EVALUATION OF INTRODUCED APPLE CLONAL ROOTSTOCKSIN MOTHER PLANTINGS IN THE SOUTHERN ZONE OF FRUIT GROWINGOF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

Abstract

The article presents results of the study of introduced clonal polish apple rootstocks P 14, P 22, P 60, and armenian selection rootstock Arm-18 in mother planting of fruit growing department in RUP “Brest regional
agricultural experimental station of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus”. According to the results of the study under conditions of south-west zone of fruit growing of the Republic of Belarus among the studied rootstocks in the mother planting clonal rootstock P 60 was selected for further study in the nursery and in the orchard. It was bred
at the Horticulture and Floriculture Institute Skerniewice Republic of Poland in 1969. This rootstock belongs to a dwarf group. It is poorly affected by diseases. It is characterized by shoots developing ability about 9.3 shoots per bush, among them standard 6,3 shots per bush. In terms of hectare the yield of rooted cuttings is 112.5 thousand shoots per hectare. The shoots rooting grade is 4.2 points.

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