Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture (한국환경농학회지)

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Influence of the Exposed Length of Rootstock on Vegetative Growth and Productivity of 'Sansa' Apple Trees Grafted on M.7 or M.9

M.7 및 M.9에 접목된 '산사' 사과나무의 대목 노출 길이가 영양생장 및 생산량에 미치는 영향

  • Young Soon Kwon (Apple Research Institute, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Jeong-Hee Kim (Apple Research Institute, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Dong-Hoon Sagong (Department of Horticulture, College of Natural and Life Sciences, Daegu University) ;
  • Jong Taek Park (Apple Research Institute, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration)
  • 권영순 (농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 사과연구소) ;
  • 김정희 (농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 사과연구소) ;
  • 사공동훈 (대구대학교 과학생명융합대학 원예학과) ;
  • 박종택 (농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 사과연구소)
  • Received : 2023.11.20
  • Accepted : 2023.11.30
  • Published : 2023.12.31
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Abstract

M.7 rootstock is moderately resistant to fire blight. However, M.7 is generally too vigorous for high-density apple systems, but it can be grafted onto cultivars that exhibit weak tree growth, such as 'Sansa'. This study investigated the vegetative growth, yield, and fruit quality of 'Sansa' apple trees grafted on M.7 or M.9 rootstocks to assess the feasibility of establishing domestic high-density apple systems using M.7 and to determine the optimum exposure length for rootstocks. Trees were planted with exposed rootstock lengths of 5, 10, and 15 cm. The vegetative growth of apple trees grafted onto M.7 was greater than that of M.9 and vegetative growth tended to decrease as the exposed length of rootstock increased. However, the differences in yield per tree, average weights, soluble solids contents, and titratable acidity due to the rootstock and its exposure length varied. The accumulated yield over a 10 year period and the yield efficiency of M.7 were lower than that of M.9 and the yield efficiency tended to decrease as the exposed length of rootstock increased. When apple trees were grafted onto M.9, biennial bearing and tree vigor weakening occurred if the exposed length of the rootstock was over 10 cm. Conversely, when apple trees were grafted onto M.7, vegetative growth was excessive if the exposed length of rootstock was below 10 cm. Based on the results from this study, the optimum M.7 and M.9 exposure lengths for 'Sansa' were 15 cm and 5 cm, respectively.

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This research was funded by the research program (Project No. PJ01189904) of Rural Development Administration (RDA), Korea.

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