@article{
author = "Zec, Gordan and Čolović, Vladimir and Milatović, Dragan and Čolić, Slavica and Vulić, Todor and Đorđević, Boban and Đurović, Dejan",
year = "2017",
abstract = "The main goal of breeding and testing of rootstocks for sweet cherry is to obtain small and
productive trees and to improve precocity. The objective of this study was to examine the influence
of six rootstocks on vigor and productive characteristics of young sweet cherry trees. The
experimental orchard is situated at the Experimental farm “Radmilovac”, of the Faculty of
Agriculture (near Belgrade). Three sweet cherry cultivars: ‘Kordia’, ‘Karmen’ and ‘Regina’ were
grafted on six rootstocks: Prunus mahaleb L. seedlings, ‘Colt’, ‘Ma×Ma 14’, ‘Gisela 6’, ‘Gisela 5’ and
‘Oblačinska’ sour cherry. During a two-year period (2015-2016) the following characteristics were
studied: scion diameter above the grafting union, rootstock diameter under the grafting union,
length and diameter of shoots, height of the tree and the number of spurs per tree. The results
showed different influence of rootstocks on the tree vigor, spur formation and precocity. The
average diameter of the scion in all tested cultivars was the largest on the Mahaleb rootstock. The
largest average number of spurs per tree in the second year was recorded on cherry trees grafted on
the rootstocks ‘Gisela 6’ and ‘Oblačinska’ sour cherry (28 and 23 respectively). The lowest average
number of spurs (6) was found on trees grafted on the rootstock ‘Colt’.",
publisher = "“Ss. Cyril and Methodius" University in Skopje, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje",
journal = "Journal of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences",
title = "Rootstock influence on vigour and generative potential of young sweet cherry trees",
pages = "141-137",
number = "2",
volume = "71",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_agrospace_6125"
}