INVESTIGATION OF PROPAGATION IN VITRO CULTURE CAPABILITIES OF SOME WILD PLUM GENOTYPES AS CLONAL ROOTSTOCK CANDIDATE

Abstract

This study was carried out at the 2012 year to investigate the possibilities of propagation with in vitro tissue culture conditions some of the wild plum genotypes as a clonal rootstock candidate obtained by selection breeding from Kahramanmaraş natural environment. Total of 9 clonal rootstocks including Prunus spinosa, Prunus domestica, Prunus divaricata and Myrobolan 29C and GF 677 standart control rootstocks were used in this study. The highest rooting rate at SP-1 (Prunus spinosa) with 97.58%, SP-2 (Prunus spinosa) with 97.56% and Myrobolan 29C with 97.52% was determined, and these rootstocks by GF 677 rootstock with 96.67% were followed in the study. The lowest rooting rate at 11.30%, 14.38% and 27.00% the rootstocks of Dİ-1 (Prunus divaricata), Dİ-3 (Prunus divaricata) and Dİ-2 (Prunus divaricata) respectively was determined. In general, that propagation with in vitro tissue culture conditions of the rootstocks of Prunus spinosa better than other selected end control rootstock was showed.