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    The study evaluated 12 sweet cherry cultivars grafted onto Gisela 5 rootstock and grown in southern Romania between 2020-2022. The most productive cultivars were Karina, Belise, Folfer, and Regina, yielding an average of 10.35, 10.34, 9.98, and 9.34 tons per hectare respectively. Fruit quality varied between cultivars, with Areko producing the largest fruits at 12.17 grams on average. Kordia had the firmest fruits at 60.20 units while Bellise was most sensitive to water stress. Both cultivar and climate influenced cherry yields and quality in the region.

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    The study evaluated 12 sweet cherry cultivars grafted onto Gisela 5 rootstock and grown in southern Romania between 2020-2022. The most productive cultivars were Karina, Belise, Folfer, and Regina, yielding an average of 10.35, 10.34, 9.98, and 9.34 tons per hectare respectively. Fruit quality varied between cultivars, with Areko producing the largest fruits at 12.17 grams on average. Kordia had the firmest fruits at 60.20 units while Bellise was most sensitive to water stress. Both cultivar and climate influenced cherry yields and quality in the region.

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    Calinescu Mirela Florina, Mazilu Ivona Cristina, Chitu Emil, Plaiasu Florin, Chivu Mihai

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    EVALUATION OF SOME SWEET CHERRY CULTIVARS GRAFTED

    ON THE ROOTSTOCK 'GISELA 5' AND GROWN IN THE HILLY REGION


    IN THE SOUTH OF ROMANIA
    CALINESCU MIRELA FLORINA1, MAZILU IVONA CRISTINA1*, CHITU EMIL1*, PLAIASU FLORIN1, CHIVU MIHAI1
    1Research Institute for Fruit Growing Pitesti, Orchard Technology and Phytosanitary Protection Department, Marului Street 402 Maracineni-Argeș, Romania,
    *icmazilu@yahoo.com, emilchitu@gmail.com
    1. INTRODUCTION
    Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) is a temperate climate areas species (Wunsch and Hormaza, 2002) with high pedo-climatic suitability in Romania (Coman
    and Chitu, 2014). Nevertheless, depending on the cultivar, sweet cherry must face the late spring frosts, rainy season during maturation, while increased air
    temperature during floral induction reduces the fruit buds number in the following season (Sønsteby and Heide 2019). Last but not least, starting from July,
    the air temperature rises above the maximum limit of the species, impairing some physiological processes (photosynthesis and induction), and thermal
    stress affects the trees even in the conditions of an adequate water supply through irrigation. This paper aimed to study the cultivar effect on the vigor of
    'Gisela 5' rootstock grafted trees and assess yield and fruit quality dynamics for 12 cherry cultivars of different origins, in the pedo-climatic conditions of
    Pitesti, Arges County, between 2020 and 2022. Cultivars' sensibility to water stress conditions recorded during the summer period has also been evaluated.

    2. MATERIALS AND METHODS


    ʻArekoʻ, ʻBelliseʻ, ʻBurlatʻ, ʻFertardʻ, ʻFolferʻ, ʻHertfordʻ, ʻKarinaʻ, ʻKordiaʻ, ʻMerchantʻ, ʻPennyʻ, ʻReginaʻ, and ʻVandaʻ sweet cherry cvs. grafted on Gisela 5
    rootstock, were planted in 2017 at 4 x 1.5 m distances at the RIFG Pitesti. Tree vigor, fruit yield and fruit quality indicators (fruit weight, firmness, pH, and
    total soluble content) were also determined. To obtained the lower baselines (LBL) used to assess the crop water stress index (CWSI) Paltineanu et al., 2014
    protocol was followed.

