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Performance of ‘Golden Delicious’ apple on 23 rootstocks at 12 locations: A five year summary of the 2003 NC-140 dwarf rootstock trial
Journal of the American Pomological Society
  • R. P. Marini
  • Brent Black, Utah State University
  • R. M. Crassweller
  • P. A. Domoto
  • C. Hampson
  • S. Johnson
  • K. Kosola
  • S. McArtney
  • J. Masabni
  • R. Moran
  • R. P. Quezada
  • T. Robinson
  • C. R. Rom
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2009
Abstract

In 2003, an orchard trial of apple [Malus × sylvestris (L.) var. domestica (Borkh.) Mansf.] dwarf rootstocks was established at 12 locations in Canada, Mexico, and the United States using ‘Golden Delicious’ as the scion cultivar. A core group of 11 rootstocks was planted at all locations. The four rootstocks included as industry standards were Malling 26 EMLA (M.26 EMLA), Budagovski 9 (B.9), M.9 Pajam2, and M.9 NAKBT337. The other seven rootstocks included selections from Russia (B), Cornell-Geneva (CG and G), Czech Republic (J-TE), and Germany (Pi Au); these included B.62396, CG.3041 [Geneva® 41], CG.5935 [Geneva®935], G.16, J-TE-H, and Pi Au56-83, and Pi Au51-4. Some locations also received two additional CG rootstocks, seven Japanese (JM) rootstocks, J-TE-G, or two Pi Au rootstocks. After five years, trees on J-TE-G were similar in size to B.9; trees on B.62396 and CG.3041 were similar in size to M.9 NAKBT337; trees on CG.5935, G.16, J-TE-H and M.9 Pajam2 were similar in size to M.26; and trees on Pi Au56-83, Pi Au51-4, Pi Au36-2 and JM.2 were larger than M.26 EMLA. For the first time in an NC-140 rootstock trial, several rootstocks have higher yield efficiency than M.26 EMLA and M.9 NAKBT337. Promising new rootstocks with very high yield efficiency included CG.5935, CG.3041, CG.5179 and J-TE-G.

Citation Information
Marini, R.P., B.L. Black, R.M. Crassweller, P.A. Domoto, C. Hampson, S. Johnson, K. Kosola, S. McArtney, J. Masabni, R. Moran, R.P. Quezada, T. Robinson, and C.R. Rom. 2009. Performance of ‘Golden Delicious’ apple on 23 rootstocks at 12 locations: A five year summary of the 2003 NC-140 dwarf rootstock trial. Journal of the American Pomological Society 63(3): 115-127.