“…Instead of rootstocks with vigor growth and development in today's modern pear cultivation, dwarf or semi-dwarf quince and pear clone rootstocks are used (Hancock and Lobos, 2008;Dondini and Sansavini, 2012;Hepaksoy, 2019). Pear clonal rootstocks show stronger development compared to quince clone rootstocks, so planting distances are wider (Ozcagiran et al, 2005;Sharma et al, 2009;da Silva et al, 2018). Although pears are grown on quince rootstocks with control the growth forces of trees (dwarfing), yield precocity, increase in fruit yield and quality, due to their negative aspects such as sensitivity to winter cold, chlorosis and fire blight in calcareous soils, weak anchorage to soil and poor graft compatibility (Pina and Errea, 2009) instead of Pyrodwarf, OHxF, Farold, Fox, BP and CTS series developed in different rootstock breeding programs and pear clone rootstocks from some different pear species have been used in recent years (Jackson, 2003;Hancock and Lobous, 2008;Dondini and Sansavini, 2012;da Silva et al, 2018).…”