The Peach Rootstock Situation: An International Perspective

Abstract

The report was developed to inform the reader of the current peach rootstock situation both at the production level and at the research frontier. It is based on an international survey in which forty researchers from twenty-five peach producing countries supplied me with information. These contributors are listed, by country, at the end of this report. While not all countries responded to the questionnaire submitted (i.e. Portugal and China), some were not contacted due to lack of suitable contact (i.e. Russia and Turkey), the information collected and summarized here, I feel, accurately indicates the current state of the art by defining what rootstocks are being used.