Scelta varietale per la coltivazione del mirto

In the framework of the cultivar selection program of the DESA - University of Sassari, 40 selections have been completely described. Differences for plant shape and vegetative vigour, fruit and green biomass yield, fruit technological characteristics and leaf essential oil composition may be easily observed in the large availability of cultivars. In order to know the most sensitive selections to the reflowering occurrence and to have a good definition of the fruit ripening time, cultivar description included a careful observation of the phenological behaviour. The first results of a further selection program are also presented. More than 20 new cultivars have been obtained by open pollination and seedling characterization and are actually under evaluation.