The present study had for objective to study the formation of 'Aurora-1' peach nursery plants budded on Mume's Clones 10 and 15 propagated by herbaceous cuttings. After rooting period, the rooted cuttings were transplanted to plastic boxes containing commercial substrate and maintained under nursery conditions until the stems reached 10mm diameter. In this period, the rootstocks were budded with 'Aurora-1' peach by modified ship bud. 135 days after the bud, the experiment was evaluated. From the obtained results, it was possible to conclude that the production of 'Aurora-1' peach budded on Mume's Clones 10 and 15 propagated by herbaceous cuttings is viable, with indexes of tissue union around 85% and rootstock mortality inferior to 7%. The bud length is not influenced by Mume's clone used as rootstock, but the diameter of the buds is larger when the bud is accomplished in the Mume Clone 15.
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch; rootstock; interspecific bud; stone fruits
