Bio-regulators improve fruit size and colour and reduce crop-load and annual bearing of Honeycrisp™ apples

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 453-455

  Embree, C G ^a   Nichols, D S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crop load; Fruit thinning; Honeycrisp ; Return bloom

Indexed keywords

FRUIT;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 21244453174     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P04-059     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Budan, T and Faust, M. 1986. Flower bud induction in apple trees: Internal control and differentiation. Pages 174-203 in Jules Janick ed. Horticulture reviews. AVI Publishing Inc., Westport, CT.
2. Byers, R. E. 1997. Effects of bloom-thinning chemicals on apple fruit set. J. Tree Fruit Prod. 2: 13-31
3. Courtier, D. 2001. Honeycrisp. Compact Fruit Tree 34: 116.
4. Forshey, C. G. 1976. Chemical thinning of apples. N. Y. Food Sci. Bul. 116: 1-7
5. Genstat 5 Committee. 1993. Genstat 5 Release 3. Reference manual. Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK.
6. Koike, H., Tamai, H., Ono, T. and Shigehara, 1.2003. Influence of time of thinning on yield, fruit quality and return flowering of 'Fuji' apple. J. Am. Pomological Soc. 57: 169-173.
7. Monselise, S. P. and Goldschmidt, E. E. 1982. Alternate bearing in fruit trees. Hortic. Rev. 4: 128-173
8. Nichols, D. and Wright, H. 2003. How to grow Honeycrisp apples for success. Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association Annual Report. 140: 95-98.
9. Wertheim, S. J. 2000. Developments in the chemical thinning of apple and pear. Plant Growth Regul. 31: 85-100.