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The Effect Of Tying And Wrapping Materials And Their Color On Budding Success In Kiwifruit, Hamdi̇ Zengi̇nbal, Hüseyi̇n Çeli̇k, Muharrem Özcan
The Effect Of Tying And Wrapping Materials And Their Color On Budding Success In Kiwifruit, Hamdi̇ Zengi̇nbal, Hüseyi̇n Çeli̇k, Muharrem Özcan
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
We studied the effect of tying and wrapping materials and their color on budding success in kiwifruit. The work was done in the open field during 2002-2003. Three-year-old, gallon container grown Hayward seedlings were chip-budded with Hayward chip-bud sticks in the first quarter of May. Raffia (black), cannabis fiber, leathery polyethylene band (white), soft rubbery polyethylene tape (white), paper tape, cotton yarn and plastic string (white) were used as tying and wrapping material in the first experiment. Green, red, black and white raffia was used as wrapping material in the second experiment. In the first trial, the soft rubbery plastic …