THE CUTTINGS ROOTING OF DIFFERENT CULTIVARS OF BLACKBERRY X RASPBERRY

HYBRIDS

The exchange of plant material between institutions from one country as well as from institutions
from foreign coutries it is a very important thing for the conservation and for the overspread of genofond
and for scientific purposes.

In december 2014 Botanical Garden (I) obtained from such an exchange of plant material 18 unrooted
cuttings of 6 cultivars of blackberry x raspberry hybrids from the National Clonal Germplasm Repository
(Corvallis, Oregon, USA). The recived cultivars are: Olallie, Kotata, Chehalem, Phenomenal, Santiam,
Lincoln Logan.

The propagation by seeds have a lack, progeny plants are not identical as productivity with the parent
plant. The propagation by cuttings is a vegetative propagation, as a result the caracteristics of the parent
plant are kept identical.

The hybrids of Rubus loganobaccus L.H. Bailey HYBRIDBERRY are some valuable crops both in
terms of food (having tasty fruits that can be eaten fresh or used for making jams, pies or wine) and from
medical point of view as well, because the high content of vitaminss and antioxidants make them be very
apreciated as a dietetic product.

The goal of this experiment was to determine the optimal conditions for rooting cuttings listed above.

In the study was taken the commercialized phytohormon for the induction and stimulation of rooting –
„Cornevin” a powdered hormonal mixture whose active ingredient is IBA (indole-3-butyric acide). As
rooting substrate was used perlit : river sand blend in a ratio of 1 : 1. The rooting was achived in two
variants: in the first the lower tip of the cutting was dusted with hormonal powder with the concentration
of the active ingredient (IBA) of 5gr/kg, after what they were incorporated into the wet substrate.

In the second variant the cuttings were held in „Cornevin” solution with the concentration of IBA of
5mg/l for 24 hours after what they were planted in the wet perlite/sand blend and covered with a
transparent cover to maintain humidity.

After 1,5 months in the first variant, out of 12 cuttings only 2 specimens of Lincoln Logan and one of
Olallie formed small roots of about 3cm and one of Chehalem formed small roots of about 0,5cm from
one bud in the upper tip of the cutting. These small roots were incorporated in a small container with peet
for future developement.

In the variant with the cuttings exposed in the „Cornevin” rooting medium, listing 6 units, Kotata
cutting formed 3,0cm roots, Chehalem cultivar formed several 0,5cm roots. Olallie formed roots at the
bottom of two buds in the aerial part of the cutting that were incorporated in the peet as well.

The cuttings which root size reached 3,0 cm were planted in pots with substrate soil : peet, 1:1.

The remainding cuttings were aroused with „Cornevin” rooting medium (in the concentration of 5
mg/l of IBA).

And after another1,5 months 100% of the cuttings of the second variant gave roots. In the first variant
only the Chehalem cuttingroots had reached the size that permitad to plant it in the pot.

So, the rooting rate in the I variant is 33% and in the II variant is 100%.

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