Vol. 32 No. 2 (2018): Advances in Horticultural Sciences
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The effect of polyamines and SICS on the compatibility, fertility and yield indices of apple cv. Golden Delicious

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  • Pegah Sayyad-Amin,
  • Gholamhossein Davarynejad,
  • Bahram Abedy
Pegah Sayyad-Amin
Department of Horticultural Sciences and Landscaping, Agriculture College, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad
Gholamhossein Davarynejad
Department of Horticultural Sciences and Landscaping, Agriculture College, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad
Bahram Abedy
Department of Horticultural Sciences and Landscaping, Agriculture College, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/ahs-21365

Published 2018-04-18

Keywords

  • fruit set; putrescine; spermidine

How to Cite

Sayyad-Amin, P., Davarynejad, G., & Abedy, B. (2018). The effect of polyamines and SICS on the compatibility, fertility and yield indices of apple cv. Golden Delicious. Advances in Horticultural Science, 32(2), 213–219. https://doi.org/10.13128/ahs-21365
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Abstract

The most critical problems of temperate fruit trees are poor fruit set
and low yield. To solve the problem, some major chemical compounds such as polyamines and SICS (self-incompatibility control substance, Mn+B) can be used. Popular polyamines including Putrescine (0.1 and 0.25 mM), both Spermine and Spermidine (0.05 and 0.25 mM), and SICS (1 and 2 mg L-1) were used alone or with cotton coverage bags to cover branches in order to investigate self-incompatibility in Malus domestica. Results showed that Spermidine (0.25 mM) led to higher yields in comparison with that of the control. SICS (2 mg L-1), also, demonstrated the highest yield compared with that of the control. At June fruit set, treatment with Spermidine (0.25 mM) led to the highest percentage of fruit set and also the highest index of self-incompatibility and percentage
of final fruit set among treatments.

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