The influence of the rootstock on the formation of quality indicators of sweet cherry variety Alexandria

Abstract

The tested 27 samples of sweet cherry Alexandria variety grown on rootstocks with different growth rates (low-growing, medium and vigorous) had different indicators both in marketable conditions and in the content of a complex of biologically active substances – sugars, acids, vitamins. According to the level of accumulation of substances that form the nutritional, therapeutic and prophylactic properties of sweet cherry fruits, variety-rootstock combinations have been identified that provide an improvement in the quality indicators of fruits: ANT x Maaka 9-8, ANTD 12/20, S 33, Gegard, ANT x 2-77-1, ANT self-fertile 17, ANT w / n 5, Chufut Kale.