tailieunhanh - Comparison of rooting capabilities of Turkish tea clones

In this study, single leaf cuttings of 10 Turkish tea (Camellia sinensis) clones Hamzabey-1, Ardeflen-1, Fener-3, Hayrat1, Çiftekavak-1, Muradiye-10, Tu¤lal›-10, Gündo¤du-3, Kömürcüler-1 and Derepazar›-7 were rooted under greenhouse conditions at seven different collection times without using any plant hormones. | Turk J Agric For 26 (2002) 195-201 © TÜB‹TAK Comparison of Rooting Capabilities of Turkish Tea Clones Eyyüp ALTINDAL, Fikri BALTA Yüzüncü Y›l University, Department of Horticulture Faculty of Agriculture, 65080 Van - TURKEY Received: Abstract: In this study, single leaf cuttings of 10 Turkish tea (Camellia sinensis) clones Hamzabey-1, Ardeflen-1, Fener-3, Hayrat1, Çiftekavak-1, Muradiye-10, Tu¤lal›-10, Gündo¤du-3, Kömürcüler-1 and Derepazar›-7 were rooted under greenhouse conditions at seven different collection times without using any plant hormones. The cuttings were collected on 28 August, 4 September, 11 September, 19 September, 25 September, 4 October and 10 October. Rooted plants were removed from rooting medium in midMay. Plant survival, root dry weight, shoot dry weight and shooting percentage were recorded depending on the tea clones and collection times. The highest survival percentage by mean values of collection times was obtained from cuttings planted on 25 September (), followed by 19 September (), 10 October (), 4 October () and 11 September (). Çiftekavak-1 had a higher mean plant survival ratio () than other clones, and this was followed by Hayrat-1 (), Muradiye-10 (), Gündo¤du-3 (), Tu¤lal›-10 () and Ardeflen-1 (). In addition, the survival percentage and shooting percentage were 100% for cuttings of Hayrat-1 planted on 11 September, Çiftekavak-1 and Hayrat-1 planted on 19 September, and Çiftekavak-1 and Muradiye-10 planted on 25 September. The clone Çiftekavak-1 had the highest root dry weight ( g) and shoot dry weight ( g) per cutting by mean values at all collection times, and is recommended to the tea farmers. Key Words: Tea, clones, survival, shooting Türk Çay Klonlar›n›n Köklenme Yeteneklerinin Karfl›laflt›r›lmas› Özet: Araflt›rmada Hamzabey-1, Ardeflen-1, Fener-3, Hayrat-1, Çiftekavak-1, Muradiye-10, Tu¤lal›-10, Gündo¤du-3, Kömürcüler1 and Derepazar›-7 .