Rootstocks
Controller 5
Other Names
K146-43
Species
Prunus salicina x Prunus persica
Origin
USDA, cross by David Ramming, patented in 2004
Vigor
Dwarfing
Vigor Explanation
Waterlogging Tolerance
Poor
Waterlogging Explanation
Calcareous Soil Tolerance
Unknown
Compatibility with Peach and Nectarine
Good
Compatibility with Plum
Unknown
Suckering
Little or none
Explanations for calcareous soil tolerance - compatiblities - suckering
In a NC-140 rootstock trial in a calcareous soil in Utah, this rootstock has not survived well, but the surviving trees do not show iron chlorosis.
Drought Tolerance
Unknown
Anchorage
Good
Precocity
Precocious
Fruit Ripening
Advanced
Flower Timing
Normal
Flower Density
Heavy
Cold Hardiness
No
Rootknot Nematode
Susceptible
Lesion Nematode
Susceptible
Ring Nematode
Susceptible
Nematode Explanations
Bacterial Canker
Susceptible
Phytophthora
Unknown
Armillaria
Unknown
Crown Gall
Unknown
Disease Explanations
Other Diseases
In NC-140 Trials
Availability from Nurseries
Propagation Methods
Summary Comments
A dwarfing rootstock out of the California breeding program that survives well and is compatible with peach and nectarine with no root suckering. It can have smaller fruit size due to high crop loads (heavy flowering) and restricted water conductance (even under well irrigated conditions). It has performed poorly in root-knot, lesion and ring nematode tests (Nematode Table) and a bacterial canker field site (Bacterial Canker Report 2006). |
Click below for more detailed information:
Soil Pests and Diseases - UCIPM Website
Armillaria
Bacterial Canker
Crown Gall
Nematodes
Phytophthora
Nursery Websites
Fowler Nursery - Rootstocks
Bright's Nursery - Rootstocks
Tree Connection - Rootstocks
Burchell Nursery - Rootstocks
Dave Wilson Nursery - Rootstocks
Sierra Gold Nursery - Almond Rootstocks