I|rst ear erformance of 14 A|mond kootstocks |n a Sandy Locat|on Irr|gated w|th We|| Water

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Introduct|on 1hls repllcaLed Lrlal was esLabllshed ln !anuary of 2011 ln
WlnLon CA ln ALwaLer Sand lL wlll compare Lhe performance of nonparell
on 14 rooLsLocks and Lhe performance of lrlLz and MonLerrey on seven
rooLsLocks Lach rooLsLock and varleLy comblnaLlon wlll have 6 Lrees wlLhln
a block wlLh slx repllcaLe blocks Many of Lhe rooLsLocks are peach/almond
hybrlds(/APybrlds) as Lhe grower has developed an lnLeresL ln Lhese
rooLsLocks slnce Lhe parLlclpaLlon ln a prevlous uC rooLsLock Lrlal rlor Lo
planLlng Lhe locaLlon was cover cropped wlLh Merced 8ye Lree slLes were
backhoed and Lhe rowsLrlps were fumlgaLed wlLh 1elonell aL 33 gallons
per acre Spaclng ls 22'x18' and Lrees are lrrlgaLed uslng double llne drlp
8ooLsLocks ln Lhls Lrlal lnclude
8ooLsLocks planLed on nonparell
lrlLz and MonLerey
8ooLsLocks planLed on nonparell
only
nemaguard 8ooLpac(8)8
Pansen 1emproac
8P#3 krymsk86
vlklng CornersLone*
ALlas Cadamen*
Lmpyrean1 88#106
8ed 1lLan lll llorldaguardx Alnem (uSuA)
*All Lrees were planLed ln laLe !anuary 2011wlLh Lhe excepLlon of Cadamenand CornersLone 1hese poLLedLrees were
planLed ln Aprll 2011
llgure 1 Soll elecLrlcal conducLlvlLy (LC) map of LesL ploL wlLh hlghllghLed Lrlal
blocks 8ed areas lndlcaLe heavler soll whlle blue lndlcaLes llghLer coarser soll LC
mapplng provldes Lhe ablllLy Lo dlsLlngulshsoll varlaLlons LhaL are noL deLecLable
from vlewlng soll surveys ulfferences ln LC lndlcaLe dlfferenL waLer and nuLrlenL
holdlng capaclLles
Cb[ect|ves 8ooLsLocks wlll be compared based upon growLh nemaLode
counLs Llssue sampllng and yleld wlLhln Lhe LesL locaLlon LhaL experlences
Lhe followlng condlLlons lowexchange capaclLy soll presence of rlng
rooLknoL and leslon nemaLode hlgh sodlumwlLhln waLer used for
lrrlgaLlon and areas of hardpan and shallowsoll LfforLs wlll also be made
Lo observe varlous phenologlcal dlfferences of Lhese rooLsLocks such as
bloomand harvesL Llmlng and lnfluence on varlous dlseases
Methods Soll mapplng was done uslng verls LlecLrlcal ConducLlvlLy
Mapplng(SLraLeglc larmlng) Zones of soll dlfferences were ldenLlfled
(llgure 1) analyzed (1able 1) and used Lo help block Lhe Lrlal lnlLlal and
flnal growLh measuremenLs were Laken LlghL lnLercepLlon was carrled ouL
on 3 Lrees wlLhln blocks 1 3 by uslng Larps placed on Lhe ground aL mldday
durlng!uly wlLh area of shade measured SLem waLer poLenLlal (SW) was
collecLed from3 Lrees ln blocks 13 uslng sLandard procedure 1he same
Lrees wlLhln each block were measured 4 Llmes for a LoLal of 12 days of
SW measuremenLs WaLer samples were collecLed Lwlce wlLhln Lhe
growlng season Lo deLermlne waLer quallLy nemaLode samples were
collecLed ln CcLober 2011 and are belng analyzed
