خصائص قوة النمو لطرز زيتون برية منتخبة من المنطقة الوسطى في سورية

Abstract EN

This study was conducted in Bouka Center / Lattakia which is a part of the General Commission of Scientific Agricultural Researches, from season 2010 up to 2014, to evaluate the growth characteristics of six wild olive types selected from Mosief Forests according to their volume, and to compare them with cultivated local variety, Al Safrawi, for selecting a type adapted to the modern intensive orchards.

So, the measurement of trunk, vegetative crown, length of seedlings and the length of latest vegetative growth of rooted plants of these types were taken.

The results showed significant differences in growth characteristics among studied wild types and also between them and the studied variety.

The diameter of their trunks ranged from 1.43 cm in type 5 to 3.19 in type 2, while it reached 2.70 cm in Al Safrawi variety.

The length of wild plant ranged from 104 to 210 cm, while it attained 244 cm in Al Safrawi.

The crown volume of Al Safrawi plant reached 17.52 dm3 and the two types 4 and 5 had small crowns (12.93, 14.186 dm3 respectively).

According to the length of latest vegetative growth no significant differences were found between the different types or between them and the Al Safrawi variety except in the two types 4 and 5.This evaluation indicated a significant slow growth of type 5 compared to other types and to the studied variety.

This trait makes it appropriate for the modern planting system which is increasing worldwide in the olives producing countries.