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Research Project: INTEGRATED ORCHARD MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION FOR DECIDUOUS TREE FRUIT PRODUCTION

Location: Appalachian Fruit Research Laboratory: Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement and Protection

Title: Growth and yield of peach growth habits on size-controlling rootstocks

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Submitted to: Journal of American Pomological Society
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: December 18, 2012
Publication Date: N/A

Interpretive Summary: In peach, large trees grown with wide spacing can be inefficient due to the necessity of ladders for pruning and harvesting and poor coverage when sprayed with pesticides. Newly developed peach trees with narrower canopies and grown on dwarfing rootstocks should enable increased orchard efficiency without loss of yields. New, larger studies are needed to advance these concepts.

Technical Abstract: New genotypes of peach with upright, narrow canopies have been developed that have novel management challenges but high production value. While these novel genotypes are easily adapted to high density planting systems, the increased tree height of narrow canopies can present problems in maintaining bearing surface low in the canopy, in harvesting, and the need for additional pruning. Size-controlling rootstocks have been used to manage tree size and productivity in apple and new size-controlling rootstocks have been developed for peach. These rootstocks may be highly beneficial for upright peach trees. In this experiment, two Controller rootstocks (C5 and C9) and two standard (STD) rootstocks (‘Tennessee Natural’ and ‘Bailey’) were used with ‘Sweet-N-Up’ (SU), which has an upright growth habit, and ‘Redhaven’ (RH), which has a standard spreading habit, to evaluate effects of rootstock on scion growth and yield. Over five years of this experiment, yield and average fruit size of SU was consistently greater than RH. Trees on C5 and C9 produced smaller and fewer fruit per tree than on the two STD rootstocks. However, yield (kg/ha) of either cultivar was not different when adjusted for tree planting density. Yield per tree and individual fruit weights were most reduced on C5 rootstock and least on STD. In general, the smallest-to-largest trees grew on C5, C9, and STD rootstocks. SU or RH trees grafted on C5 and C9 rootstocks and planted at higher density had equivalent yield per acre as trees on STD at low planting density. However, the trees on dwarfing rootstocks planted at higher densities may be economically advantageous due to reduced pruning and harvesting costs, and the increased potential for mechanized orchard operations.

   

 
Project Team
Tworkoski, Thomas - Tom
Leskey, Tracy
Glenn, D Michael - Michael
Tabb, Amy
 
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