Alternative Approaches to Chemical Thinning for Regulating Crop Load and Alternate Bearing in Apple

Alternative Approaches to Chemical Thinning for Regulating Crop Load and Alternate Bearing in Apple

In the past, chemical thinning dominated in fruit orchards. This paper for the special issue outlines alternatives to chemical thinning for crop load management (CLM) and its effect on fruit size, firmness, sugar, starch, and weight, indicating ripeness and fruit quality, yield, and alternate bearin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Prud Netsawang, Lutz Damerow, Peter Schulze Lammers, Achim Kunz, Michael Blanke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Agronomy
Subjects:
apple (<i>Malus domestica</i> Borkh. cv. ‘Roter Boskoop’)
alternate bearing
blossom thinning
defoliation
fruit size and weight
mechanical thinning
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/1/112

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