scholarly journals New late ripening apricot genotypes from a multipurpose apricot breeding programme in Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 34-38
Author(s):  
J.M. Cross ◽  
F.E. Karaat ◽  
F. İnceoğlu ◽  
Z.T. Murathan ◽  
B.M. Asma
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Development ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Breeding Programme ◽  
Total Acidity ◽  
Fruit Species ◽  
Development Period ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Long Time

The harvest season of apricots is short and fruit cannot be protected in cold stores for a long time. For those reasons, apricot production and consumption are lower than in other fruit species. This study was conducted for the purpose of breeding new late ripening apricot varieties. To this aim, a total of 3718 hybrid genotypes of apricots were obtained from 42 crosses. Phenological, pomological and yield analyses were performed and variations of fruit development period, fruit size, polarimetric dry matter (Brix), total acidity, yield and other traits were determined. Two years of results for important traits are given for 12 promising genotypes. Fruit development period varied between 148 and 167 days, fruit weight 25.2 and 41.2 g, Brix 16.3 and 22.6% and total acidity 0.56 and 1.25%.  

scholarly journals Conduction systems in fig tree with two cultivars, evaluating fruits quality and yield

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Scheila Lúcia Ecker ◽  
Adriana Lugaresi ◽  
Gian Carlos Girardi ◽  
Bachelor Louis ◽  
Leandro Galon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Soluble Solids ◽  
Fruit Species ◽  
Great Economic Importance ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Fig Tree

The fig tree is rustic and one of the fruit species with great economic importance, because it adapts easily to different climate and soil types. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence the branches number and the fig tree cultivar on yield and fruit quality. The orchard implanted with two cultivars, Roxo de Valinhos and Pingo de Mel, and conducted with different numbers of productive branches, being: 16, 24 and 32. The utilized lineation was completely randomized, with three replicates, each replicate being composed of four plants. The analyzed variables were: branches length (cm), number of fruits per plant, number of fruits per branch meter, yield of mature fruits (Kg ha-1), yield of green fruits (Kg ha-1), accumulated productivity (Kg ha-1), fruit size (cm3), average fruit weight (g), soluble solids (°Brix) and fruit dry matter (%). The daily elongation rate and the mean length of the branches did not influence the different treatments. For productivity, noticed superiority on cultivar Roxo de Valinhos, with the higher the number of productive branches in the plants. Fruit quality, relative to soluble solids and dry matter, also did not influence the treatments. Fruits in larger caliber and size found from plants of the cultivar Roxo de Valinhos. Both for the production of fruits for fresh consumption and for the industrialization it is recommended the conduction with greater number of productive branches being between 24 and 32, for the greater productive yield.

scholarly journals Optimizing Fruit-Thinning Strategies in Peach (Prunus persica) Production

Horticulturae ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Sutton ◽  
John Doyle ◽  
Dario Chavez ◽  
Anish Malladi
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Development ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Load Management ◽  
Growth Responses ◽  
Crop Load ◽  
Fruit Number ◽  
Fruit Thinning ◽  
Adverse Weather ◽  
One Year

Fruit size is a highly valued commercial trait in peach. Competition among fruit and among other sinks on a tree reduces potential growth rate of the fruit. Hence, crop-load management strategies such as thinning (removal of flowers or fruit) are often practiced by growers to optimize fruit size. Thinning can be performed at bloom or during early fruit development and at different intensities to optimize fruit growth responses. Responses to thinning may be cultivar and location specific. The objective of the current study was to fine-tune thinning strategies in the southeastern United States, a major peach producing region. Timing and intensity of thinning were evaluated across multiple cultivars over three years. Thinning at bloom or at 21 d after full bloom (DAFB) improved fruit size in comparison to unthinned trees in ‘Cary Mac’ and ‘July Prince’, respectively, in one year. Bloom-thinning reduced fruit yield (kg per tree) in the above cultivars in one year, suggesting that flower thinning alone may not be a viable option in this region. Intensity of thinning, evaluated as spacings of 15 cm and 20 cm between fruit, did not differentially affect fruit weight or yield. However, fruit diameter decreased quadratically with increasing fruit number per tree in ‘Cary Mac’, ‘July Prince’ and ‘Summer Flame’. Similarly, fruit weight decreased quadratically in response to increase in fruit number per tree in ‘Cary Mac’ and ‘July Prince’. Further, yield-per-tree decreased with increasing fruit size in ‘Cary Mac’ and ‘July Prince’. Importantly, these relationships were cultivar specific. Together, the data suggest that achieving a target fruit number per tree is an effective strategy for crop-load management to optimize fruit size in southeastern peach production. The target fruit number per tree may potentially be achieved through a combination of flower and fruit-thinning during early fruit development. Such an approach may provide flexibility in crop-load management in relation to adverse weather events.

