First results of evaluation of some early sweet cherry cultivars on novel bred Hungarian Mahaleb rootstocks

Ten cherry rootstocks (‘Bogdány’, ‘Egervár’, ‘Érdi V’, ‘Korponay’, ‘Magyar’, ‘SM 11/4’, ‘C. 2493’, ‘GiSelA 6’, and ‘INRA SL 64’, ‘Cemany’, as a control) combined with three early ripening sweet cherry cultivars (‘Petrus℗’, ’Vera℗’, ’Carmen℗’) has been evaluated under non-irrigated conditions at Experimental Fields of NARIC Fruitculture Research Institute (Central Hungary). The aim of our study was to find suitable rootstock(s) for novel bred Hungarian sweet cherry cultivars. It can be stated after eight years of investigation that ‘Petrus’ was the most vigorous cultivar, followed by ‘Vera’ and ‘Carmen’. The ‘GiSelA 6’ rootstock had the lowest vigor among examined rootstocks and ‘INRA SL 64’ was the most vigorous one in the trial. Trunk cross sectional area (TCSA) of ‘Petrus’ grafted on ‘SM11/4’ and ‘Bogdány’ was significantly higher than on ‘C. 2493’, ‘Egervár’ and ‘GiSelA 6’ rootstocks. Other rootstocks such as ‘Érdi V’, ‘Korponay’, ‘Magyar’ and ‘Cemany’ indicated high to moderate high vigor for ‘Petrus’. ‘GiSelA 6’/‘Vera’ combination had significantly smaller TCSA compared to combinations of ‘Vera’ with other rootstocks. In the case of ‘Carmen’, rootstock ‘Cemany’ showed high, ‘Érdi V’, ‘C. 2493’, ‘Egervár’, ‘Korponay’ indicated medium and ‘GiSelA 6’ produced low vigor. ‘Petrus’ produced the biggest yield and the smallest fruit size among observed cherry cultivars. Yield of ‘Carmen’ grafted on ‘Érdi V’, ‘Egervár’, and ‘GiSelA 6’ was the highest, but only ‘Érdi V’ had a positive effect on fruit size because more than 40% of fruits were larger than 28,1 mm in diameter. ‘Vera’ yielded well on ‘Érdi V’ and ‘Egervár’, and the best fruit size was produced on ‘Érdi V’. On the basis of value–yield index, which was calculated by actual market price per fruit size category, ‘Carmen’ produced the highest income per tree on ‘Egervár’ and ‘GiSelA 6’ and ‘Vera’ was most valuable on ‘Egervár’, ‘INRA SL 64’, ‘and ‘Érdi V’ rootstocks.

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ISBN: 978 94 6261 124 5

Bujdosó G. Hroktó K. (2016): First results of evaluation of some early sweet cherry cultivars on novel bred Hungarian Mahaleb rootstocks. Acta Horticulturea. No. 1139. 153-158. p. Published: 11-11-2016

Details

Activity type

Publication in scientific journal (peer review)

Activity work package

Secure sustainable fruit production

Activity number

NARIC-WP5-A9

Activity contact

dr. Geza Bujdoso
NARIC Fruitculture Research Institute
Budapest
Park u. 2
1223
Hungary
[email protected]

Activity partner

NARIC

Activity country

Hungary

Last edit

12-07-2017