Werner group

Werner Group (* 24. November 1920 ; † 1. January 2009 ) was a German agronomist , the weak-growing cherries documents from the GiSelA bred family.

In 1963 Werner Gruppe was appointed to the University of Giessen , where he led the establishment of the "Institute for Fruit Growing" with test fields in Heldenbergen and Leihgestern .

Breeding program

From 1965 to 1971 over 800 inter- and intrasectional crosses were carried out. In the following years the most promising documents were selected.

In 1981 Gi 148/2 was found from a cross between Prunus cerasus and Prunus canescens . Under the current name of GiSelA 5, it is the most widely planted cherry rootstock in Europe. The name Gisela stands for " Gi Essener- Sel ektion- A lead castle" and comes from Gruppes assistant Hanna Schmidt ago, later to the Federal Institute for Plant Breeding Research was Ahrensburg and continued the work there.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On the history of the subjects and central facilities of the Justus Liebig University in Giessen after 1957 . In: Giessener Universitätsblätter . tape 15 , no. 2 , 1982, p. 90 ( PDF ).
2. ↑ Werner Group: Small trees for sweet cherries - a challenge for plant breeding . In: Giessener Universitätsblätter . No. 1 , 1985, pp. 61-72 ( PDF ).
3. ↑ GiSelA 5 - the most important shriveling cherry rootstock in Central Europe ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ sweet cherries pad GiSelA 5