scholarly journals QUALIDADE E PRODUTIVIDADE DE FRUTOS DE FIGO CULTIVADO EM TRÊS DENSIDADES DE PLANTIO

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 161-166
Author(s):  
Scheila Lucia Ecker ◽  
Clevison Luiz Giacobbo ◽  
Leandro Galon ◽  
Adriana Lugaresi ◽  
Gian Carlos Girardi
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Soluble Solids ◽  
Planting Density ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Fig Tree

The objective of this work was to verify the influence of planting density on productivity and fruit quality of the fig tree. The design was used in three blocks, the plants of the cultivar Roxo de Valinhos were submitted to three planting spacings: 5 x 0.5 m; 5 x 1.0 m; and 5 x 1.5 m. The evaluated characteristics were: length of branches; average weekly growth of branches; fruit size; average fruit weight;soluble solids (°Brix); yield of mature fruits; productivity of green fruits; accumulated productivity; and dry mass of fruits.The length of the branches was not influenced by planting spacing, the plants conducted at lower densities presented higher productivity, both of green fruits and accumulated productivity.Plants submitted to lower planting density produced fruits with higher dry matter, but these were smaller in size, but without significant difference for those submitted to lower density. It wasconcluded that productivity is directly affected by fig planting density, but not all the qualitative aspects of the fruits were affected.

scholarly journals Bloom and Postbloom Applications of NAD/NAA Mixture Have Minimal Effects on Yield and Fruit Size of Field-grown Tomatoes and Peppers

HortScience ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 1263-1264 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.W. Stover ◽  
P.J. Stoffella ◽  
S.A. Garrison ◽  
D.I. Leskovar ◽  
D.C. Sanders ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Development ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Yield Response ◽  
Naphthaleneacetic Acid ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Marketable Yield ◽  
Commercial Mixture ◽  
Minimal Benefit

A commercial mixture of 1-naphthaleneacetamide and 1-naphthaleneacetic acid (Amcotone) was applied to tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) and pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) at various timings from early bloom through early fruit development to evaluate effects on fruit size and both early and total marketable yield. Amcotone was applied at rates from 10 to 40 mg·L-1, at three sites for each of the species studied. Measured yield response variables in tomato did not differ between the control and Amcotone treatments, regardless of location. Amcotone treatments did not affect yields or fruit size for pepper at the New Jersey or Texas sites. However, at Ft. Pierce, Fla., early marketable yield of pepper was increased in plots receiving three Amcotone applications at 10 mg·L-1, but total marketable yield was significantly reduced in all plots receiving more than two Amcotone sprays, and mean fruit weight was reduced by all Amcotone treatments. Early and total marketable yield of pepper at Ft. Pierce were markedly reduced in plots receiving four applications of 40 mg·L-1, which was a high rate used to assess potential phytotoxicity. While minimal benefit from auxin application was observed in this study, earlier studies suggest that these results may have been influenced by favorable environmental conditions for fruit development or negative effects on unopened flowers during all Amcotone spray applications.

scholarly journals Effect of Bee Pollination and GA3 on Fruit Size and Maturity of Three Rabbiteye Blueberry Cultivars with Similar Fruit Densities

HortScience ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1106-1107 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Scott NeSmith ◽  
Gerard Krewer
Keyword(s):  
Gibberellic Acid ◽  
Fruit Development ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Primary Factor ◽  
Fruit Maturation ◽  
Bee Pollination ◽  
Maturation Period ◽  
Vaccinium Ashei ◽  
Development Period ◽  
Fruit Load

