A METHOD FOR BLIND NODE EVALUATION

A quick visual method for evaluating blind node propensity was propose d. The method was based on the proportion of blind nodes on one-year-o ld shoots. The scores ranged from 1 as less than one third of the bran ch having blind nodes, to 9 as greater than two thirds of the branch h aving blind nodes. The correlation coefficient (r) of actual percentag e of blind nodes was 0.84 indicating that this method will be usefull to evaluate peach germplasm for blind node propensity