Amin Najafi Alivar; Mehdi Hadadinejad; Abdolrahman Mohammadkhani; Dariush Madadi
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Objective: This study examines the impact of various grape rootstocks on the growth characteristics, physiological properties, and nutrient content of the seedless white scion, a cultivar of significant commercial importance in Iran’s agricultural sector.
Methods: A completely randomized ...
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Objective: This study examines the impact of various grape rootstocks on the growth characteristics, physiological properties, and nutrient content of the seedless white scion, a cultivar of significant commercial importance in Iran’s agricultural sector.
Methods: A completely randomized greenhouse experiment at the Horticulture Department, Shahrekord University, compared six treatments: a control (Sultana cuttings), own-rooted Sultana/Sultana, and grafted combinations of the seedless white scion onto rootstocks (Yaghuti, Asgari, Khushnam, and red Sultana). Traits assessed included morphometric, biological, and physiological parameters, as well as concentrations of Ca, K, and P.
Results: The lowest root number occurred in the own-rooted treatment. In contrast, self-grafted (seedless white scion on seedless white rootstock) showed the highest accumulation of photosynthetic pigments, the longest root length, and the greatest Ca absorption. Seedless white rootstock exhibited notably higher carotenoid content. Chlorophyll analysis revealed that Khoshnam and seedless white combinations had higher chlorophyll a, while Asgari and Yaghuti combinations had higher chlorophyll b and total chlorophyll. Leaf area was greatest with the Asgari rootstock, and internode diameter was largest with Khoshnam. Scion height increased significantly with rootstock: 57% higher with Khoshnam and 34% higher with Asgari than the control. Root volume was significantly greater with Yaghuti and Asgari rootstocks compared with control. Mineral content showed higher Ca in the seedless white scion alone; for seedless white on Khoshnam, K and P levels were notably affected, with lower K and higher P concentrations observed.
Conclusions: Grafting markedly influences grape growth and physiology. Own-rooted combinations exhibited enhanced Ca uptake, longer roots, and richer photosynthetic pigment content. Rootstocks such as Khoshnam and Asgari effectively increased scion height and root volume. These findings support strategic rootstock–scion selection as a viable approach to improve grape vigor and nutritional profiles.
Taher Saghali; Mohamd Esmail Amiri; Ali Imani; Hamed Rezaei; Ali Momenpour
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Almond has a high sensitivity to salt stress. Selection of a tolerant rootstock/scion is one of the ways to reduce the negative effects of salinity stress. In this experiment, the effects of salinity stress on some morphological, physiological and nutritional traits of some almond rootstocks was investigated ...
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Almond has a high sensitivity to salt stress. Selection of a tolerant rootstock/scion is one of the ways to reduce the negative effects of salinity stress. In this experiment, the effects of salinity stress on some morphological, physiological and nutritional traits of some almond rootstocks was investigated in a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with two factors (8 levels of rootstock/scion compositions and five levels of salinity) in three replications at Horticultural Research Institute in 2017. The results showed that by increasing salinity from zero to 8 ds/m, the highest and lowest amount of reduction in root dry weight was observed in ‘Shahrood 12’/Tetra (37.8%) and GN15 (14.5%), respectively. The lowest and highest dry weight loss in the main branch was observed in the bitter almond seedling (38.2%) and ‘Shahrood 12’/ GN15 (47.9%), respectively. The highest amount of necrosis was observed in bitter almond seedling (28.98%) and the lowest value was in ‘Shahrood 12’/GF677 (9.9%). The lowest and highest changes in electrolyte leakage occurred at the rootstock of GF677 (30.74%) and GN15 (42.93%). The lowest and the highest changes in sodium were observed in the ‘Shahrood 12’/GF677 (51.2%) and in the bitter almond seedling (82%), respectively. The results also showed that by increasing salinity stress, the amount of root and leaf nutrient elements increased initially and then decreased with increasing salinity levels. Based on the results, ‘Shahrood 12’/GF677 is the most tolerable combination and the ‘Shahrood12’ grafted on bitter almond seedling is the most sensitive to salt stress.
Razieh Rostami; Ahmad Ershadi; Hasan Sarikhani
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In order to evaluate tolerance of four Prunus rootstocks to Fe-deficiency-induced Chlorosis, an experiment was carried out in Bu-Ali Sina University in 2012 using a RCBD design with four replications. Four rootstocks were used, including GF677, GN15, bitter almond and peach and nutritional treatments ...
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In order to evaluate tolerance of four Prunus rootstocks to Fe-deficiency-induced Chlorosis, an experiment was carried out in Bu-Ali Sina University in 2012 using a RCBD design with four replications. Four rootstocks were used, including GF677, GN15, bitter almond and peach and nutritional treatments were: Hoagland solution without Fe (pH = 6), Hoagland solution containing 90µM Fe as control (pH = 6), and Hoagland solution containing 90 µM Fe + 10 mM KHCO3 (pH = 8). At the end of experiment, total and active content of iron in leaves and roots, chlorophyll content, hydrogen peroxide levels as well as catalase and ascorbate peroxidase enzyme activity were measured. Based on the results, peach was the most sensitive rootstock to iron deficiency and bicarbonate treatments, while almond was the most tolerant rootstock. Comparing two peach × almond hybrid rootstocks showed that GF677 had better performance under iron deficiency and in the presence of bicarbonate rather than GN15. Bicarbonated nutrient solution inhibited the Fe absorption and transport by peach roots, whiles other rootstocks uptake high amount of iron and transferred it to shoots. In this condition, on both peach-almond hybrids, GF677 and GN15, large amounts of iron in leaves were in inactive form but on bitter almond rootstock in addition to high iron uptake and transport, large amounts of this element was active and utilizable by leaves.
zeinab karamad; Ebrahim Ganji Moghadam; ahmadreza bolandi
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This study was conducted with the main prupose of investigation the effects of culture medium and the concentration of growth regulators on proliferation rate, rooting and the acclimatization of Gisela 6 rootstock at Khorasan Razavi Agriculture and Natural Resource Research Center during 2011-2012. In ...
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This study was conducted with the main prupose of investigation the effects of culture medium and the concentration of growth regulators on proliferation rate, rooting and the acclimatization of Gisela 6 rootstock at Khorasan Razavi Agriculture and Natural Resource Research Center during 2011-2012. In this experiment, the proliferation and rooting were performed in six kinds of culture medium (DKW, WPM and MS in two solid and liquid media) supplemented with plant growth regulators included TDZ and BAP in zero, one, two mg/l plus 0.01 mg/l IBA in all treatments of the proliferation and IBA with zero, one, two, three mg/l in rooting step. The results showed that the highest number and length of shoot were 6.48 shoot and 3.14 cm, respectively in solid WPM medium and two mg/l BAP concentration and liquid MS medium with one mg/l concentration of TDZ. The liquid MS medium in two mg/l of IBA caused the highest percentage of rooting and root length, 93.90 percent in 11.76 cm, respectively. Although applying the liquid media resulted in better acclimatization of plantlets, but the highest percent of plantlets survival was obtained in WPM liquid medium with two mg/l concentration of IBA at about 91.80 percent.