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EFFECT OF FRUIT THINNING INTENSITY ON FIVE VARIETIES OF LYCHEE
Fecha
2017-10-01Registro en:
Revista Caatinga. Mossoro: Univ Fed Rural Semi-arido-ufersa, v. 30, n. 4, p. 1079-1086, 2017.
0100-316X
10.1590/1983-21252017v30n430rc
S1983-21252017000401079
WOS:000410636300030
S1983-21252017000401079.pdf
Autor
Inst Fed Minas Gerais
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
Fruit thinning is the removal of fruitlets in heavy fruit set situations and aims to increase salable fruit sizes, avoid branch breakdown, reduce harvesting costs, and promote a balance between the vegetative and reproductive growth of plants. Furthermore, this procedure may improve coloring, increase soluble solids, and maintain plant vigor. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of fruit thinning in five varieties of lychee (Bengal, American, Mauritius, Sweet Cliff, and WB4), in the conditions of Jaboticabal -Sao Paulo state (Brazil). The experimental design was a completely randomized design (CRD) with five treatments and seven replications of three plants each. Treatments consisted of fruit thinning intensities characterized by the number of fruit left on terminal branch panicles, being T1: 3 fruits/branch; T2: 6 fruits /branch; T3: 9 fruit/ branch; T4: 12 fruits/branch; T5: no thinning (control plot). Evaluations were made through a colorimetric assay on ripe fruits, besides a physical and chemical analysis for each variety. The treatments affected the response of varieties on each studied variable. The variety, Mauritius. showed interesting physical and chemical characteristics for the consumer market.