scholarly journals Effects of Aminoethoxyvinylglycine and High Temperatures on Fruit Set and Fruit Characteristics of Heat-cultured Satsuma Mandarin.

2002 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsuneo Ogata ◽  
Tomoko Hirota ◽  
Shuji Shiozaki ◽  
Shosaku Horiuchi ◽  
Kenji Kawase ◽  
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HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 543c-543
Author(s):  
Ami N. Erickson ◽  
Albert H. Markhart

Fruit yield reduction due to high temperatures has been widely observed in Solanaceous crops. Our past experiments have demonstrated that Capsicum annuum cultivars Ace and Bell Boy completely fail to produce fruit when grown at constant 33 °C. However, flowers are produced, continually. To determine which stages of flower development are sensitive to high temperatures, pepper buds, ranging in size from 1 mm to anthesis, were exposed to high temperatures for 6 hr, 48 hr, 5 days, or for the duration of the experiment. Fruit set for each bud size was determined. Exposure to high temperatures at anthesis and at the 2-mm size stage for 2 or more days significantly reduced fruit production. To determine whether inhibition of pollination, inhibition of fertilization, and/or injury to the female or male structures prevents fruit production at high temperatures, flowers from pepper cultivars Ace and Bell Boy were grown until flowers on the 8th or 9th node were 11 mm in length. Plants were divided between 25 °C and 33 °C constant growth chambers for 2 to 4 days until anthesis. At anthesis, flowers from both treatments were cross-pollinated in all combination, and crosses were equally divided between 33 or 25 °C growth chambers until fruit set or flowers abscised. All flower crosses resulted in 80% to 100% fruit set when post-pollination temperatures were 25 °C. However, post-pollination temperatures of 33 °C significantly reduced fruit production. Reduced fruit set by flowers exposed to high temperatures during anthesis and pollination is not a result of inviable pollen or ovule, but an inhibition of fertilization or initial fruit development.


2010 ◽  
Vol 130 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro J. Martínez-García ◽  
Encarnación Ortega ◽  
Federico Dicenta

1985 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 711 ◽  
Author(s):  
PJ Cole ◽  
PI McCloud

A multiple linear regression analysis of salinity and climate against yield of Valencia and Washington Navel Oranges was performed for the period 1945-79 on data from irrigated orchards in Sunraysia, Berri, Waikerie and Mypolonga. Principal component analysis was utilized to reduce the number of climatic variables introduced into the multiple regression analysis. High temperatures and high evaporation during flowering and fruit set (November and December) were associated with reduced yields in Sunraysia, Berri and Waikerie, possibly by increasing flower and fruit drop, and by reducing fruit set. At Mypolonga, the coolest location studied, high temperatures were associated with increased yields. Salinity was negatively associated with yield at Mypolonga, Waikerie and Berri, the locations of highest salinity. No effects were observed at Sunraysia. It was not possible to deduce a critical level of salinity in irrigation water that is associated with yield loss or the magnitude of yield loss from the statistical analyses. However, we did observe that salinity during the irrigation season prior to harvest was associated with decreased yields, while only at Mypolonga was salinity in the year of harvest a significant variable in the analyses.


2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Munir & et al.

This research was carried out at Research and Training Station, Date Palm Research Center of Excellence, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia during 2017 and 2018 to investigate the effects of indigenous and foreign pollinizers on the yield and physicochemical fruit characteristics of date palm cv. Khalas. Pollen grains of different date palm male pollinizers were collected from different geological locations of Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Fifteen twelve-year-old date palm trees were selected for the experiment, for which five spathes for each palm were selected per replication. The experiment was laid out as a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replicates for each treatment. The findings of the present study showed significant differences among pollinizer sources. Female date palms pollinated with indigenous male pollen grains (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia) exhibited superior results regarding fruit set percentage, parthenocarpic fruit percentage, tamar fruit percentage, fruit drop percentage, total number of fruit nodes per bunch, bunch weight, pulp weight, pulp ratio, seed ratio and pulp:seed ratio, fruit fresh weight, fruit dry weight, fruit length, fruit width, fruit volume, seed weight, seed length, seed width, fruit moisture content and total soluble solids. It is can be concluded that although the response to pollination and fertilization of date palm is species dependent, however, the indigenous cultivar Khalas was more responsive to the local male types than the foreign males for better fruit set, higher yield and best fruit quality traits.


HortScience ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1170c-1170
Author(s):  
Essam A. Mawlood ◽  
H.H Hamood ◽  
E.S. Salah

This experiment was conducted to study the effects of bagging on fruit set, fruit characteristics and yield of Khastawi Date Palm CV. Two different types of bags were used: cloth and paper. The spadices were covered immediately at two different times during the first season; one month and the second continued until harvest time. Since positive results were obtained during the season, two extra bagging treatments were added in the second season (2 and 3 months). Unbagged spadices were used as control for both seasons. The results indicated that there were no significant differences between the two types of bags. Moreover, bagging for either two or three months produced positive results in fruit set improvement and yield.


2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
Yoji Hamana ◽  
Katsunori Shioda ◽  
Youichirou Kawasaki ◽  
Katsuhiko Nakamoto

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