In Ukraine, walnut seedlings of Moldovan and French breeding have frozen en masse

The establishment of nut orchards in Ukraine by seedlings of French and Moldovan selection, untested on the ground, led to their mass freezing. Professor from the National University of Bioresources and Nature Management of Ukraine Volodymyr Mezhenskyi told about this for the magazine "Gardening in Ukrainian", writes AgroTimes. According to the researcher, in the 2010s, the demand for varietal planting material increased sharply, the shortage of which was not covered by the reproduction of domestic varieties on an inappropriate industrial base. In particular, the producers planted varieties of French selection Melanese (Meylannaise), Pieral (Pieral), Ronde de Montignac (Ronde de Montignac), Ferjean (Ferjean), Fernet (Fernette), Fernor (Fernor), Frankette (Frankette) and Moldovan Kostyuzhensky (Costiujenschi), Calaraschi (Calaraşschi), Chishinivschi (Chishinovschi), Codrene (Codrene), Korjeuţchi (Corjeuţchi), Lunguieţe (Lunguieţe), Schinoschi (Schinoschi). Read also: How to ...