Effects of Rootstock and Interstock on Pollen Traits and Flowering Synchronization in Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.)

An experiment was carried out in Khatam region, Yazd province, Iran from 2008–2016 where two popular pistachio rootstocks and one interstock were evaluated with one male scion to synchronize flowering period of the late flowering ‘Akbari’ as female and medium flowering ‘M1’ as male. In this experime...

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Published in:Erwerbsobstbau 2019-09, Vol.61 (3), p.267-271
Main Authors: Mahmoudi Meimand, Mohammad Javad, Shamshiri, Mohammad Hosein
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Flowering
Genotypes
Germination
Grafting
Life Sciences
Original Article
Plant Sciences
Pollen
Rootstocks
Synchronism
Synchronization
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Summary:An experiment was carried out in Khatam region, Yazd province, Iran from 2008–2016 where two popular pistachio rootstocks and one interstock were evaluated with one male scion to synchronize flowering period of the late flowering ‘Akbari’ as female and medium flowering ‘M1’ as male. In this experiment, ‘Badami-e-Zarand’ (B) and ‘Fandoghi’ (F) were used as rootstocks and ‘Akbari’ (A) as interstock and three grafting combinations were examined including B/M1, F/M1 and B/A/M1. In terms of flowering time, our results showed that the B/A/M1 combination could delay the flowering in male genotype and make an overlap of 6 days between flowering period of ‘Akbari’, as female and M1 as male pistachio (24–29 March). Rootstocks had no significant effect on flowering time of M1. Pollen tube length and growth rate was influenced by different grafting combinations while pollen germination percentage was similar between treatments.
ISSN:0014-0309
1439-0302
DOI:10.1007/s10341-019-00427-3