Determination of Phenological and Morphological Characteristics of Some Standard Pear Cultivars on Different Quince Clonal Rootstocks

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the effects of Quince BA29 (BA29), Quince A (QA), and Quince C (MC) rootstocks on phenological and morphological characteristics of ‘Deveci’, ‘Santa Maria’, ‘Abate Fetel’, and ‘Williams’ pear cultivars in Bafra (Samsun) ecological conditions between 2020-2021 years. It has been determined that the effect of rootstocks and cultivars on phenological characteristics was significant. In the study, the earliest flowering and harvest were in ‘Abate Fetel’, the latest flowering was in ‘Williams’, and the latest harvest was in the ‘Deveci’ cultivar. The highest rootstock diameter, trunk diameter and tree height were in BA29 and the lowest in MC rootstock. The highest canopy volume was determined in the ‘Santa Maria’ cultivar and the lowest in the ‘Williams’ cultivar. The effect of rootstocks and cultivars on leaf area was significant and the highest leaf area was determined in ‘Santa Maria’/QA combination. Annual shoot length of the MC rootstock was lower than the other rootstocks. It is thought that it would be more appropriate to continue the research for a long time to determine the most suitable cultivar/rootstock combination as a result of the data obtained due to the young trees of the plants where the research was carried out.