Volume 54 Number 1 Article 4
Year 2000 Month 1
Title: Rootstock Influences the Construction Costs of ´Starkspur Supreme Delicious` Apple Trees
Authors: D. Strong and A.N. Azarenko
Abstract:
The construction costs (CCcomp) of vegetative and reproductive components, and total tree (total CC)
and net (CCnet) construction costs were calculated using the gross heat of combustion, percentage ash content, and total nitrogen for 'Starkspur Supreme Delicious' apple trees (Malus domestica Borkh) grafted
onto MAC.24, M.7 EMLA, M.26 EMLA, M.9 EMLA, MAC.9, and M.27 EMLA. The CCcomp in Oct./Nov.
of 1-yr wood, 2-yr wood, and roots was lower in trees grafted onto more dwarfing rootstocks than in those
on more vigorous rootstocks.
Leaves had the highest CCcomp. Frame, 2-yr, 1-yr, shoot, and root had similar CCcomp. Fruit and spurs had the lowest CCcomp. As tree size decreased, total CC and CCnet decreased.
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