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Carbohydrate content in branches and abscission of fruit of peach trees subjected to chemical thinning

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2021
The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of chemical thinning with metamitron on fruit of the Maciel and Sensação peach (Prunus persica) tree cultivars, as well as to identify its relation to the carbohydrate content in their branches.
Caroline Farias Barreto, Roseli de Mello Farias, Renata Diane Menegatti, Renan Ricardo Zandoná, Carlos Roberto Martins, Marcelo Barbosa Malgarim, Paulo Mello-Farias   +6 more
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Heading of shoots and hand thinning of flowers and fruits on 'BRS Kampai' peach trees [PDF]

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2017
: The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of shoot heading and of hand thinning in different development stages of flowers and fruits on the fruit production and quality of 'BRS Kampai' peach (Prunus persica) trees.
Paula Duarte de Oliveira, Gilmar Arduino Bettio Marodin, Gustavo Klamer de Almeida, Mateus Pereira Gonzatto, Daniel Chamorro Darde   +4 more
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Mechanical Thinning of Mandarins with a Branch Shaker

HortTechnology, 2020
Thinning is the process of removing some flowers or fruit to increase fruit size at harvest. In the Valencia region of Spain, the thinning operation for citrus fruit (Citreae) is performed for some mandarin varieties.
Coral Ortiz, Antonio Torregrosa, Enrique Ortí, Sebastià Balasch   +3 more
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Optimizing Fruit-Thinning Strategies in Peach (Prunus persica) Production

Horticulturae, 2020
Fruit size is a highly valued commercial trait in peach. Competition among fruit and among other sinks on a tree reduces potential growth rate of the fruit.
Mary Sutton, John Doyle, Dario Chavez, Anish Malladi   +3 more
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Manual thinning increases fruit size and sugar content of Citrus reticulata Blanco and affects hormone synthesis and sugar transporter activity

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2022
Manual fruit thinning (MFT) in fruit trees has been previously shown to increase fruit size and enhance fruit quality, but the effect of MFT on Ponkan (Citrus reticulata Blanco) and the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood.
Cong LIU, De-xiong LI, Xian-biao HUANG, Fu-qiong ZHANG, Zong-zhou XIE, Hong-yan ZHANG, Ji-hong LIU   +6 more
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Chemical thinning of 'BRS Kampai' peach trees [PDF]

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2019
: The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of thinning with metamitron on the fruit yield and quality of 'BRS Kampai' peach (Prunus persica) trees.
Roseli de Mello Farias, Caroline Farias Barreto, Renan Ricardo Zandoná, Carlos Roberto Martins, Paulo Mello-Farias, Gilmar Arduino Bettio Marodin   +5 more
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Photosynthetic Assimilation of the Guava (Psidium guajava) cv. Paluma under Different Pruning and Fruit Thinning Intensities

Agronomy, 2023
In guava plants, production pruning can be performed twice a year, and the return of growth is dependent on the physiological responses that are altered by the different cultivation environments and adopted management.
Adaniel Sousa dos Santos, Gustavo Alves Pereira, Wéverson Lima Fonseca, Alan Mario Zuffo, Jenilton Gomes da Cunha, Nemilda Pereira Soares, Estefenson Marques Morais, Antônio Afonso Sousa do Nascimento, Djavan Pinheiro Santos, Murilo de Sousa Almeida, Jorge González Aguilera, Luis Morales-Aranibar, Eliseo Pumacallahui Salcedo, Richar Marlon Mollinedo Chura, Wilberth Caviedes Contreras, Roger Ccama Alejo   +15 more
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Fruit Trees: Thinning Young Fruit [PDF]

, 2001
Author(s): Ingels, Chuck; Geisel, Pamela M; Unruh, Carolyn L; Lawson, Patricia M | Abstract: When you reduce the number of young fruit on a tree early in the season, you improve the quality of the remaining fruit at harvest time.
Ingels, Chuck, Geisel, Pamela M, Unruh, Carolyn L, Lawson, Patricia M   +3 more
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Watermelon Rootstock/Scion Relationships and the Effects of Fruit-Thinning and Stem-Pruning on Yield and Postharvest Fruit Quality

Agriculture, 2020
This study examined the effects of stem-pruning and fruit-thinning on the yield of marketable watermelon fruit (>5 kg) and watermelon quality after four days of postharvest storage at 22 °C (marketing simulation).
Merav Zaaroor-Presman, Sharon Alkalai-Tuvia, Daniel Chalupowicz, Marina Beniches, Abraham Gamliel, Elazar Fallik   +5 more
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Improving 'Piyarom' date palm fruit quality with fruit thinning and bunch covering treatments

Advances in Horticultural Science, 2021
‘Piyarom’ dates are one of the most important commercial date cultivars grown in Iran but fruit quality and postharvest losses can be a problem. Thinning and the use of bunch covers were examined to improve the date fruit quality.
Babak Madani, Abdolmajid Mirzaalian Dastjerdy, Ali Shahriyari   +2 more
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