The Polli Horticultural Research Centre of the Estonian University of Life Sciences preserves fruits and berries
and is involved into plant breeding and research activities.
MAIN ACTIVITIES
- The collection, characterisation, long-term preservation and exploration of the fruit and berry cultures of genetic resources in collection gardens.
- Exploration of the bioactive compounds of the selected accessions of fruit and berry crops.
- Examination of the technological possibilities for industrial use of horticultural products.
- Allows free access to accessions to the scientific community (plant breeders, horticultural scientists, geneticists, other gene banks).
- Demonstration and promotion of local varieties and promoting international cooperation.
The Polli Horticultural Research Centre, as the participant of the national programme, is responsible for conservation of the genetic diversity of fruit and berry crops bred in Estonia and provides access to all users.
The collections comprise a total of 1,248 accessions from 18 species. These include 143 varieties bred in Estonia, featuring 53 apple, 10 pear, 19 sweet cherry, and 22 plum varieties (including local landraces), as well as 3 strawberry, 6 raspberry, 13 blackcurrant, 2 redcurrant, 2 whitecurrant, and 7 gooseberry varieties, along with 6 apple rootstock varieties.
In addition, there are 92 apple trees, 36 pear trees and 5 blackcurrant varieties of Estonian origin in the collection. Since 1994, these collections are a part of the Estonian crop plant gene pool.
The passport data of Estonian varieties conserved at the Horticultural Research Centre are available through the Genetic Resources Database.
List of Recommended Varieties
The Estonian Fruit and Berry Variety Guide
has been compiled to help both the home gardener
and the horticultural producer in finding and selecting the right varieties for the garden.
Check out our varieties in the Estonian University of Life Sciences’ variety library.
The list of collection
The Polli Horticultural Research Centre of the Estonian University of Life Sciences maintains in situ over 1200 fruit and berry varieties.
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Share your experiences with us!
Contribute to plant breeding research.
If you have experience in cultivation of local varieties, please share your observations here:
Estonian University of Life Sciences.
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Institute of Agriculture and the Environment
Polli Centre for Horticultural Research
Uus str. 2
Polli village
Mulgi municipality
69108 Viljandimaa
Phone: +372 433 1458
E-mail:ave.kikas@emu.ee
Contacts:
Ave Kikas
Senior Researcher
Preservation of genetic resources
Phone: +372 513 2081
Email: ave.kikas@emu.ee
Hedi Kaldmäe
Analysis unit manager,
ECPGR network coordinator
Phone: +372 5266 552
Email: hedi.kaldmae@emu.ee
Kersti Kahu
Senior Specialist
Phone: +372 53 474 802
Email: kersti.kahu@emu.ee
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