Response of several apple tree cultivars to chemical thinner sprays

George Ouma; Frank Matta

doi:10.1051/fruits:2003015

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Volume 58 / No 5 (September-October 2003)

Fruits, 58 5 (2003) 275-281

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Issue		Fruits Volume 58, Number 5, September-October 2003


Page(s)		275 - 281
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/fruits:2003015
Published online		15 November 2003

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[1] Looney N.E., Chemical thinning of apples. Some new strategies and important refinements to old procedures, Acta Hortic. 179 (1986) 597-604. [Google Scholar]

[2] Williams M.W., Chemical thinning of apples, in: Janick J. (Ed.), Hortic. Rev., Avi publishing company, USA, 1979. [Google Scholar]

[3] Fallahi E., Lee R.R., Lee G.A., Commercial scale use of hydrogen cyanamide for apple and peach blossom thinning, HortTechnology 8 (4) (1998) 556-560. [Google Scholar]

[4] Jones K.M, Koen T.B., Oakford M.J., Bound S., Thinning `Red Fuji' apples with ethephon or NAA, J. Hortic. Sci. 64 (5) (1989) 527-532. [Google Scholar]

[5] Cohen R.A., Greene D.W., GA4, GA7, and benzyladenine influence fruitset, fruit quality and return bloom of Golden Delicious apples, HortScience 23 (3) (1988) 788-789. [Google Scholar]

[6] Greene D.W., A review of the use of benzyladenine (BA) as a chemical thinner for apples, Acta Hortic. 329 (1993) 231-236. [Google Scholar]

[7] Bound S.A., Jones K.M., Koen T.B., Oakford M.J., The thinning effect of benzyladenine on `red Fuji' apple trees, J. Hortic. Sci. 66 (6) (1991) 789-794. [Google Scholar]

[8] Stiles W.C., `Empire' apple tree responses to fruit thinning chemicals, Hortscience 30 (40) (1995) 765. [Google Scholar]

[9] Mahhou A., Achachl K., Éclaircissage chimique du pommier (Malus domestica L. Borkh) dans la région de Meknes au Maroc, Fruits 57 (2) (2002) 115-127. [CrossRef] [EDP Sciences] [Google Scholar]

[10] Forshey C.G., Elfving D.C., Fruit numbers, fruit size and yield relationships in `McIntosh' apples, J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 102 (4) (1977) 399-402. [Google Scholar]

[11] Forshey C.G., Elfving D.C., Branch samples for yield and fruit size comparisons in apple, HortScience 14 (2) (1979) 143-144. [Google Scholar]

[12] Lombard P.B., Callan N.W., Dennis F.G. Jr., Looney N.E., Martin G.C., Renquist A.R., Mielke E.A., Towards a standardized nomenclature, procedures, values, and units in determining fruit and nut tree yield performance, 23 (5) (1988) 813-817. [Google Scholar]

[13] Anonymous, Statistical Analysis Guide, SAS Institute, Cory, NC, USA, 1988. [Google Scholar]

[14] Williams M.W., Comparison of NAA and carbaryl petal-fall sprays on fruit set of apples, HortTechnology 3 (4) (1993) 428-429. [Google Scholar]

[15] Elfving D.C., Cline R.A., Benzyladenine and other chemicals for thinning `Empire' apple trees, J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 118 (5) (1993) 593-598. [Google Scholar]

[16] Wismer P.T., Proctor J.T.A., Elfving D.C., Benzyladenine affects cell division and cell size during apple fruit thinning, J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 120 (5) (1995) 802-807. [Google Scholar]

[17] Hull J. Jr., Bukovac M.J. Bukovac B.C., Black B.L., Effect of concentration and time of Accel application on cropping of selected cultivars, HortScience 30 (4) (1995) 765. [Google Scholar]

[18] Black B.L., Bukovac M.J., Stopar M., Growth response of apple fruit to NAA and Accel, effect of intraspur competition and position on spur, HortScience 30 (4) (1993) 456. [Google Scholar]

[19] Knight J.N., Fruit thinning of the apple cultivar `Cox's Orange Pippin', J. Hortic. Sci. 55 (3) (1980) 267-273. [Google Scholar]

[20] Westwood M.N., Temperate-zone pomology: physiology and culture, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, USA, 1993, pp. 259-269. [Google Scholar]

[21] Davis F., Flower position, growth regulators and fruitset of Rabbiteye Blueberries, J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 3 (1986) 338-341. [Google Scholar]

[22] Kaps M.L., Cahoon G.A., Berry thinning and cluster thinning influence vegetative growth, yield, fruit composition and net photosynthesis of `Seyual Blanc' grapes, J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 114 (1) (1989) 20-24. [Google Scholar]

[23] Valenzuela J.R.C., Regulating blueberry (Vaccinium ashei Read) crop, thesis, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, USA, 1992. [Google Scholar]

[24] Blanco A., Fruit thinning of peach trees Prunus persica (L.) Batch.: the effect of paclobutrazol on fruit drop and shoot growth, J. Hortic. Sci. 62 (2) (1987) 147-155. [Google Scholar]

[25] Gambrell C.E. Jr., Custom D.C., Sims E.T. Jr., Results of eight years with CGA -15281 as a postbloom thinner for peaches, J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 108 (4) (1983) 605-608. [Google Scholar]

[26] Nielsen J.C., Dennis F.G., Thinning `Delicious' apples, trials and tribulations, Hort-Science 28 (1993) 484. [Google Scholar]

[27] Williams M.W., Stahly E.A., Effect of cytokinin and GA on the shape of `Delicious' apple fruits, J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 94 (1969) 17-19. [Google Scholar]