How to choose the best pollinizer cultivars for ‘Conférence’ pear (Pyrus communis) in Belgium?

Pear (Pyrus communis) is the most important fruit crop in Belgium and ‘Conférence’ represents 90% of the pear production. ‘Conférence’ is self-incompatible and requires cross-pollination to develop fertilized fruits. We therefore compared seven pear cultivars (‘Dicolor’, ‘Doyenné du Comice’, ‘Joséphine de Malines’, ‘Seigneur Espéren’, ‘Sweet Sensation’, ‘Triomphe de Vienne’, ‘Williams Bon Chrétien’) adapted to Belgian conditions in order to identify valuable pollinizer cultivars for ‘Conférence’. These cultivars were used as male parent in hand po... Mehr ...