Source of pollen, distance from pollinizer, and time of pollination affect yields in block-type pecan orchards

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1182-1185

  Wood, Bruce W ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Carya illinoinensis; Flowering; Orchard management; Production; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031469366     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.7.1182     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Adriance, G.W. 1930. Dichogamy in the pecan. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 27:435-439.
2. Buban, T. 1996. Flower development and formation of sexual organs, p. 3-54. In: J. Nyeki and M. Soltesz (eds.). Floral biology of temperate zone fruit trees and small fruits. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest.
3. Crocker, T.F. 1995. Commercial pecan production in Georgia. Univ. of Georgia Coop. Ext. Bul. 609.
4. Grauke, L.J. and T.E. Thompson. 1996. Pecans and hickories, p. 185-239. In: J. Janick and J. Moore (eds.). Fruit Breeding, vol. III. Wiley, New York.
5. Marquard, R.D. 1988. Outcrossing rates in pecan and the potential for increased yields. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 113:84-88.
6. Marquard, R.D. 1992. Fruit-set of pecan requires a low percentage of live pollen in controlled pollination. HortScience 27:473.
7. McGranahan, G.H., D.G. Voyiatzis, P.B. Catlin, and V.S. Polito. 1994. High pollen loads can cause pistillate flower abscission in walnut. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 119:505-509.
8. Romberg, L.D. and C.L. Smith. 1946. Effects of cross-pollination, self-pollination and sib-pollination on the dropping, the volume and the kernel development of pecan nuts and on the vigor of the seedling. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 47:130-133.
9. SAS Institute. 1990. SAS/Graph Software: Reference, version 6, vol. 2. SAS Inst., Cary, N.C.
10. Smith, C.L. and L.D. Romberg. 1941. Pollen adher ence as a criterion of the beginning of stigma receptivity in the pecan. Proc. Texas Pecan Growers Assn. 21:38-45.
11. Soltesz, M. 1996. Flowering, p. 80-131. In: Nyeki and M. Soltesz (eds.). Floral biology of temperate zone fruit trees and small fruits. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest.
12. Sparks, D. and G.D. Madden. 1985. Pistillate flower and fruit abortion in pecan as a function of cultivar, time, and pollination. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 110:219-223.
13. Wetzstein, H.Y. and D. Sparks. 1989. Stigma-pollen interactions in pecan. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 114:355-359.
14. Wood, B.W. and R.D. Marquard. 1992. Estimates of self-pollination in pecan orchards in the southeastern United States. HortScience 27:406-408.
15. Wood, B.W., M.W. Smith, R.E. Worley, P.C. Anderson, T.E. Thompson, and L.J. Grauke. 1997. Reproductive and vegetative characteristics of pecan cultivars. HortScience 32:1028-1033.
16. Woodroof, J.G. 1924. The development of pecan buds and quantitative production of pollen. Georgia Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 144:134-161.
17. Woodroof, J.G. 1930. Studies of the staminate inflorescence and pollen of Hicoria pecan. J. Agr. Res. 40:1059-1104.
18. Woodroof, J.G. and N.C. Woodroof. 1927. Distance pecan pollen is carried by wind for practical purposes. Georgia-Florida Pecan Growers Assn. 21:43-45.
19. Worley, R.E., S.K. Dove, B.G. Mullinix, Jr., and M. Smith. 1992. Long-term dichogamy of 80 pecan cultivars. Scientia Hort. 49:93-101.
20. Yates, I.E. and D. Sparks. 1993. Environmental regulation of anther dehiscence and pollen germination in pecan. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 118:699-706.