Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Dec 1987
Influence of Planting Depth on Growth of Young Apple Trees
Influence of Planting Depth on Growth of Young Apple Trees
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Page Range: 163 – 164
Shallow planted trees of ‘Delicious’ apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) on Malling 7A (M 7A) and Malling-Merton 111 (MM 111) rootstock were smaller in the 5th year following planting and had higher bloom densities than deep-planted trees. Trees on MM 111 also had more fruit per cross sectional area when shallow planted. Deep planted trees of MM 111 had greater depth to the first root. No differences were observed in degree of lean of either rootstock.
Keywords:
Malus domestica
; bloom density; graft height; tree height; fruiting; rootstock shank
Copyright: Copyright, All Rights Reserved 1987
Contributor Notes
2Current Address: Department of Horticulture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2134.
3Associate Professor of Horticulture, Professor of Horticulture and Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, resp.
Received: 16 May 1987