The effects of pruning time on attributes of phenology yield and quality in some table grapes cultivars

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 429 - 435, 26.06.2025

Mustafa Çelik , Hasan Çiftçi

https://doi.org/10.31015/2025.2.16

Abstract

This research aimed to determine the effects of winter pruning time (early and late winter pruning) on the phenology, yield, and quality of cvs. Samancı Seedless and Alphonse Lavallée (Vitis vinifera L.). This research was planned in a completely randomised design with three replications. Winter pruning was performed when the upper buds were on canes at the dormant stage (BBCH 00) and the 2-leaf stage (BBCH 12). Bursting of bottom buds on canes was delayed as 6 days for cv. Samancı Seedless and 5 days for cv. Alphonse Lavallée when compared to control. However, maturation time and veraison time were not affected. Additionally, the yield and quality of early- and late-pruned vines did not show significant differences. It was recommended that late winter pruning could be performed when the upper buds were at the 2-leaf stage (BBCH 12) to prevent late spring frost damage for both cultivars.

Keywords

Table grapes , Late pruning , Pruning time , Spring frost , Yield , Quality

Ethical Statement

Peer-review Externally peer-reviewed. Declaration of Interests On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest. Author contribution This manuscript was taken part of the second author's master's thesis, and the first author was the supervisor of the master's thesis. The first author planned the experiment and helped the data analysis and manuscript writing oganisation. The second author set the experiment, collected data and wrote the results.

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