| dc.creator | von Bennewitz, Eduardo | |
| dc.creator | Cabalín, Andrés | |
| dc.creator | Losak, T. | |
| dc.date | 2023-01-09T17:11:53Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-01-09T17:11:53Z | |
| dc.date | 2019 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-02T20:30:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-02T20:30:20Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://repositorio.ucm.cl/handle/ucm/4353 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/9274602 | |
| dc.description | The effects of the application of the chemical thinner Armothin® on fruit set, yield and quality of Japanese plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) cv. ‘Fortune’ were studied during two seasons in Central Chile (34.56°S, 71.5°W). Trees were sprayed with Armothin® at 0.5%, 1% and 2% concentrations. All thinning treatments reduced the fruit set and fruitlet number (fruitlets/50 cm of branch). Armothin® at 2% conc. was the most aggressive treatment, drastically reducing the fruit set from 85.9% and 82.9% of the control and crop load to unprofitable levels during both seasons. Chemical thinning treatments at the two lowest concentrations (0.5 and 1%) did not significantly alter the crop load compared with the unsprayed control during both study seasons. Thinning costs were reduced (Armothin® 0.5%, 25.0% and 21.5% of the control treatment and Armothin® 1%, 24.6% and 24.1% of the control, during the first and second season, respectively). In general, chemical thinning increased the fruit size and total soluble solids content (TSS). Taking into account the ef- fects on thinning, crop load, fruit quality and thinning costs, Armothin® 1% and Armothin® 0.5% are the most advantageous treatments in the case of this study. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.rights | Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Chile | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/ | |
| dc.source | Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Hortorum Cultus, 18(3), 211-217 | |
| dc.subject | Thinning agents | |
| dc.subject | Crop load regulation | |
| dc.subject | Plum | |
| dc.subject | Fruit quality | |
| dc.subject | Yield | |
| dc.subject | Bearing potential | |
| dc.title | Effects of chemical thinning with Armothin® on fruit set, yield and quality of japanese plum (prunus salicina lindl.) cv. ‘fortune’ | |
| dc.type | Article | |
