EARLY  PERFORMANCE  OF  FOUR  SWEET  CHERRY  CULTIVARS   GRAFTED  ON  GISELA  5  AND  COLT  ROOTSTOCKS  IN  A  HIGH   DENSITY  GROWING  SYSTEM

Biserka Milić; Jelena Kalajdžić; Zoran Keserović; Nenad Magazin; Vladislav Ognjanov; Maja Miodragović; Gordana Popara

doi:10.24326/asphc.2019.1.10

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2019)

Articles

EARLY PERFORMANCE OF FOUR SWEET CHERRY CULTIVARS GRAFTED ON GISELA 5 AND COLT ROOTSTOCKS IN A HIGH DENSITY GROWING SYSTEM

Biserka Milić⁺⁻
Jelena Kalajdžić⁺⁻
Zoran Keserović⁺⁻
Nenad Magazin⁺⁻
Vladislav Ognjanov⁺⁻
Maja Miodragović⁺⁻
Gordana Popara⁺⁻

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24326/asphc.2019.1.10
Submitted: February 21, 2019
Published: 2019-02-21

Abstract

Growing the sweet cherry on different vigor rootstocks, such as Colt and Gisela 5, in a high-density orchard, causes differences in growth and productivity and later imposes the need to change the growing system including pruning, flower and fruit thinning, irrigation and fertilization. In the present research, four sweet cherry cultivars (Summit, Kordia, Lapins and Regina) grafted on Colt and Gisela 5 rootstocks were assessed for morphological traits and productivity. The parameters investigated were: vegetative growth, bearing potential, fruit set, precocity, productivity, fruit growth habit and quality attributes. Compared to Colt, the trees on Gisela 5 had smaller TCSA and the length of two-year-old branches, in the fifth season after planting. Trees on Gisela 5 had a higher number of flower buds per may bouquet compared to Colt, which confirms that bearing potential is highly affected by the rootstock. Growing the sweet cherries on Gisela 5 induced a higher fruit setting in all cultivars except in Kordia. Fruit physical attributes were affected by the cultivar, growing system and experimental year. For all tested cultivars, the yield per tree was significantly lower on Colt compared to Gisela 5. Gisela 5 performed better than Colt, which suggests that Gisela 5 should be used as a rootstock in high density sweet cherry production systems.

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