‘BRS Serenata’: a peach for fresh market

Abstract Even though the peach tree was introduced in Brazil during the XVI century, it was only on the 1940’s that the first peach breeding program started in the country. Later on, other programs started being, until now, the largest ones, and the programs that gave more significant contributions to the peach crop development those from the Instituto Agronômico de Campinas and from Embrapa Temperate Agriculture. Presently, peach is cultivated not only in the colder areas of the South but also in the subtropics and high altitude areas of the tropics, due to dozens of cultivars released by these breeding programs. Peaches are sold entirely in the domestic market and in the largest consumers market, State of São Paulo, the preference is for white sweet flesh and low acid peaches with attractive appearance. The ‘BRS Serenata’ cultivar was released to fulfill a gap of white flesh peach between the seasons of ‘BRS Kampai’ and ‘BRS Fascínio’.

摘要 尽管桃树于16世纪被引入巴西，但该国首个桃树育种项目直至20世纪40年代才正式启动。后续陆续启动了其他桃树育种项目，而迄今为止，对桃产业发展贡献最为突出、规模最大的项目，当属坎皮纳斯农业研究所（Instituto Agronômico de Campinas）与巴西农业研究公司温带农业分部（Embrapa Temperate Agriculture）的桃树育种项目。得益于上述育种项目审定推出的数十个优良品种，当前桃树种植已不再局限于巴西南部的寒冷区域，更拓展至亚热带及热带高海拔地区。桃子全部销往巴西国内市场，而作为该国最大消费市场的圣保罗州，当地消费者更偏好果肉清甜低酸、外观诱人的白肉桃品种。'BRS Serenata'品种的审定推出，正是为了填补'BRS Kampai'与'BRS Fascínio'两个品种之间的白肉桃上市季空白。