Abstract
There are about ten species of apricot (Armeniaca Mill.) worldwide among which nine species are native to China. Above 2000 local apricot cultivars or types are investigated and recorded in the Chinese literature. Six hundred and forty-three accessions of apricot have been collected, conserved, identified, evaluated and documented up to now in the National Germplasm Repository for Plums and Apricots located in Xiongyue Town, Yingkou City, Liaoning Province of Northeastern China. In this paper, the history, distribution and production of apricot are reviewed; the botanical features and biological characteristics of ten species, as well as the important economic traits of the main local cultivars are briefly described. The research area and utilization of apricot germplasm resources in China are suggested.
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