    3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

    18 Table 1. Regression equations corresponding to the lower baseline determined


    a
    16 bc cd b a a for the 12 sweet cherry cvs. and their determination coefficients
    d ab
    14 eef
    12 h fg gh bc Cultivar Regression equation Determination coefficient
    c a ab a ʻArekoʻ y = -1,8677x + 2,4382 R² = 0,2269***
    10 c c bc bc ab
    a i i cd ʻBelliseʻ y = -4,4347x + 9,4147 R² = 0,5999***
    8 b d
    c e ʻKordiaʻ y = -1,6428x + 0,3635 R² = 0,0556***
    6 d f ef
    d f ʻPennyʻ y = -2,7179x + 4,6648 R² = 0,6328***
    4 e d d
    h gf d d ʻFolferʻ y = -2,7430x + 5,5065 R² = 0,2735***
    2 i jj j ʻHertfordʻ y = -2,4968x + 3,9674 R² = 0,5031**
    0 ʻKarinaʻ y = -2,6124x + 4,0338 R² = 0,2887***
    2020 2021 2022 Cultivar main efect ʻKordiaʻ y = -2,0433x + 2,3975 R² = 0,2744***
    Areko Belise Burlat Fertard Folfer Hertford ʻMerchantʻ y = -0,5953x - 0,5220 R² = 0,0178
    Karina Kordia Merchant Penny Regina Vanda ʻPennyʻ y = -1,5972x + 2,1752 R² = 0,3670***
    ʻReginaʻ y = -2,2371x + 3,5515 R² = 0,3464***
    ʻVandaʻ y = -1,0721x + 0,2982 R² = 0,1758***
    Figure 1. Cultivar effect on sweet cherry yield (2020-2022)

    Fruit yield On average for the analyzed period, the most productive cvs. were ʻKarinaʻ (10.35 t ha-1), ʻBeliseʻ (10.34 t ha-1), ʻFolferʻ (9.98 t ha-1), and ʻReginaʻ
    (9.34 t ha-1), and the least productive were ʻPennyʻ (4.36 t ha-1), ʻFertardʻ (4.86 t ha-1), and ʻKordiaʻ (5.18 t ha-1) cvs. ʻBelliseʻ and ʻFolferʻ cvs. presented stable
    fruit yield. The cultivars gave the highest fruit yield in 2021 (5th year after planting): ʻMerchantʻ 15.90 t ha-1, followed by ʻReginaʻ and ʻBeliseʻ (14.95 and
    14.50 t ha-1 respectively), ʻKarinaʻ and ʻArekoʻ with 11.92 and 10.93 t ha-1. ʻReginaʻ and ʻMerchantʻ cvs suffered yield lost caused by late spring frost in 2022.
    ʻVandaʻ had a low yield in the first 2 years of the study, but it was not affected in 2022, when was ranked in the group of the most productive cultivars, along
    with ʻBeliseʻ and ʻFolferʻ.
    Fruit quality The cultivar that stood out for its large fruits was ʻArekoʻ (12.17 g), followed by ʻPennyʻ (10.80 g) and the group of ʻFolferʻ cvs. (10.54 g), ʻKordiaʻ
    (10.45 g), and ʻFertardʻ (10.42 g). Fruit firmness varied widely and registered the highest value for ʻKordiaʻ cv. (60.20 HPE II FFF Bareiss units), followed by
    ʻPennyʻ (60.23 HPE II FFF Bareiss units), and ʻReginaʻ (59.33 (HPE II FFF Bareiss units), while ʻKordiaʻ cv. presented the lowest firmness (39.53 HPE II FFF
    Bareiss units). The pH of the fruits was the indicator with the weakest variations and reached high value for ʻBelliseʻ, ʻVandaʻ, ʻFolferʻ, and ʻHertfordʻ (above
    4.12), while a minimum pH was determined for ʻReginaʻ and ʻKordiaʻ (pH approximately 3.90). Total soluble content registered the highest level for ʻReginaʻ
    cv. (16.7°Brix). It was followed by the group of ʻPennyʻ (16.06° Brix), ʻKordiaʻ (16.06° Brix), ʻVandaʻ (15.99° Brix), ʻMerchantʻ (15.65° Brix), and ʻPennyʻ cvs.
    (15.41° Brix), while ʻBelliseʻ accumulated the lowest total soluble content (13.98° Brix).
    Water stress sensitivity assessment The most strongly affected by water stress was ʻBelliseʻ (with the highest slope of the lower baseline), for which, at a
    VPD of 4 kPa, the temperature of the leaves is approximately 8.3°C lower than the air temperature. At the same time, at a similar VPD, a smaller
    temperature difference (of only 2.9°C) is observed for ʻMerchantʻ cv. (with a much lower slope of the regression line, although without statistical
    significance).

    4. CONCLUSION
    Both, cultivar and climatic conditions strongly influenced cherry fruit yield and
    quality in the Pitesti-Arges area. Fruit yield of ʻBelliseʻ, ʻFolferʻ, ʻKarinaʻ, and 5. REFERENCES
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