Effects of Different Grafting Machines on the Grafting Success and Seedling Performance

This work was carried out in the agricultural faculty of süleyman demirel university in isparta. as a plant material, mm111 rootstock and golden delicious, redchief and scarletspur apples varieties were used on this rootstock. the scions belonging to these varieties were grafted on mm111 rootstocks internally in february by table-type grafting machine and splice grafting methods. for each grafting method, 3 replicates and 30 seedlings were used. the grafted seedlings were placed in a cold air store at + 4 ° c and transferred to the nursery in april. in this study, the success rate of grafting, nursery plant length and diameter were monitored monthly until october when the plant developing stopped. according to the results obtained, the splice grafting method has a higher value in terms of grafting success rate than the table-type grafting method. however, in the redchief and scarlet spur varieties, the grafting success rate is higher in table- type grafting machine. it can be said that when we compare the grafting with the machine in terms of the success of the grafting, nursery plant width and length by means of hand-made splicegrafting method, it can be preferred especially in terms of nursery plant length.