Variation in some growth, fruit yield and quality characteristics of different persimmon cultivars in dörtyol-hatay (Turkey)


YILDIZ E., Kaplankiran M.

Acta Horticulturae, cilt.996, ss.359-366, 2013 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 996
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.17660/actahortic.2013.996.51
  • Dergi Adı: Acta Horticulturae
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.359-366
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cultivar, Fruit yield and quality, Growth, Persimmon
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Persimmon cultivars with pollination constant non-astringent ('O-Gosho', 'Fuyu', 'Jirou' and 'Hana Fuyu'), pollination variant non-astringent ('Amankaki', 'Vainiglia', 'Kaki Tipo' and 'Harbiye') and pollination constant astringent ('Hachiya' and 'Eylül') were studied in Dörtyol-Hatay (Turkey) between 2009 and 2010. Some characteristics such as growth, fruit set, fruit yield and quality of different persimmon cultivars were determined. After bud burst occurred in late March - early April, rapid shoot growth took place and it was almost complet within a month. Shoot length ranged between 12.49 cm ('Kaki Tipo') and 15.54 cm ('Fuyu') for different persimmon cultivars. Rootstock-scion union ratio was the most ideal for 'Amankaki' (0.957), but it was undesirably low for 'Fuyu' (0.872). As much as 53.6% fruit drop was observed in the one month period after the flowering and pollination, and gradually decreased toward harvest. The highest fruit set ratio (31.9%) was found in 'Fuyu'. The most regular fruit bearing cultivars, estimated by alternate bearing index, were 'Jirou', 'Hana Fuyu' and 'Eylül' (0.16-0.20), whereas 'Hachiya' exhibited strong biennial bearing (0.57). Yield per tree was the highest in 'Eylül', 'Amankaki' and 'Fuyu' (50-52 kg/tree), whereas 'Harbiye' and 'O-Gosho' had the lowest yield (15 kg/tree). 'Hana Fuyu' had the highest average fruit weight (263.98 g). The maximum total soluble solid content at harvesting maturity was found for 'Hachiya' as 20.87%.