Mohammad Nizam*(1) Haitham Ismael(2) and Hafez Mahfoud(3)
(1). Latakia Research Center, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research GCSAR, Damascus, Syria.
(2). Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.
(3). Department of Biotechnology Research, GCSAR, Lattakia, Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Dr. Mohammad Nizam. E-Mail: mohammad.nizam85@hotmail.com).
Received: 21/07/2019 Accepted: 09/09/2019
Abstract
The research was carried out during 2017 and 2018 on 24 shrubs of Prunus cerasia Blanche which naturally prevailing on 12 sites in the Syrian coast, to determine the initial compatibility of a collection of almonds cultivars (plum, peach and apricot) and P. cerasia rootstock. The findings showed that the plum cultivar was more significant (at 5% level) than apricot and peach cultivars in terms of grafting survival percentage, average length and thickness of annual shoots for both tongue grafting and T-budding methods. In addition, the apricot cultivar was more significant than peach cultivar in terms of grafting survival percentage and shoots length. The peach was more significant than studied apricot cultivar in terms of average of shoots thickness. LK1 and LK2 in Kassab location showed the best grafting results, where the grafting survival percentage, average shoot length and thickness were the highest for grafting with plum cultivar (86.66%, 48.16 cm, 3.9 mm) and (100%, 57 cm, 6.16 mm), respectively for both grafting methods.
Key words: Wild plum, Grafting method, Degree of compatibility.
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