Modeling Water Requirements of Young Apple Rootstocks under Various Climates

Stochastic soil water balance under seasonal climates.

The analysis of soil water partitioning in seasonally dry climates necessarily requires careful consideration of the periodic climatic forcing at the intra-annual timescale in addition to daily scale variabilities. Here, we introduce three new extensions to a stochastic soil moisture model which yields seasonal evolution of soil moisture and relevant hydrological fluxes. These approximations al...

Rootstocks for Size Control in Apple Trees

Monitoring of distribution water qualities under various source water blending.

The main goal of this large-scale pilot distribution study was to systematically investigate the impacts of blending different source waters on distribution water qualities. The principal source waters investigated were conventionally treated ground water (G1), surface water processed by enhanced treatment (S1), and desalted seawater by reverse osmosis membranes (RO). Due to the nature of raw w...

Effect of commercial apple rootstocks on some growth and biochemical characteristics of apple leaf cvs. Golden Delicious and Red Delicious

In order to study three vegetative rootstocks M9, M7 and MM106 on some growth and biochemical Characteristics of Apple cvs. "Golden delicious" and "Red Delicious", an experiment in factorial design based on randomized complete blocks with four replications in orchard of Mashhad agricultural research center was performed in 2021. Some characteristics: including trunk diameter, current shoot grow...

The Effect of Water Stress on Some Morphological, Physiological, and Biochemical Characteristics and Bud Success on Apple and Quince Rootstocks

The effects of different water stress (control, medium, and severe) on some morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics and bud success of M9 apple and MA quince rootstocks were determined. The results showed that water stress significantly affected most morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics as well as budding success on the both rootstocks. The increas...