标题：PRELIMINARY STUDY REGARDING THE GROWTH AND YIELDING PROCESSES OF TWO ARONIA MELANOCARPA CULTIVARS IN THE PEDOCLIMATE CONDITIONS OF MARACINENI-ARGES AREA
摘要：The present paper studies the growth and fruiting processes of two Aronia melanocarpa cultivars, ‘Melrom’ and ‘Nero’, in the pedo-climatic conditions of the Muntenia (Arges) area, Romania. On average, over the whole experience, the ‘Merlom’ cultivar recorded a bush volume of 0.72 m3 , annual vegetative growth of 0.38 m3 , productivity of 1.88 kg of fruit per plant, and a ratio between fruit yield and the annual vegetative growth of 6.54 kg/m3 . In the ‘Nero’ cv., the volume occupied by the aerial part of the bush was 1.98 m3 , with an annual vegetative growth of 0.43 m3 , an yield of 3.14 kg of fruits per plant, and, reported to the annual vegetative, fruit production was 10.64 kg/m3 . Although the volume of the aerial part of the plant and the fruit production per plant were significantly higher in ‘Nero’ cultivar, ‘Melrom’ was noted by a larger ratio of fruit production to the unit volume of the aerial part of the plant, of 3.28 kg/m3. As resulted from our study, both cultivars presented valuable yielding potential.
