Cultivation
Prunus avium (L.) L.
Selecting a rootstock for sweet cherries determines cultivar compatibility, tree vigor, and the potential for early fruiting. The use of clonal rootstocks allows for the management of canopy size and adaptation of the crop to specific soil conditions.
In the reference 111 varieties crop Sweet cherry, where this is mentioned in the description.
For sweet cherries, selective compatibility between cultivars and rootstock forms is critical. Traditional seedling rootstocks, such as Mahaleb cherry (Prunus mahaleb), often exhibit incompatibility with modern cultivars and produce vigorous trees with delayed fruiting. Shifting to clonal rootstocks, such as VSL-2 or the Gisela series, allows for a 20–50% reduction in vigor and enables the production of commercial yields as early as the second year.
Rootstock selection determines the tree's adaptation to soil and pests. Mahaleb is effective in light soils but is sensitive to waterlogging, whereas the VSL-2 rootstock tolerates dense and moist soils and possesses resistance to white grubs due to the presence of alkaloids. At the same time, Gisela series rootstocks require strict irrigation management, as high productivity on these stocks can lead to smaller fruit size under moisture deficit.
General information about the subject — on the page Rootstock.
Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Societe Nouvelle des Pepinieres & Roseraies Georges DELBARD (FR)
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
EAST MALLING RESEARCH ST. (GB)
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
VÝZKUMNÝ A ŠLECHTITELSKÝ ÚSTAV OVOCNÁŘSKÝ HOLOVOUSY s.r.o. (CZ)
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
BURLAT (FR)
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
His Majesty the King in Right of Canada as represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
PETRE LUDOVICCORNEANU GELUCORNEANU MARGARETASIRBU SORINA
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Paul Argot (FR)
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Francoise Dosba|Francoise Rastoin
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
János Apostol^^^Sándor István Szügyi^^^Jánosné Arnold^^^Geza Bujdosó^^^Zsuzsanna Rozsnyay^^^Ildikó Balla^^^Ferencné Szegedi^^^Zsuzsanna Kovácsné Békefi^^^Éva Preininger
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Mirko Schuster
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre (NARIC)
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
VÝZKUMNÝ A ŠLECHTITELSKÝ ÚSTAV OVOCNÁŘSKÝ HOLOVOUSY s.r.o. (CZ)
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Brozik Sandor / Apostol Janosne
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry
Prunus avium (L.) L. · Sweet cherry