Plants of the rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium ashei Reade) cultivars Brightwell, Climax, and Tifblue were subjected to pollination with bees or to applications of 250 mg·L-1 of gibberellic acid (GA3) to examine the influence on fruit size and maturation period. Plants were thinned to a similar fruit density (FD) 4 weeks after anthesis. `Tifblue' and `Climax' fruit were smaller on GA3-treated than on bee-pollinated plants, but no difference was observed for `Brightwell'. The fruit maturation period for `Climax' was not affected by treatments, but `Brightwell' and `Tifblue' fruit on pollinated plants ripened 2 weeks earlier than fruit on GA3-treated plants. These data suggest that excess fruit load is not the primary factor responsible for the smaller fruit size and lengthened fruit development period resulting from GA3 applications to rabbiteye blueberries.

scholarly journals The effects of treating the seedlings of a Strawberry (L. Fragaria Ananassa) plant with a Colchicine on the Characteristics of its productivity: تأثير معاملة شتلات الشليك L. Fragaria Ananassa بمادة الكولشسين على التباين في صفات الحاصل للنبات

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Youssef Abdel Rahman Mahmoud - Iyad Assi Obeid - Nizar Aslem
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin C ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Apical Part ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Total Acidity ◽  
Fragaria Ananassa ◽  
Control Value ◽  
Significant Difference

An experiment was conducted in the research station Horticulture and landscape gardening Dept./college of Agriculture university of Diyala for the period from 2016/12/15 up to 2017/7/1. to study the effect of colchicine and its effect on the properties of the chemical properties of the fruit of the plant, because most of the species in the country with low productivity, of the Strawberry plant when treating its apical part by the Colchicine with concentrations of zero, 0.05, and 0.1%. The number of treatment times was (one treatment and two treatments). The results of the showed that the plants that treated with 0.1% Colchicine were Increased the number of fruits (11.650 fruit/plant), the size of fruit (3.033 cm3), the weight of a single fruit (9.683 mg), the amount of productivity in the plant (108.233 g/plant), the percentage of acidity (0.707%), the amount of vitamin C (46.969 mg/100g),. when Compared with the control value of treatment, it found that the control value of treatment has more number of stomata with average (26 stomata.mm2). while with the treatment of 0.05% concentration, the percentage of the sugars was the highest around (16.488%). The treatment of the top of the plant did not affect the number of fruits per plant, while the size of the fruit affected the date of treatment exceeded the plants treated twice the plants on the treatment of one time at a rate of 8.388 cm 3. As for the fruit weight and the quantity of plant yield, there was no significant difference between the date of treatment of the plant. Also, there was no effect of the date of treatment in the percentage of total acidity of the fruit. The effect of the double interaction between both the concentration and the treatment date. The results indicate that the highest number of fruits per plant, the quantity of fruit per plant and the quantity of vitamin C in fruit is achieved when treated with 0.1% The fruit weight and the total percentage of total sugars eliminated all the interference coefficients on the comparison treatment. The results also indicate that the highest rate of fruit size and the percentage of total acidity was in the treatment 0.1% and two treatment (9.910 cm 3) and (0.755%) respectively.

scholarly journals Comparison of fruit morphology and nutrition metabolism in different cultivars of kiwifruit across developmental stages

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e11538
Author(s):  
Yu-fei Li ◽  
Weijia Jiang ◽  
Chunhong Liu ◽  
Yuqi Fu ◽  
Ziyuan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Development ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Soluble Sugars ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Quinic Acid ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Soluble Solids ◽  
Dry Matter Accumulation ◽  
Shape Pattern

