EFFECT OF INTERSTOCK ON GROWTH AND LEAF MINERAL CONTENT OF NAVEL ORANGE TRANSPLANTS | ||||
Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||||
Article 67, Volume 27, Issue 1, March 2019, Page 727-736 PDF (809.55 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ajs.2019.43691 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Marwa M. Yahia1; H. M El wakeel2; M. S.F. Samaan2; O. H. Elgamaal1 | ||||
1Plant Production Dept., Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
2Horticulture Dept., Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., P.O. Box 68, Hadayek Shobra 11241, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Two famous Citrus rootstocks sour orange (C. aurantium.) and volkamer lemon (C. volkamariana.) were tested as interstocks at the stage of transplant production to investigate their mutual effects on the scion growth characteristics, mineral content, carbohydrates, total indols and phenols from side; and rootstock growth traits. nitrogen content, carbohydrates, indols and phenols from the other side. Also the results indicated that Navel orange budded on C. volkamariana grafted on C. volkamariana achieved significantly the highest scion height, root length, leaf number. The highest content of N, P, K, Mg, Fe, Zn, Mn and total phenols in scion stem. Moreover, the mentioned treatment gained the highest significant carbohydrates in roots. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Interstock; rootstock; Navel orange; Citrus transplant; Sour orange; Volkamer lemon | ||||
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