Effect Of Planting Date And Cutting Type On Grape Establishment Under Maryvan Dryland Conditions

This experiment was conducted during 1999 and 2000 growing seasonin order to increase success in growth and further establishment of grape cuttings under Maryvan dryland conditions. Six different planting types were used based on Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four replications. Results indicated that there was a significant difference at 1% level between planting types in autumn and spring as well as planting of rooted and un-rooted cuttings. The highest percentage of established grape was achieved by autumn planting of rooted cutting with and without covering of cutting buds by soil with 73.26 and 64.52 percent budbreak respectively. Although, the regional traditional planting method (planting of non-rooted cuttings in spring) resulted in 32.51 percent budbreak.