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- Title
Chilling requirement for seed germination and phenological observations on peach cultivars.
- Authors
Júnior, Américo Wagner; Bruckner, Claudio Horst; da Costa Silva, José Osmar; Magalhães dos Santos, Carlos Eduardo; Pimentel, Leonardo Duarte; Mazaro, Sérgio Miguel
- Abstract
In subtropical climate areas, the models and methods proposed to evaluate the chilling requirement of temperate fruit crops often do not provide satisfactory results, thus calling for the development of alternative techniques. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlations between some phonological traits and chilling requirement for seed germination of 18 peach cultivars and one nectarine cultivar. Two experiments were installed separately for the correlation studies. In experiment 1, the phenological traits were observed in the field, while in experiment 2, the chilling requirement for 50 and 100% seed germination of each cultivar was assessed. The number of days for beginning of bloom (r = 0.70**, 0.61**) and full bloom (r= 0.72**, 0.76**) were both significantly correlated with the number of chilling units for 50% and 100% germination of seeds. The number of days for beginning of budding and dormancy break were both significantly correlated with the number of chilling units for 50% and 100% germination (r = 0.48*, 0.50*, respectively). However, the same significant effect for these phenological traits was not found between chilling units and 50% germination of seeds, as well as between chilling units and harvest dates.
- Subjects
PEACH varieties; GERMINATION; PLANT phenology; FLOWERING time; BUDDING (Plant propagation); DORMANCY in plants
- Publication
Revista Ceres, 2013, Vol 60, Issue 2, p234
- ISSN
0034-737X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/s0034-737x2013000200012