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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 +3 more
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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 +5 more
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Effects of fruit thinning on fruit drop, leaf carbohydrates concentration, fruit carbohydrates concentration, leaf nutrient concentration and fruit quality in Pummelo cultivar Thong Dee [PDF]
Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 2016 The effects of fruit thinning on fruit drop, leaf carbohydrates concentration, fruit carbohydrates concentration, leaf nutrient concentration and fruit quality in pummelo cultivar Thong Dee growing in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, were studied ...
Pongnart Nartvaranant
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Evaluation of a New Machine for Flower and Fruit Thinning in Stone Fruits [PDF]
Sustainability, 2018 Peach and apricot trees usually set more fruit than they can adequately support. Crop load adjustment through fruit thinning is a routine practice adopted by fruit growers to obtain a marketable product. However, hand thinning is an expensive, labor-intense operation. The interest in the mechanization of thinning has increased in the last decades.
Alberto Assirelli +5 more
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Fruit Thinning of Apples and Pears with Chemicals [PDF]
, 1981 Excerpt from the report Introduction: The removal of excess fruit from apple trees is an essential orchard practice. Chemical thinning of apples reduces biennial bearing and increases fruit size, color, and quality. Fruit size at harvest is directly related to the earliness and degree of fruit thinning, provided the tree and spur vigor are adequate. In
Williams, Max W. +3 more
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Thinning Florida Peaches for Larger Fruit
EDIS, 2019 Fruit size is an important factor in a fruit crop’s marketability. This 6-page document discusses fruit thinning, a process that is critical to achieving larger-sized peaches, and thus is critical to the success of peaches grown in Florida. Written by Yuru Chang, Ali Sarkhosh, Jeffrey Brecht, and Peter Andersen and published by the UF/IFAS ...
Peter C. Andersen +3 more
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INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NITROGEN FERTILIZATION AND APPLE FRUIT THINNING WITH NAA
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum: Hortorum Cultus, 2017 The objective of this research was to determine the effects of chemical thinning with α-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and nitrogen (N) fertilization, as well as their interaction in relation to fruit set and physical properties of apple cv.
Biserka Milić +4 more
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EFFECT OF FLOWER THINNING ON YIELD, FRUIT SPLITTING AND QUALITY OF MANFALOUTY POMEGRANATE CULTIVAR. [PDF]
Journal of Plant Production, 2005 This experiment was carried out during two successive seasons of 2002 and 2003 at the Experimental Orchard of Fruit Section, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University.
A. Mohamed, A. El-Sese,
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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 +3 more
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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 +6 more
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