“…Due to low yield of peach orchards in Rio Grande do Sul (11.1 t ha -1 ) (AGRIANUAL, 2020), problems with the Peach Tree Short Life syndrome (PTSL) and tradition of obtaining seed mixtures from canning industry to produce rootstocks (MAYER; UENO, 2012;MAYER et al, 2014a), new rootstock assessments in this state started to be developed in the last 20 years, however with some divergent results due to edaphoclimatic differences and scion/rootstock interactions (DE ROSSI et al, 2004;ROCHA et al, 2007;PICOLOTTO et al, 2009;GALARÇA et al, 2013;BARRETO et al, 2017;MAYER et al, 2019). In these studies, the genetic variability tested as a rootstock was quite limited, restricted to one selection ("Viamão") and eight cultivars of P. persica (Capdeboscq,Aldrighi,Nemaguard,Flordaguard,Okinawa,GF305 and Pavia Moscatel), one interspecific hybrid ('Hamsen 2168') and japanese apricot (P. mume), all seed propagated, which does not guarantee genetic fidelity of mother tree and preservation of its characteristics of interest, due to genetic segregation and cross-pollination (MILLER et al, 1989;BECKMAN, 1998).…”