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IMPROVING THE BUDDED AND POTTED PISTACHIO YOUNG PLANT PRODUCTION IN FIRAT VALLEY
Article number
912_34
Pages
239 – 244
Language
English
Abstract
This study was carried out at the Pistachio Research Institutes greenhouses and Forestry Nursery of Birecik in Firat (Euphrates) valley which has suitable climatic conditions for nursery during 2002-2005 years to develop budded and potted young pistachio plant and promoting the development of young plant production to private sector.
Two different potting soil mix were used (Mix-1 and Mix-2). Mix-1 consisting of torf, tuff, farm manure, soil and sand as a 2:1:1:1:1 (v/v), mixture; and Mix-2 consisting of torf, farm manure, soil and sand as a 1:1:1:1 (v/v), mixture.
Both soil mixes were used in Birecik, but only Mix-1 was used in Pistachio Resarch Institute (PRI).
Siirt (Pistacia vera) × Male 46 and OB1 (P. khinjuk) × Male 5 hybrid seeds were used in 2002 and 2003 years, but the development of OB1 x Male 5 hybrids were weak.
Some of the seedlings were inokulated with mycorrhiza, but both plant length and plant diameter were affected negatively.
Benzyle adenine (BA) was applied to some of the bud sticks to increasing budding success, but this application couldnt have enough effect on the budding success.
Some of the seedlings were budded with chip budding method in spring of 2004 year and this method was more successful than June and autumn buddings in pistachio.
Budding success was 60.6% at chip budding, 29.3% at June budding and 45.1% at autumn budding in Firat valley Mix-1; and 65.5% at Chip budding, 36.9% at June budding and 53.5% at autumn budding in the PRI greenhouses.
All seedlings should be budded at spring by Chip budding, then unsprout seedlings shoul be budded at June and the rest seedlings budded at autumn.
Thus, budding can be done at 3 different seasons in a year, and budding success can reach to 84.7% at Firat valley Mix-1, 82.6% at Firat valley Mix-2 and 89.9% at PRI Mix-1.
Two different potting soil mix were used (Mix-1 and Mix-2). Mix-1 consisting of torf, tuff, farm manure, soil and sand as a 2:1:1:1:1 (v/v), mixture; and Mix-2 consisting of torf, farm manure, soil and sand as a 1:1:1:1 (v/v), mixture.
Both soil mixes were used in Birecik, but only Mix-1 was used in Pistachio Resarch Institute (PRI).
Siirt (Pistacia vera) × Male 46 and OB1 (P. khinjuk) × Male 5 hybrid seeds were used in 2002 and 2003 years, but the development of OB1 x Male 5 hybrids were weak.
Some of the seedlings were inokulated with mycorrhiza, but both plant length and plant diameter were affected negatively.
Benzyle adenine (BA) was applied to some of the bud sticks to increasing budding success, but this application couldnt have enough effect on the budding success.
Some of the seedlings were budded with chip budding method in spring of 2004 year and this method was more successful than June and autumn buddings in pistachio.
Budding success was 60.6% at chip budding, 29.3% at June budding and 45.1% at autumn budding in Firat valley Mix-1; and 65.5% at Chip budding, 36.9% at June budding and 53.5% at autumn budding in the PRI greenhouses.
All seedlings should be budded at spring by Chip budding, then unsprout seedlings shoul be budded at June and the rest seedlings budded at autumn.
Thus, budding can be done at 3 different seasons in a year, and budding success can reach to 84.7% at Firat valley Mix-1, 82.6% at Firat valley Mix-2 and 89.9% at PRI Mix-1.
Authors
I. Acar, S. Arpaci, K. Sarpkaya , S. Karadağ, A. Karayilan
Keywords
pistachio, budded and potted young plant, Firat valley, budding success
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