@article{article_371556, title={The Effects of Benzyladenine Applications on Branching of ‘Mondial Gala’ Apple Nursery Trees on MM.106 in the First Year Growth}, journal={KSÜ Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={12}, pages={66–70}, year={2017}, author={Çağlar, Semih and Ilgın, Mürüvvet}, keywords={Mondial Gala,MM.106,branching,6-benzyladenine,apple.}, abstract={<span style="font-size:9pt;"> </span> <p>Mondial Gala apples grafted on MM.106 rootstocks develop vigorous nursery trees with only a few <br>poorly distributed long laterals, which is undesirable for early fruiting. Nursery trees of Mondial Gala / MM.106 <br>were sprayed with 0, 200 or 400 mg l–1 of 6-benzyladenine (BA) in order to improve lateral shoot formation. BA <br>spraying began in mid-June when the growing scion shoots were 60–65 cm above the bud union, and actively <br>growing scion shoots with leaves were sprayed 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 times at 3-day interval. The BA treatments <br>significantly increased the total number and total length of laterals per tree compared with the untreated trees. The <br>average length and diameters of laterals were also affected by the BA treatments. BA treated trees had significantly <br>wider crotch angles. Two or three sprays of 200 mg l–1 BA seemed sufficient to form at least four vigorous laterals <br>(30–50 cm) and two medium growth laterals (10–30 cm) with wider crotch angles. <br>Keywords: Mondial Gala, MM.106, branching, 6-benzyladenine, apple. <br> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi}