FRUIT SET REGULATING GENES ARE DIFFERENTLY EXPRESSED AFTER CROSS-POLLINATION, SELF-POLLINATION AND TREATMENT WITH PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS IN MALUS × DOMESTICA CV. 'JONAGOLD'

2009 ◽  
pp. 707-713
Author(s):  
R. Dreesen ◽  
J. Keulemans ◽  
E. Prinsen ◽  
J. Vercammen ◽  
L. Denruyter ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
BRUNO CARRA ◽  
MATEUS S. PASA ◽  
EVERTON S. ABREU ◽  
MAXIMILIANO DINI ◽  
CARINA P. PASA ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Jiequn Ren ◽  
Minghai Zhang ◽  
Li Chen ◽  
Zhinian Li ◽  
Zhangyun Zheng

Author(s):  
Rajpaul Yadav ◽  
Kuldip Kumar ◽  
M. S. Joon ◽  
B. S. Daulta

A field experiment was conducted at Fruit Research Farm of Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar to evaluate the effect of micronutrients and plant growth regulators on fruit cracking and fruit yield in pomegranate cv. Jodhpur Red. The treatments comprising of two micronutrients (H3BO3 and ZnSO4 at 0.20, 0.40, 0.60 %), two growth regulators (2,4-D and NAA at 10, 20, 40 ppm) and water were applied fifteen and thirty days after fruit set. Occurrence of premature fruit cracking was more as compared to mature fruits during both the stages of application. Longitudinal (radial) cracking was more as compared to diagonal (transverse) cracking. 2,4-D and NAA at 10 ppm recorded significantly lower incidence of cracking than all other treatments. Highest fruit yield per acre (50.8 q) was obtained with NAA at 20 ppm when applied fifteen days after fruit set; while 2,4-D at 10 ppm recorded maximum fruit yield when applied thirty days after fruit set.


2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. e0906-e0906
Author(s):  
Sedighehsadat Khaleghi ◽  

Aim of study: (i) to explore differences between eggplant flowers capable of setting fruit including long (LGs) and medium style flowers (MEs) and those which suffer from severe problems with fertility and fruit setting including short style ones (SRTs); (ii) to study the effect of plant growth regulators on floral morphology and fruit setting. Area of study: Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, 2017 and 2018. Material and methods: First the floral morphology and initial fruit setting of 13 eggplant genotypes from Iran were investigated. Then the differences between LGs and SRTs of two genotypes were explored. Finally, the effect of 1-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and spermidine (Spd) on floral morphology and initial and final fruit setting of these two genotypes was determined. Main results: Results showed SRTs were not capable of fruit setting. Compared to SRTs, LGs had larger central canals, higher protein, total sugar, reducing sugar and K concentrations, as well as longer polar axis and pollen tubes and greater pollen viability. Although 1.5 mM Spd and 20 mg L-1 NAA resulted in increasing of LGs and MEs, and also total initial fruit set, surprisingly, no significant differences were observed in the final yield and final fruit set between the control and these treatments. Researching highlights: Since the rate of fruit dropping was higher in those treatments compared to the control, plants with more SRTs likely regulate their final load by abscising their flowers, and plants with more LGs regulate them by abscising their fruits.


HortScience ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 443C-443
Author(s):  
J. Pablo Morales-Payan

Field studies were conducted in the Dominican Republic to determine the effect of several plant growth regulators on the yield of `Jira' eggplant. Treatments consisted of aqueous solutions of folcysteine (25, 50, 75 ppm), giberellic acid 3 (10, 20, 30 ppm), kinetine (25, 50, 75 ppm), naphthalenacetic acid (NAA) (25, 50, 75 ppm), 2,3,4-dichloro-phenoxy-triethyl-amine hydrochloride (DCPTA) (25, 50, 75 ppm), triacontanol (5, 10, 15 ppm), ethanol (5, 10, 15%), and chlormequat (50, 100, 150 ppm) sprayed at early flowering, directed to the crop upper leaves and flowers. A control treatment (no plant growth regulators applied) was also included. A randomized complete-block design with four replications was utilized. Experimental units were two rows of 10 plants at a 1.0 × 0.4-m distancing. Eggplant fruit set and yield were determined after 10 harvests performed at 3-day intervals. Analysis of variance and mean comparison tests were performed on the resulting data. `Jira' eggplant fruit set and yield was significantly improved by folcysteine, giberellic acid 3, and NAA, but not by kinetine, DCPTA, ethanol, triacontanol, or chlormequat. Eggplant yield increased as folcysteine rate increased from 0 to 50 ppm, but no further yield increase was obtained when increasing the rate from 50 to 75 ppm. Similarly, eggplant yield significantly increased as gibberellic acid increased from 0 to 20 ppm, but not when rates increased from 20 to 30 ppm. With NAA, eggplant fruit set and yield significantly increased above that of control plants when 25 ppm was applied, with no significant yield increase at higher rates. Results indicate that the yield of `Jira' eggplants could be enhanced by the treatments with either folcysteine, NAA, or gibberellic acid hereby described.


Author(s):  
Shreef Mahmood ◽  
Md. Nazmul Hasan ◽  
S.M. Younus Ali ◽  
Rafija Alam Ripa ◽  
Md. Golap Hossain

Two plant growth regulators: β-NOA (50 and 80 ppm) and GA (200 and 250 ppm) were applied to emasculated flowers at anthesis to set parthenocarpic fruit, while in the control treatment fruit set was achieved by natural pollination. The application of β-NOA found ineffective in setting parthenocarpic guava. No significant differences were observed in the length and diameter of fruit between parthenocarpic and naturally pollinated seeded fruit at different days after anthesis. The mean fruit weight, TSS and ascorbic acid content of parthenocarpic fruit were similar to that of seeded fruit. Significant higher amount of total polyphenol was detected in the seeded fruit than the parthenocarpic fruit. Although 200 ppm GA showed comparatively better response to fruit growth, TSS and ascorbic acid content than 250 ppm GA but not in a statistical level.


HortScience ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Irfan Ali Sabir ◽  
Xunju Liu ◽  
Songtao Jiu ◽  
Matthew Whiting ◽  
Caixi Zhang

Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) is a valuable fruit crop worldwide. Farmers’ incomes are closely related to fruit quantity and quality, yet these can be highly variable across years. As part of a broader project for optimizing fruit set and fruit quality in sweet cherries, this study was conducted to evaluate the potential of various plant growth regulators (PGRs) for improving fruit set and fruit quality. Cytokinins, gibberellins, auxin, and polyamines were used as treatments. Treatments were applied as foliar sprays at full bloom to ‘Bing’ and three low-productivity genotypes, ‘Regina’, ‘Tieton’, and ‘PC8011-3’. We assessed the fruit set, fruit quality, and return bloom from each treatment. 4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (4-CPA) increased fruit set by 53% and 36% in ‘Bing’ and ‘Tieton’, respectively. The combination of gibberellin (GA)3 + GA4/7 was more effective for improving fruit set than other isomers of gibberellin alone. Cytokinin treatments had slight adverse effects or no effect on fruit set except for CPPU. In ‘PC8011-3’, both N-(2-chloro-4-pyridyl)-N'-phenylurea (CPPU) and 4-CPA enhanced fruit set by ≈81% and 100% compared with untreated control. The response of cherry trees to polyamine sprays depended on the properties of the cultivars and the treatment concentration. Foliar application of GA3, GA4/7, or N-phenyl-N'-(1, 2, 3-thiadiazol-5-yl) urea (TDZ) in ‘Bing’ trees has negative effects on return bloom, whereas GA1 can increase the yield and flower buds. These results suggest that PGRs may have varied effects on sweet cherry fruit set and that more work is needed to develop practical programs for improving yield security.


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