Kiwifruit (Actinidia) is becoming increasingly popular worldwide due to its favorable flavour and high vitamin C content. However, quality parameters vary among cultivars. To determine the differences in quality and metabolic parameters of kiwifruit, we monitored the growth processes of ‘Kuilv’ (Actinidia arguta), ‘Hongyang’ (Actinidia chinensis) and ‘Hayward’ (Actinidia deliciosa). We found that ‘Kuilv’ required the shortest time for fruit development, while ‘Hayward’ needed the longest time to mature. The fruit size of ‘Hayward’ was the largest and that of ‘Kuilv’ was the smallest. Furthermore, ‘Hongyang’ showed a double-S shape of dry matter accumulation, whereas ‘Kuilv’ and ‘Hayward’ showed a linear or single-S shape pattern of dry matter accumulation during development. The three cultivars demonstrated the same trend for total soluble solids accumulation, which did not rise rapidly until 90–120 days after anthesis. However, the accumulation of organic acids and soluble sugars varied among the cultivars. During later fruit development, the content of glucose, fructose and quinic acid in ‘Kuilv’ fruit was far lower than that in ‘Hongyang’ and ‘Hayward’. On the contrary, ‘Kuilv’ had the highest sucrose content among the three cultivars. At maturity, the antioxidative enzymatic systems were significantly different among the three kiwifruit cultivars. ‘Hongyang’ showed higher activities of superoxide dismutase than the other cultivars, while the catalase content of ‘Hayward’ was significantly higher than that of ‘Hongyang’ and ‘Kuilv’. These results provided knowledge that could be implemented for the marketing, handling and post-harvest technologies of the different kiwifruit cultivars.

scholarly journals Differences in Cell Number Facilitate Fruit Size Variation in Rabbiteye Blueberry Genotypes

2011 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Klima Johnson ◽  
Anish Malladi ◽  
D. Scott NeSmith
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Development ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Size Variation ◽  
Cell Number ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Cell Area ◽  
Vaccinium Ashei ◽  
Cell Production ◽  
University Of Georgia ◽  
Fruit Diameter

Fruit size is a valuable commercial trait in blueberry. The cellular basis of variation in fruit size among rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium ashei) genotypes was investigated. Twenty genotypes, including cultivars and advanced selections from the University of Georgia blueberry breeding program, were analyzed. Among the 20 genotypes, fruit weight and fruit diameter varied by over threefold and 1.6-fold, respectively. Regression analysis indicated a linear relationship between fruit weight and fruit diameter (R2 = 0.97, P < 0.001), suggesting that fruit diameter is a good predictor of fruit weight. Among the 20 genotypes, mesocarp cell number and cell area varied by almost 2.5-fold and 1.5-fold, respectively. Although fruit diameter and cell number were significantly related (R2 = 0.79, P < 0.001), no relationship could be established between fruit diameter and cell area. These data indicate that variation in fruit size among rabbiteye blueberry genotypes is primarily facilitated by variation in cell number. Two small and two large fruit size genotypes were further analyzed. Differences in cell number among some of these genotypes were apparent at bloom suggesting that cell production before bloom is an important mechanism contributing to variation in final cell number. Differences in final cell number among other genotypes were manifested during fruit development, indicating that cell production during fruit development was also instrumental in determining variation in final cell number. This study suggests that fruit size variation in rabbiteye blueberry genotypes is determined by mechanisms that regulate cell production before bloom and during fruit development.

scholarly journals GA3—INDUCED FRUIT SET OF RABBITEYE BLUEBERRY

HortScience ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 689c-689
Author(s):  
Raguel Cano—M ◽  
Rebecca L. Darnell
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Fruit Development ◽  
Fruit Set ◽  
Total Yield ◽  
Titratable Acidity ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Soluble Solids ◽  
Full Bloom ◽  
Development Period

The effects of different GA3 concentrations and application times on fruit set, fruit development period, and fruit quality in rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium ashei Reade) were studied. Flower clusters were sprayed with 100 or 250 ppm GA3 at 90% full bloom and again 7 days later, or with 125 ppm GA3 at 90% full bloom and again 7, 21, and 42 days later, under greenhouse conditions. Fruit set was monitored every 10 days and fruit weight, fruit development period, soluble solids, and titratable acidity were measured at harvest. Fruit set in GA3 treatments averaged 69 to 76% compared to an average of 43% for the pollinated control. Weight of GA3 treated berries averaged 1.2, g while that of pollinated berries averaged 2.0 g. However, calculated total yield was greater for the GA3 treatments compared to the pollinated control, averaging 244 and 206 g/treatment, respectively. GA3 increased the fruit development period by 2 to 11 days, depending on the treatment. Soluble solids and titratable acidity were not affected by any treatment.

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