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<p>Although golden currant has been grown in Latvia for several decades, mainly as ornamental plant, there is little experience on the most suitable cultivation systems for berry production. Two cultivars of golden currant — ‘Laila’ and ‘Uzbekistanskaya Krupnoplodnaya’, were planted in 2017 in two cultivation systems — vertical trellis and shrub form and assessed in the first two seasons with harvest. In addition, plots with and without organic mulch were established in the shrub system. The aim of the study was to investigate the growth, development and yield of golden currant depending on the cultivation system. All plants bloomed abundantly and practically at the same time in both years, while no significant differences were found between cultivation systems and cultivars. The annual growth of shoots in 2020 was significantly affected by the cultivation system — on average 0.66 m in the trellis system, 0.41 m in the shrub system in mulched plots, and 0.43 m in unmulched plots. Cultivar ‘Laila’ tended to produce longer shoots (average 0.51 m) than the ‘Uzbekistanskaya Krupnoplodnaya’ (average 0.47 m). The yield was low because of poor fruit set and did not significantly differ between cultivar and cultivation systems, though cultivar ‘Laila’ and shrub systems still had higher yields.</p>
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Although golden currant has been grown in Latvia for several decades, mainly as ornamental plant, there is little experience on the most suitable cultivation systems for berry production. Two cultivars of golden currant — ‘Laila’ and ‘Uzbekistanskaya Krupnoplodnaya’, were planted in 2017 in two cultivation systems — vertical trellis and shrub form and assessed in the first two seasons with harvest. In addition, plots with and without organic mulch were established in the shrub system. The aim of the study was to investigate the growth, development and yield of golden currant depending on the cultivation system. All plants bloomed abundantly and practically at the same time in both years, while no significant differences were found between cultivation systems and cultivars. The annual growth of shoots in 2020 was significantly affected by the cultivation system — on average 0.66 m in the trellis system, 0.41 m in the shrub system in mulched plots, and 0.43 m in unmulched plots. Cultivar ‘Laila’ tended to produce longer shoots (average 0.51 m) than the ‘Uzbekistanskaya Krupnoplodnaya’ (average 0.47 m). The yield was low because of poor fruit set and did not significantly differ between cultivar and cultivation systems, though cultivar ‘Laila’ and shrub systems still had higher yields.

Growth, Development and Yield of Golden Currant (<italic>Ribes Aureum</italic> Pursh.) Depending on Cultivation System

Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.

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Growth, Development and Yield of Golden Currant ( Pursh.) Depending on Cultivation System

Although golden currant has been grown in Latvia for several decades, mainly as ornamental plant, there is little experience on the most suitable cultivation...

Growth, Development and Yield of Golden Currant (Ribes Aureum Pursh.) Depending on Cultivation System

Published Online: Oct 14, 2022

Page range: 531 - 535

Received: Aug 31, 2021

Accepted: Jul 14, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2022-0082

Keywords
organic mulch, trellis, shrub, fruit set

© 2022 Kaspars Kampuss et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Growth, Development and Yield of Golden Currant (Ribes Aureum Pursh.) Depending on Cultivation System

Published Online: Oct 14, 2022

Page range: 531 - 535

Received: Aug 31, 2021

Accepted: Jul 14, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2022-0082

Keywordsorganic mulch, trellis, shrub, fruit set

© 2022 Kaspars Kampuss et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
organic mulch, trellis, shrub, fruit set