Mechanical Crop Load Management (CLM) Improves Fruit Quality and Reduces Fruit Drop and Alternate Bearing in European Plum (<i>Prunus domestica</i> L.)

Mechanical Crop Load Management (CLM) Improves Fruit Quality and Reduces Fruit Drop and Alternate Bearing in European Plum (<i>Prunus domestica</i> L.)

(1) Background: With ca. 10 million tons of annual production worldwide, the plum (<i>Prunus ssp</i>.) ranks as a major fruit crop and can suffer from small fruit size, premature fruit drop and alternate bearing, which are addressed in this paper using a range of crop load management (CL...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Lammerich, Achim Kunz, Lutz Damerow, Michael Blanke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Horticulturae
Subjects:
European plum (<i>Prunus domestica</i> L.)
alternate bearing
crop load management (CLM)
fruit drop
fruit quality
mechanical thinning
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/6/3/52

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