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Evaluation of Early Productivity of High Density 'Fuji' Apple Orchards by Planting Well-feathered Trees/M.9 EMLA  

Yang, Sang-Jin (Apple Experiment Station, National Institute of Horticulture & Herbal Science)
Park, Moo-Yong (Apple Experiment Station, National Institute of Horticulture & Herbal Science)
Song, Yang-Yik (Apple Experiment Station, National Institute of Horticulture & Herbal Science)
SaGong, Dong-Hoon (Apple Experiment Station, National Institute of Horticulture & Herbal Science)
Yoon, Tae-Myung (Department of Horticulture, Kyungpook National University)
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Horticultural Science & Technology / v.28, no.3, 2010 , pp. 374-380 More about this Journal
Abstract
Well-feathered (5.2 feathers, stem diameter 13 mm) trees of 'Fuji' apple/ M.9 EMLA were planted at $4.0{\tiems}1.5$ m and whip trees (stem diameter 10 mm) of 'Fuji'/M.26 at $4.0{\times}2.0$ m were trained to the slender spindle. The productivity and yield efficiency of two orchard systems were compared for 6 years. The canopy volume of the tree/M.9 EMLA reached $2.07m^3$ in 2nd year and increased slowly to almost the targeted tree volume of $2.9m^3$ in 4th year. Trees/M.26 grew slowly at the begin but from 3rd year the tree volume expanded quickly to reach $5.6m^3$ in 5th year, covering over the allowed space. Yield of M.9 EMLA per 10a increased from 0.3 ton in 2nd year to 4.6 ton in 5th year, and 5.0 ton in 6th year, but yield of M.26 per 10a increased from 0.5 ton in 3rd to 2.9 ton in 6th year. Cumulative yield per 10a up to 6th year was 13.9 ton for M.9 EMLA but only 9.8 ton for M.26. Fruit weight for M.9 EMLA was heavier than that for M.26. In conclusion, the high density planting system with well-feathered trees/M.9 EMLA was better than the conventional wide planting system with whip trees/M.26.
Keywords
canopy volume; fruit quality; Malus domestica Borkh.; vegetative growth; yield efficiency;
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