Rootstocks for fruit trees
Bio trее company offers to your attention a new product – rootstocks for fruit trees (plums, pears, apricots, peaches etc.). The fruit trees rootstocks a clonal and produced by in vitro technology.
Myrobolan 29C
Myrobolan 29C is one of the main rootstocks used for plums and most of the apricot cultivars in Bulgaria. It is a clonal rootstock selected from the Prunus cerasifera with excellent adaptability with almost any root suckers produced.
The Rootstock is suitable for most of the main soil types. It also adapts to dry or heavy with minor drainage soils. It is also applicable to exhausted soil. In comparison to the seed based rootstocks the M29C forms trees with 15-20% smaller.
The grafted cultivars also deliver high yields. The rootstock is resistant to nematodes from (Meloidogyne spp.) and it has average resistance to Agrobacterium tumefacens, Verticillium and Leptonecrosis.
OHF BT
OHF BT is a clonal rootstock for pear that is compatible to all of the pear cultivars available on the market. The rootstock is selected in Bio tree. It develops deep, strong root system and does not form shoots.
It is resistant to heavy and lime soils. The rootstock is extremely cold resistant and develops small to mid-sized trees (from 1/3 to 2/3 of the standard trees grown on seed rootstocks).
It is recommended for autumn planting in the nursery. The sufficient fertilizers and irrigation should be applied In order to ensure optimal growth. OHF BT is resistant to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora), nematodes and Phytophtora cactorum.