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- Title
Less Is More: A Hard Way to Get Potential Dwarfing Hybrid Rootstocks for Valencia Sweet Orange.
- Authors
Pereira Costa, Danilo; Sanches Stuchi, Eduardo; Girardi, Eduardo Augusto; Moreira, Alécio Souza; da Silva Gesteira, Abelmon; Coelho Filho, Mauricio Antonio; da Silva Ledo, Carlos Alberto; da Silva, André Luiz Vanucci; de Leão, Helton Carlos; Sampaio Passos, Orlando; dos Santos Soares Filho, Walter
- Abstract
As in several fruit crops, citrus trees with decreased size allow for a higher planting density, which may lead to higher productivity and facilitate operations such as harvesting and spraying. The use of dwarfing rootstocks is one of the most feasible methods for tree size control, but few commercial varieties are available to date. In this work, the long-term performance of Valencia sweet orange grafted onto 51 hybrid citrus rootstocks was evaluated in rainfed cultivation at 6.0 m × 2.5 m tree spacing in Northern São Paulo State, Brazil. About a third of the evaluated hybrids were classified as dwarfing and semi-dwarfing rootstocks, that is, respectively inducing a relative canopy volume of <40% and 40–60% compared with the standard rootstock, the Rangpur lime Santa Cruz selection. The production efficiency and soluble solids concentration were conversely related to the canopy volume. Three citrandarins of Sunki mandarin (TSKC) × Flying Dragon trifoliate orange (TRFD) were grouped within the most productive dwarfing rootstocks. Other hybrids that expressively decreased tree size were mainly sensitive to drought; therefore, the mean fruit yield was low, indicating the need for irrigation, albeit fruit quality was high. Estimated productivity on the selected TSKC × TRFD rootstocks would double to an average of 40 t·ha−1·year−1 if tree spacing was adjusted to the smaller tree size. Although the HTR-208 citrandarin and the LCR × CTSW-009 citrumelimonia were as vigorous as the Santa Cruz Rangpur lime, they induced an outstanding fruit yield due to their highest tolerance to drought and, hence, can be considered for rainfed cultivation at wider tree spacing.
- Subjects
VALENCIA (Spain); SANTA Cruz (Calif.); SAO Paulo (Brazil : State); ROOTSTOCKS; ORANGES; TREE size; DROUGHT tolerance; FRUIT yield; FRUIT quality; PLANT spacing
- Publication
Agriculture; Basel, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 4, p354
- ISSN
2077-0472
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/agriculture11040354