Articles
THE ITALIAN PLUM ROOTSTOCK TRIAL: RESULTS FOR SICILIAN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Article number
874_37
Pages
269 – 274
Language
English
Abstract
An increase of plum industry has been evident in Italy since the 1990s.
This growth was in both area planted and production and it has been especially evident in the South of Italy, where the environmental conditions favor the development of plum orchards, particularly those adopting Japanese cultivars.
The Myrobalan seedling was the main rootstock historically used in the south of the country for plum orchards, on account of its strong vigor, hardiness, longevity and adaptability to a wide range of soil types.
The introduction of new scion cultivars and new rootstocks has stimulated new studies on the main technical aspects related to plum cultivation, to evaluate the wide number of rootstock genotypes which are today available for the plum species.
The Italian Ministry of Agriculture has sponsored a National project which aims to evaluate the most recent rootstocks licensed and available for European and Japanese plum cultivars.
A series of experimental orchards have been established in different regions representative of the main Italian plum growing areas.
This paper reports on the vegetative and qualitative traits observed both for European and Japanese plum cultivars, respectively, Stanley and Shiro, grafted onto five rootstocks.
This growth was in both area planted and production and it has been especially evident in the South of Italy, where the environmental conditions favor the development of plum orchards, particularly those adopting Japanese cultivars.
The Myrobalan seedling was the main rootstock historically used in the south of the country for plum orchards, on account of its strong vigor, hardiness, longevity and adaptability to a wide range of soil types.
The introduction of new scion cultivars and new rootstocks has stimulated new studies on the main technical aspects related to plum cultivation, to evaluate the wide number of rootstock genotypes which are today available for the plum species.
The Italian Ministry of Agriculture has sponsored a National project which aims to evaluate the most recent rootstocks licensed and available for European and Japanese plum cultivars.
A series of experimental orchards have been established in different regions representative of the main Italian plum growing areas.
This paper reports on the vegetative and qualitative traits observed both for European and Japanese plum cultivars, respectively, Stanley and Shiro, grafted onto five rootstocks.
Authors
M. Monte, F.M. Impallari, G. Sala, F. Sottile, A. De Michele
Keywords
development, tree, yield, fruit, Prunus domestica, Prunus salicina
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