2015 Cilt 9 Sayı 27
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Item Does grafting time affect the cactus performance?(Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2016-03-30) Bayat, Neda; Naderi, Roohangiz; Maidani, Ardeshir RahimiGrafting contains the uniting of two living plant parts so that they grow as a single plant. To investigate the effect of grafting times and different rootstocks and scions on cacti grafting, a factorial arrangement based on completely randomized design was adopted as the experimental design, with four replicates for each treatment. Treatments were time of grafting at two levels (spring and autumn) rootstocks at five levels (Cereus argentinensis, Borzicactus samaipatanus, Cleistocactus candelilla, Harrisia pomanensis and Eriocereus jusbertii) and scions at fives levels (Gymnocalycium, Echinocereus, Mammillaria, Rebutia and Coryphantha). Factors studied were scions diameter and length and sprouting. Results showed that Borzicactus samaipatanus was found to have the best performance on scions development in the spring, while the rootstocks Borzicactus samaipatanus and Cleistocactus candelilla showed a higher efficiency in grafted-cacti in the autumn. Echinocereus sp. was the best scion for grafting onto the cactus rootstocks in both spring and autumn. A greater compatibility was observed when Echinocereus sp. was combined with Cleistocactus candelilla. In conclusion, our results show that cactus grafting in the spring is more successful than autumn.