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Vegetative Growth, Yield, and Fruit Quality of Peach as Influenced by Dormant Pruning, Summer Pruning, and Summer Topping

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 1985
Abstract Three peach [ Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] cultivars varying in age and vigor were dormant pruned, summer pruned, or summer topped for 2 or 3 years, depending on the cultivar.
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Summer Mechanical Hedging to Prune Eight Cider Apple Cultivars

HortTechnology, 2022
Mechanical hedging was evaluated at Washington State University Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center, Mount Vernon, WA, in 2019 and 2020 on eight cider apple ( Malus × domestica ) cultivars with four bearing habits: tip—Golden Russet ...
Aidan Kendall, Travis R. Alexander, Gabriel T. LaHue, Carol A. Miles   +3 more
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Preharvest supplemental lighting enhances productivity and modulates postharvest quality in hydroponically grown Apulian unripe melon ‘Scopatizzo’ (Cucumis melo L.)

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND Preharvest light management is increasingly used to enhance yield and fruit quality in soilless systems, yet its effects on unripe melon fruits remain poorly understood. This study evaluated the impact of supplemental red–blue light‐emitting diode (LED) lighting applied during cultivation in a closed‐cycle hydroponic system on ...
Onofrio Davide Palmitessa, Marica Troilo, Carlo Porfido, Roberto Terzano, Davide De Angelis, Massimiliano Renna, Francesco Caponio, Pietro Santamaria   +7 more
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The Influence of Summer Pruning and Cropping on Growth and Fruiting of Apple

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 1984
Abstract Trees of apple [ Malus domestica Borkh. cvs. Jonathan/Malling (M) 26] were summer-pruned each August from 1978-1980 by heading all shoots longer than 10 cm, and their response was compared to trees receiving only a light dormant-pruning by thinning-out cuts ...
B. H. Taylor, D. C. Ferree
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A Field Guide for Soil Erosion Risk Assessment in Olive Orchards Across Mediterranean Conditions for End‐Users and Stakeholders

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil erosion control poses a crucial challenge to the sustainability of Mediterranean olive groves. To facilitate field‐level decision‐making, we have developed a field guide oriented to use in any type of olive orchard across the Mediterranean.
I. Domenech‐Carretero, G. Guzmán, M. A. Soriano, J. Montoliu, J. A. Gómez   +4 more
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Curating landscapes to encourage care for biodiversity through arts and citizen science

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how combining Citizen Science and Art workshops within curated wildflower meadows can generate repeated, positive experiences with nature, and foster a sense of care for it. The project aimed to increase awareness, encourage responsibility, and develop competencies related to urban nature.
Elisa Olivares Esquivel, Simone Farris, Catherine Higham   +2 more
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Effect of summer pruning on some fruit quality traits in Hayward kiwifruit [PDF]

, 2013
The aim of our study was to analyze the effect of various levels of light availability in the fruit microenvironment (induced by summer pruning) on some fruit quality traits. Materials and methods. Two levels of summer pruning were set: removal of either
Zappia, R, INGLESE, Paolo, Dattola, A, Gregorio Gullo, Valentino Branca, Rocco Zappia, Branca, V, Paolo Inglese, Agostino Dattola, Gullo, G   +9 more
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Ethnobotanical and genetic assessments of Central American avocado landraces reveal novel sources of biodiversity and ancient migration patterns

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Avocados are a multibillion‐dollar global commodity, but their growing export market pressures local farmers to abandon local fruit tree diversity in favor of commercial cultivar production. Interviews with rural avocado farmers and households from the Southern Mexican Highlands, Pacific Coastal Honduras, and Western Nicaragua, as well as the genetic ...
Kevin Wann, Heather B. Thakar, Courtney A. Hofman, Hector Neff, Logan Kistler   +4 more
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Synergistic benefits of agrivoltaics for grape production and solar energy efficiency in a Mediterranean vineyard

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Grapevine production is increasingly challenged by global warming, with global wine output falling to a six‐decade low in 2024. At the same time, the vine and wine sector faces growing pressure to reduce its carbon footprint. Agrivoltaics, which integrates solar photovoltaic (PV) modules into plant production systems, offers a potential pathway to ...
Sabine Tausz‐Posch, Billy Xynas, Arjun Pandey, Christopher Jones, Chris Barnes, Marco Ernst   +5 more
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Rootstock impacts on citrus flush dynamics, vegetative growth, and Diaphorina citri infestation and dispersion: Implications for huanglongbing management

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Dwarfing citrus rootstocks restrict flush shoot growth on the scion, thereby reducing Asian citrus psyllid infestation, dispersal, and huanglongbing (HLB) progression. These findings support the use of dwarfing rootstocks as an effective cultural strategy in integrated HLB management for citrus orchards.
Deived Uilian de Carvalho, Eduardo Augusto Girardi, Wellington Ivo Eduardo, Haroldo Xavier Linhares Volpe, Fernando Alves de Azevedo, Marcelo Pedreira de Miranda, Renato Beozzo Bassanezi   +6 more
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