This study was conducted for two successive seasons 2010 and 2011 in the
vine nursery in the governorate of Homs/Syria to evaluate the degree of
grafting success between the two partners to create graft combinations in early
stage of grafting and
to select the most compatible rootstock for our local
studied cultivars. Three grapevines of local cultivars (Halawani, Baladi and
Bayadi) were grafted on four different American rootstocks (Ru140, B41,
Fercal and SO4) using bench grafting by omega machine.
This research was conducted at the Agriculture Faculty, Damascus
university to determine some factors affecting rooting of some grape rootstocks
(B41, Ru140, SO4) by hardwood cutting during two subsequent seasons. The
results showed that Rooting p
ercentage ranged between 50 to 65%. with
significant differences between tested rootstocks. The highest rooting
percentage was obtained on B41 rootstock reached 65.47% followed by SO4
and then by Ru140 which gave the lowest percentage 50.44%. The treatment
with hormone IBA increased rooting proportion and all the parameters
(number and length of root, number of leaves and shoot length) were
significantly higher than parallel parameters of the control. The storage of
cuttings at 4°C for 50 days increased significantly proportion of rooting and
number of roots compared with the storage under field condition. There were
significant differences among dates of planting where the third date (mid
February) showed superiority in all parameters studied over other dates. The
cuttings from basal and middle of annual growth gave a significant superiority
in the average root length (5.26–4.32 cm, successively) compared to the
terminal cuttings while there was no significant effect to the cuttings position on
rooting proportion.
The investigation was conducted during 2013-2014 in Al-Moroj - Baniyas - Tartous.
The effect of grafting cucumber (Hybrid Amir F1 and Potenza F1) on (TZ 148 F1)
rootstock on growth and production was studied. The experiment contained 4 treatments
(ungrafted Amir F1 and Potenza F1, and grafted ones on Cucurbita hybrid).
The results showed that grafted cucumber (Amir F1) on (TZ 148 F1) was significantly
superior to other treatments in leaf area (15368.79 cm2.plant-1) and total production (21.58
kg .m-2). Grafting cucumber (Potenza F1) on (TZ148 F1) leaded to a significant decrease in
each of plant height (113.25 cm), number of secondary branches (7.5 branch . plant-1),
number of female flowers (94.13 flower . plant-1), number of fruits (38.13 fruit . plant-1)
and total production (14.61 kg .m-2). The earliness in grafted cucumber (Amir F1 and
Potenza F1) on (TZ 148 F1) (0.19 and 0.28 kg .m-2 respectively) was significantly
decreased compared to ungrafted plants (0.43 and 0.54 kg .m-2 respectively). Grafting on
(TZ 148 F1) didn't affected the fruit qualitative characteristics.
