GROWTH OF APPLE TREES cv GOLDEN DELICIOUS GRAFTED ONTO FOUR ROOTSTOCKS IN DIFFERENT MOISTURE AND NUTRITION CONDITIONS

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Published: Aug 19, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35196/rfm.2002.2.193
Keywords:
Malus domestica Borkh, fertigation, mulching, rainfed, organic fertilization

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Rafael Ángel Parra-Quezada
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Programa de Frutales, Campo Experimental Sierra de Chihuahua. Hidalgo 1213, Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chih.
Alberto Enrique Becerril-Román
Colegio de Postgraduados, Especialidad en Fruticultura, Genética y Estadística. Km. 36.5 Carr. México-Texcoco. C.P. 56230 Montecillo, Estado de México.
Cándido López-Castañeda
Colegio de Postgraduados, Especialidad en Fruticultura, Genética y Estadística. Km. 36.5 Carr. México-Texcoco. C.P. 56230 Montecillo, Estado de México.
Alberto Castillo-Morales
Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa. Edificio AT-343. 09340 México, D.F.

Abstract

This work was done during 1997 in Montecillo, Texcoco, México, where the response of two-year-old Golden Delicious apple (Malus
domestica Borkh) trees under different soil moisture levels (fertigation, plastic mulch, rainfed), organic fertilization (with and without) and rootstocks (MM.111, MM.106, M.7, and M.26), were studied. This experiment was designed as a split split plot, with two replications. Soil moisture, water and applied fertilizer were quantified. Tree dimensions and some of its relationships were analyzed. It is possible to save 48 % of water by mulching without detrimental effects on tree growth, as compared to fertigation. Organic fertilization at this stage of development does not have effects on growth. Rootstocks producing the largest trees were MM.111, MM.106 and M.7.

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Vol. 25 No. 2 (2002)
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Scientific Articles

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