Water stress and crop load effects on yield and fruit quality of Elegant Lady peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batch]

Ahmed Mahhou; Theodore M. DeJong; Ken S. Shackel; Tiesen Cao

doi:10.1051/fruits:2006040

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Volume 61 / No 6 (November-December 2006)

Fruits, 61 6 (2006) 407-418

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Issue		Fruits Volume 61, Number 6, November-December 2006


Page(s)		407 - 418
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/fruits:2006040
Published online		23 December 2006

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[1] Chalmers D.J., Mitchell P.D., van Heek L., Control of peach tree growth and productivity by regulated water supply, tree density, and summer pruning, J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 106 (1981) 307–312. [Google Scholar]

[2] Mitchell P.D., Chalmers D.J., The effect of reduced water supply on peach tree growth and yields, J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 107 (1982) 853–856. [Google Scholar]

[3] Cheng L., Cheng S., Shu H., Luo X., Effects of mild water stress on CO₂ assimilation and water use efficiency of field-grown peach trees, Acta Hortic. 374 (1996) 121–125. [Google Scholar]

[4] Natali S., Bignami C., Cammilli C., Effects of different levels of water supply on gas exchanges of early ripening peaches, Acta Hortic. 374 (1996) 113–120. [Google Scholar]

[5] Girona J., Mata M., Goldhamer D.A., Johnson R.S., DeJong T.M., Patterns of soil and tree water status and leaf functioning during regulated deficit irrigation scheduling in peach, J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 118 (1993) 580–586. [Google Scholar]

[6] Blanco A., Pequerul A., Val J., Monge E., Gomez-Aparisi J., Crop-load effects on vegetative growth, mineral nutrient concentration and leaf water potential in ‘Catherine’ peach, J. Hortic. Sci. 70 (1995) 623–629. [Google Scholar]

[7] Li S.H., Huguet J.G., Schoch P.G., Orlando P., Response of peach tree growth and cropping to soil water deficit at various phenological stages of fruit development, J. Hortic. Sci. 64 (1989) 541–552. [Google Scholar]

[8] Huguet J.G., Li S.H., Defrance H., Influence de la disponibilité en eau du sol sur la qualité des fruits chez le pêcher Prunus persica L., in: 9^e Colloq. Rech. Fruit., Inra/Ctifl, Avignon, 1990, 135–144. [Google Scholar]

[9] Berman M.E., DeJong T.M., Water stress and crop load effects on fruit fresh and dry weights in peach (Prunus persica), Tree Physiol. 16 (1996) 859–864. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

[10] DeJong T.M., Fruit effects on photosynthesis in Prunus persica, Physiol. Plantarum 66 (1986) 149–153. [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]

[11] Crisosto C.H, Johnson R.S., Luza J.G., Crisosto G.M., Irrigation regimes affect fruit soluble solids concentration and rate of water loss of ‘O’Henry’ peaches, HortScience 29 (1994) 1169–1171. [Google Scholar]

[12] DeJong T.M., Day K.R., Doyle J.F., Johnson R.S., The Kearney Agricultural Center perpendicular “V” (KAC-V) orchard system for peaches and nectarines, Hortic. Technol. 4 (1995) 362–367. [Google Scholar]

[13] McCutchan H., Shakel K.A., Stem-water potential as a sensitive indicator of water stress in prune trees (Prunus domestica L. cv. French), J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 117 (1992) 607–611. [Google Scholar]

[14] Mahhou A., DeJong T.M., Cao T., Shackel K.S., Water stress and crop load effects on vegetative and fruit growth of ‘Elegant Lady’ peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batch] trees, Fruits 60 (2005) 55–68. [CrossRef] [EDP Sciences] [Google Scholar]