İdris MACİT, Gregory A. LANG, Hüsnü DEMİRSOY

Bud management affects fruit wood, growth, and precocity of cherry trees

As the production benefits of pruning fruit trees have been realized, growers have begun pruning periodically and, accordingly,various canopy training systems have begun to be developed. Following the genetic development of dwarfing rootstocks, interest hasgrown in the creation of modern training systems for smaller, more efficient orchards. During the formation of these training systems, itbecame apparent that branches of a certain size can alter the partitioning of growth resources (nutrients and carbohydrates) within thetree, delaying the formation of the target canopy structure as well as fruit bearing. In recent years, studies have focused on managementof the buds related to branch development. Bud management describes such practices as debudding and selection of specific budsto promote the growth of the tree to achieve its most productive, efficient structure. This study determined the effectiveness of budmanagement for sweet cherry trees. The variety/rootstock combinations of 0900 Ziraat / M × M 60, Sweetheart / M × M 60, 0900 Ziraat/ Gisela 5, and Regina / Gisela 6 were studied using bud management techniques, with the Vogel Central Leader training system as acontrol. The study was carried out in Samsun, Turkey, between 2010 and 2014. In the experiment, phenological observations (such asbud burst, first and full bloom, and harvest date) and tree values (such as shoot diameter and height; diameter, height, and number of thefirst branches from the trunk, amount of pruned branch mass; diameter and height of a 1-year-old shoot; number of 2-year-old or oldershoots; volume of the tree canopy; and production values) were determined. Bud management resulted in homogeneous branchingalong the leader, less empty space in the canopy, healthy canopy formation in a shorter period, shorter and more uniform branches, anincrease in 2-year-old shoots that could yield fruit, and trees that reached maximum productivity earlier.

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