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| Castro,Damián César; Álvarez,Norma; Gabriel,Paola; Micheloud,Norma; Buyatti,Marcela; Gariglio,Norberto. |
| The crop load level of an apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) tree impacts fruit yield and quality parameters, tree vigor and biennial bearing. The optimal crop load is that which allows for consistent annual cropping and fruit quality acceptable to the market. We evaluated the effect of crop load on yield and fruit quality of two low-chill apples cv. ‘Caricia’ and ‘Eva’, growing in a mild winter area. During 2010 and 2011 crop load was manually adjusted from 2 or 3 to 17 fruits cm−2 of trunk cross-sectional area (TCSA). Fruit yield was positively related to crop load in both cultivars but mean fruit weight diminished as the crop load increased. For both cultivars, the production of non-commercial and small-sized fruit increased, whereas production of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Malus domestica; Crop load; Hand thinning; Trunk cross-sectional area; Fruit quality. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162015000300237 |
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