Shoot Length

A study was done during the summer 2013 at Nursery in Isfahan, Iran. The native cultivar of sweet cherries (White and Black) was used as Scion and Mahaleb seedling were used as rootstock. The treatments consisted of three budding methods (T-budding, T with wood budding and Chip budding) at three different height (10-12, 20- 25 and 30-35 cm) above ground. The experiment was laid out in a split plot- randomized complete block design with three replications. Bud take rate, bud sprouting rate, bud shoot diameter and bud shoot length were determined as experimental parameters after budding. All budding methods were found to be suitable for sweet
cherry propagation. However, the highest mean percent of bud take and sprouting rate were obtained from Black sweet cherry scion with T-budding with wood performed at 10-12cm above ground. The highest mean shoot diameter were obtained in both scions with chip budding at 20-25 cm above ground and the highest shoot length were obtained from Black sweet cherry scion with T-budding with wood performed at 10-12 cm above ground. Beside of these findings, we suggest to all gardener and graftman in order to produce and propagate the sweet cherry with use of Mahaleb rootstock, use the Black sweet cherry (cultivar Ghaheri) as scion with T with wood
budding at 10-20 or 20-25 cm height.

This study was carried out to determine the effects of different rootstock diameters and budding time on graft success and plant growth. In this study, two different diameters of rootstock (5.00–7.00 mm and 7.01–9.00 mm) were examined using the chip budding method at four different budding periods (fall budding September 1-September 15; shoot budding May 1-May 15). In grafted seedlings, the bud take rate (%), the bud sprout rate (%), shoot diameter (mm), shoot length (cm), total leaf area (cm2 plant-1) were examined. While the timing of budding affected the success rate of the grafting, the rootstock diameter was shown to be insignificant. Shoot budding resulted in higher bud take ratio in comparison to fall budding. Budding carried out on May 1 was shown to be the most successful (97.5 %) with regard to the bud take. Rootstock diameter x budding period interaction was found to be significant on bud sprout ratio, shoot diameter and total leaf area. On these traits, May budding perio...