pP
LC
(dS/m) SA8
Ca
(meq/L)
Mg
(meq/L)
na
(meq/L)
Cl
(meq/L)
8
(mg/L)
PCC3
(meq/L)
CC3
(meq/L)
nC3n
(mg/L)
MldSeason 789 032 09 230 130 123 042 003 21 01 196
LaLeSeason 790 032 08 244 147 118 042 003 21 01 172
1ab|e 1 WaLer analysls Laken from Lhe well supplylng Lhe Lrlal
8|ock1
8|ock2
8|ock3
8|ock4
8|ockS
8|ock6
1ab|e 2 replanL soll analysls from Lhe ldenLlfled zones wlLhln Lhe fleld
Soll CrganlcMaLLer Weak 8ray oLasslum Magneslum Calclum Sodlum pP CLC 8ase SaLuraLlon
ClasslflcaLlon M M M M M meq/100g k Mg Ca P na
8lock 1 Sandy Loam 07 16 68 264 1172 83 7 86 2 234 683 0 43
8lock 2 Sandy Loam 03 36 63 141 668 39 66 31 31 226 649 6 33
8lock 3 Loamy Sand 04 33 36 73 366 16 67 28 32 218 66 43 26
8lock 4 Loamy Sand 04 72 32 62 290 23 6 26 32 197 339 13 42
8lock 3 Loamy Sand 03 33 38 81 377 23 63 3 49 621 621 73 36
8lock 6 Loamy Sand 07 82 64 207 843 82 66 68 24 248 613 6 32
llgure 2 2011 season's change ln callper of nonparell sclon grafLed Lo 14
dlfferenL rooLsLocks SLaLlsLlcal grouplngs uslng mean comparlson lndlcaLes
slgnlflcance aL p003 *lndlcaLes a poLLed Lree planLed ln mldAprll
llgure 3 Mldday llghL lnLercepLlon of nonparell sclons
grafLed Lo 14 dlfferenL rooLsLocks SLaLlsLlcal grouplngs uslng
mean comparlson lndlcaLes slgnlflcance aL p003
*lndlcaLes a poLLed Lree planLed ln mldAprll
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kesu|ts
WWaLer and soll quallLy was sulLable for almond producLlon (Lable 1 and 2)
WSoll varlaLlonswlLhln fleld (flgure 1) lndlcaLed Lhe need Lo block by soll Lype
WCverall hlgh vlgor was observed wlLhln Lhe Lrlal mosL llkely due Lo presence of nlLraLenlLrogen
wlLhln Lhe lrrlgaLlon waLer
WCrowLh of Lhe rooLsLocks was slmllar for all rooLsLocks planLed barerooL ln !anuary Lrees
planLed ln Aprll were smaller (flgures 2 and 3)
W88106 had Lhe largesL Lrunk dlameLer and mldday llghL lnLercepLlon (flgures 2 and 3)
WAll flrsL leaf Lrees had slmllar SW krymsk86 and 8ooLpac8 averaged Lhe lowesL SW (mosL
sLressed) over Lhe course of Lhe season 8oLh of Lhese rooLsLock have plumparenLage (Lable 3)
Acknow|edgements 1hanks Lo 8rlghL's nursery 8urchell nursery uave Wllson nursery and 1he nursery
Company for donaLlon of Lrees 1hanks Lo SLraLeglc larmlng lnc for soll elecLrlcal conducLlvlLy mapplng
uavld uoll larm Advlsor Merced CounLy CooperaLlng personnel Clen Arnold Arnold larms Larry 8urrows and Andrew8ay
8ooLsLock
SW off
8asellne Mean Crouplng
nonparell Sclon (bars) (p003)
ALlas 149 A8
88106 186 A8
8P3 194 A8
Cadaman 22 A8
CornersLone 207 A8
Lmpyrean1 206 A8
llor x Alnem 117 A
Pansen 137 A8
krymsk86 234 8
nemaguard 162 A8
8ed 1lLan 219 A8
8ooLac8 234 8
1emproac 204 A8
vlklng 132 A8
1ab|e 3 SLem WaLer oLenLlal measured aL mld
day for 14 dlfferenL almond rooLsLocks
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