The regeneration ability assessment of large-fruit cranberry stem cuttings

Abstract

In 2018–2020 in the industry laboratory of introduction and technology of non-traditional berry plants of the Central Botanical Garden of National Academy of Science of Belarus the studies were conducted. The regenerative ability of largefruit cranberry stem cuttings was assessed. The results of the experiments showed that rooting of cuttings decreases after storing the planting material and that it is better to plant them freshly harvested. But if necessary, the planting material can be stored up to two months. Plants formed from cuttings harvested from erect shoots are characterized by a higher shoot-forming ability, while plants grown from procumbent shoots give a greater linear growth. Planting the basal part of large-fruited cranberry cuttings in the substrate contributes to the plants formation with higher biometric indicators, compared with the cuttings planted with apex in the substrate.