Response of M-9 and MM-106 Clonal Rootstocks on Productivity and Quality of New Apple Cultivars
Rifat Bhat *
Division of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar-190025, Srinagar (J&K), India.
Sharbat Hussain
Division of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar-190025, Srinagar (J&K), India.
Muzaffara Akhter
Division of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar-190025, Srinagar (J&K), India.
Sana Bhat
Division of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar-190025, Srinagar (J&K), India.
Nawsheen Nazir
Division of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar-190025, Srinagar (J&K), India.
Aroosa Khalil
Division of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar-190025, Srinagar (J&K), India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study was undertaken to make a preliminary assessment for productivity and quality of new apple cultivars viz, Lal Ambri, Sunhari, Shireen, Firdous and Akbar on two M-9 and MM-106 clonal rootstocks respectively. The investigations were carried out at the Experimental Farm of SKUAST-Kashmir. An experiment was laid out in a randomised block design with ten treatment combinations. The results obtained revealed that the varieties raised on MM-106 rootstock resulted in higher plant height, per cent fruit set and fruit retention. And the plants which were raised on M-9 rootstock resulted in more plant girth, more spread, early fruit maturity, higher fruit weight and firmness. Among these tested varieties, Shireen performed better on M-9 rootstock as compared to other varieties.
Keywords: Clonal rootstocks, apple, yield, quality, cultivars, productivity