A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY CULTIVARS IN COMPETITION CULTURE
Ioan Viorel Rati, Nicoleta Badaluta, Dumitra Raducanu
University „Vasile Alecsandri” of Bacau, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ecology and Environment Protection, Marasesti Street, no. 157, Romania e-mail: ratiioanviorel@yahoo.com
Abstract
The research has undergone a comparative
study of 8 raspberry and 11 blackberry cultivars
in competition culture and intensive cropping
system. Their purpose of this study is the
evolution of the main vegetation and
fructification phenophases; vegetative growths
(bush height, size, length of annual growth) of
raspberry and blackberry cultivars; fruit
production per plant, biometric characteristics of
fruit; dry substance content and establishing a
crop variety suitable for Bacau area. The
recommended cultivars for nursery breeding are
raspberry cultivars September (1.7 kg/plant),
Laxton 410 (1.6 kg/plant), Rubin Bulgarski (1.65
kg/plant) and blackberry cultivars Evergreen
(2.65 kg/plant), Arkansas 635 and Arkansas 537
(1.56 kg/plant).