000136313 001__ 136313 000136313 005__ 20260217205528.0 000136313 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.21273/HORTSCI17764-24 000136313 0248_ $$2sideral$$a139275 000136313 037__ $$aART-2024-139275 000136313 041__ $$aeng 000136313 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-3455-0145$$aRubio-Cabetas, M.J. 000136313 245__ $$aFelama® Almond 000136313 260__ $$c2024 000136313 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000136313 5203_ $$aThe almond breeding program at the Agrifood Research and Technology Center of Aragon (CITA) began in 1974, focusing on self-compatibility and late flowering while ensuring fruit quality and productivity in new planting systems. Self-compatible cultivars are crucial in modern plantations. ‘Aylés’, ‘Moncayo’, and ‘Guara’ were the program’s initial releases (Felipe and R Socias i Company 1987), with ‘Guara’ being the first cultivar introduced to the industry in Spain in 1988 combining self-compatibility and late flowering. Other self-compatible cultivars released in the early stages of the breeding program were ‘Blanquerna’, ‘Cambra’, and ‘Felisia’ (R Socias i Company and Felipe 1999). New self-pollinating cultivars with high fruit quality have been selected. In 2005, ‘Soleta’ and ‘Isabelona’ were introduced, both self-pollinating, late-flowering, and of high fruit quality (Bielsa et al. 2021; R Socias i Company and Felipe 2007). These varieties have been widely used in high-density planting systems. Two extralate flowering cultivars were released, Diamar (Mardía®) and Vialfas (R Socias i Company et al. 2008, 2015). The introduction of late and very late flowering cultivars has significantly reduced frost damage and allowing the expansion of almond cultivation inland Spain. ‘Felama’ has recently been released due to its high productivity, medium vigor, uniform and balanced branching, late flowering, and early fruit maturation, indicating high marketability in areas without the risk of spring frost. 000136313 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es 000136313 590__ $$a1.6$$b2024 000136313 592__ $$a0.391$$b2024 000136313 591__ $$aHORTICULTURE$$b22 / 45 = 0.489$$c2024$$dQ2$$eT2 000136313 593__ $$aHorticulture$$c2024$$dQ2 000136313 594__ $$a2.6$$b2024 000136313 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000136313 700__ $$aEspiau, M.T. 000136313 700__ $$aBielsa, B. 000136313 773__ $$g59, 7 (2024), 1033-1036$$pHortScience$$tHORTSCIENCE$$x0018-5345 000136313 8564_ $$s1039529$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/136313/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000136313 8564_ $$s3653564$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/136313/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000136313 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:136313$$particulos$$pdriver 000136313 951__ $$a2026-02-17-20:31:16 000136313 980__ $$aARTICLE