Vigour of mume's clones and 'Okinawa' peach tree propagated by herbaceous cuttings

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate the vigour of three mume's clones (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.) and 'Okinawa' peach tree [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch], propagated by herbaceous cuttings, at field conditions. The experimental design was in randomized blocks, using four treatments (genotypes) and five repetitions, with 0.5 m among plants. 'Okinawa' peach presented larger trunck diameter, in relation to mume's clones. In the adjacent analysis of the variables, mume's Clone 10 reveals least vigorous, indicating the possibility of success as dwarf rootstock for peach tree.