Saksıda Erkenci Kayısı Yetiştiriciliği

Authors : Salih ÜLGER, Sara DEMİRAL

Pages : 330-336

Doi:10.18016/ksutarimdoga.vi.561013

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Publication Date : 2019-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this research was to induce earliness in apricot cultivars Aurora, Ninfa and Roxana grown in containers in greenhouse under the Antalya environmental conditions. The plants were planted in 30 L black plastic containers filled with peat: manure (%60:%40) mixture. The plants were treated with control, Dormex 2.5%, 200 ppm gibberellic acid (GA 3 ) and artificial chilling ( 30 days/720 hours at 5 o C ).  Then they were transferred into the greenhouse, and kept there until harvest. During the vegetation periods, some phenological and pomological parameters were determined. Among the apricot cultivars, Ninfa treated with Dormex %2.5 was the earliest one in flowering and harvesting time. On the other hand, artificial chilled Ninfa was the best in terms of fruit set ratio and yield. The better results were recorded in respect to soluble solid content in Roxana cultivars treated with 200 ppm GA 3 . The results showed that selection of suitable cultivars such as Ninfa for Antalya climatic conditions in apricots seemed quite important. Aurora and Roxana apricots were poor in fruit sets in control plants. The low production could be related to inadequate chill requirements. About 7 to 10 days earliness in fruit harvesting can be obtained in selected apricot cultivars under the same conditions when all the required treatments and cultivation practices are properly followed.
Keywords : Apricot, Container growing, Earliness