Growing a low-growth clone planting material of cherry from green cuttings

Abstract

We dealt with the study of the ability of different varieties of cherries, cherries and vegetatively propagated rootstocks to reproduce by green cutting explants in artificial substrates in buildings with a controlled microclimate inside. As varieties in the experiment, such varieties of cherries as Shpanka black, Podbelskaya, Shubinka and Lyubskaya, cherries Revershon, Bakhor, and Drogana yellow were used. Of the vegetatively propagated rootstocks, the following were studied: P-1, P-2, P-3, PN, VTS-13, VP-1, ORP-2, ORP-3, VSL-2 (Krymsky 5), SAV-6R. Of the used cherry varieties, the best rooting of green cuttings was possessed by such cherry varieties as Shpanka black, Podbelskaya and Shubinka, with a quality index of cuttings rooting in the substrate of 70.1 to 83.5%. In sweet cherry varieties, this indicator was 2.5 times lower and generally did not exceed 30.2%. Vegetatively propagated rootstocks provided high quality results of rooting of cuttings explants. In almost all of these rootstocks, the rooting rate of green cuttings did not decrease below 72%. The average rooting rate of rootstock cuttings was 85.7%. This indicates that these rootstocks can be used for industrial cultivation of stone fruit seedlings.