the originality of a cultivar as a breeding achievement, it is an important part of the cultivar documentation. For official recognition, it is mandatory to publish the designation of a herbarium specimen as the nomenclatural standard, including the specimen identification number and a link to the published description of the cultivar. The creation and publication of a nomenclatural standard is necessary to consolidate the name of a cultivar and its appearance and, consequently, a certain set of genetic information. A herbarium specimen shall be prepared in accordance with the recommendations of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) and transferred for preservation to a recognized herbarium. This publication presents the nomenclatural standards of summer apple cultivars ‘Avgusta’ (WIR-109178), ‘Maslovskoe’ (WIR-109179), ‘Orlinka’ (WIR-109180), ‘Orlovim’ (WIR-109181), ‘Osipovskoe’ (WIR-109182), ‘Solny`shko’ (WIR-109183), and ‘Yablochny`j Spas’ (WIR-109184) created at the Russian Research Institute of Fruit Crop Breeding (VNIISPK). The plant material for preparing nomenclatural standards was collected from the VNIISPK bioresource collection. The herbarium label contains the unique number of the specimen in the VIR Herbarium, the Latin name of the species, the cultivar name, the place of reproduction (where the herbarized plant was grown), the collecting date, and the collector’s name. The authenticity of the cultivar is confirmed by the signature of an expert, curator of the apple collection. The herbarium sheet also contains photographs of flowers and fruits of the herbarized plant. The created nomenclatural standards were registered in the VIR Herbarium database and deposited in the Type Specimens Section of the VIR Herbarium (WIR). The created nomenclatural standards can be used as carriers of authentic genetic information of a cultivar as a breeding achievement.

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