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Comparison Of Rooting Capabilities Of Turkish Tea Clones, Eyyüp Altindal, Fi̇kri̇ Balta
Comparison Of Rooting Capabilities Of Turkish Tea Clones, Eyyüp Altindal, Fi̇kri̇ Balta
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
In this study, single leaf cuttings of 10 Turkish tea (Camellia sinensis) clones Hamzabey-1, Ardeşen-1, Fener-3, Hayrat-1, Çiftekavak-1, Muradiye-10, Tuğlalı-10, Gündoğdu-3, Kömürcüler-1 and Derepazarı-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 mid-May. 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 …