The effects of centrifugal pruning on fruiting structure production in Royal Gala apples

Proper sunlight distribution in the tree canopy during the fruit-bud initiation period could increase the number of fruits and the quality of fruit development in the following year. Through winter pruning, it is possible to remove all side structures developed at the center of the tree and on the u...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Raffo,María Dolores, Rodríguez,Rodolfo, Mañueco,Lucía
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal 2011
Materias:	Apples floral induction fruit structures
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202011000200008
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:scielo:S0718-16202011000200008
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-162020110002000082011-09-01The effects of centrifugal pruning on fruiting structure production in Royal Gala applesRaffo,María DoloresRodríguez,RodolfoMañueco,Lucía Apples floral induction fruit structures Proper sunlight distribution in the tree canopy during the fruit-bud initiation period could increase the number of fruits and the quality of fruit development in the following year. Through winter pruning, it is possible to remove all side structures developed at the center of the tree and on the undersides of the branches. In the following spring, this pruning method produces a tube-shaped area in the canopy center that improves the penetration and distribution of light from the central axis to the canopy periphery. This approach produces a better light level at the sites where fruit-bud initiation occurs. An experiment was performed on apples cv. Royal Gala grafted on EM 9 to quantify the benefits of centrifugal pruning for return bloom. The Royal Gala/EM9 combination shows a high production potential, and the trees produce a large quantity of fruit structures. The results obtained during two consecutive vegetative seasons showed the positive influence of this extinction practice, with higher numbers of fruit structures on the treated trees than on conventionally pruned trees.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería ForestalCiencia e investigación agraria v.38 n.2 20112011-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202011000200008en10.4067/S0718-16202011000200008
institution	Scielo Chile
collection	Scielo Chile
language	English
topic	Apples floral induction fruit structures
spellingShingle	Apples floral induction fruit structures Raffo,María Dolores Rodríguez,Rodolfo Mañueco,Lucía The effects of centrifugal pruning on fruiting structure production in Royal Gala apples
description	Proper sunlight distribution in the tree canopy during the fruit-bud initiation period could increase the number of fruits and the quality of fruit development in the following year. Through winter pruning, it is possible to remove all side structures developed at the center of the tree and on the undersides of the branches. In the following spring, this pruning method produces a tube-shaped area in the canopy center that improves the penetration and distribution of light from the central axis to the canopy periphery. This approach produces a better light level at the sites where fruit-bud initiation occurs. An experiment was performed on apples cv. Royal Gala grafted on EM 9 to quantify the benefits of centrifugal pruning for return bloom. The Royal Gala/EM9 combination shows a high production potential, and the trees produce a large quantity of fruit structures. The results obtained during two consecutive vegetative seasons showed the positive influence of this extinction practice, with higher numbers of fruit structures on the treated trees than on conventionally pruned trees.
author	Raffo,María Dolores Rodríguez,Rodolfo Mañueco,Lucía
author_facet	Raffo,María Dolores Rodríguez,Rodolfo Mañueco,Lucía
author_sort	Raffo,María Dolores
title	The effects of centrifugal pruning on fruiting structure production in Royal Gala apples
title_short	The effects of centrifugal pruning on fruiting structure production in Royal Gala apples
title_full	The effects of centrifugal pruning on fruiting structure production in Royal Gala apples
title_fullStr	The effects of centrifugal pruning on fruiting structure production in Royal Gala apples
title_full_unstemmed	The effects of centrifugal pruning on fruiting structure production in Royal Gala apples
title_sort	effects of centrifugal pruning on fruiting structure production in royal gala apples
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal
publishDate	2011
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202011000200008
work_keys_str_mv	AT raffomariadolores theeffectsofcentrifugalpruningonfruitingstructureproductioninroyalgalaapples AT rodriguezrodolfo theeffectsofcentrifugalpruningonfruitingstructureproductioninroyalgalaapples AT manuecolucia theeffectsofcentrifugalpruningonfruitingstructureproductioninroyalgalaapples AT raffomariadolores effectsofcentrifugalpruningonfruitingstructureproductioninroyalgalaapples AT rodriguezrodolfo effectsofcentrifugalpruningonfruitingstructureproductioninroyalgalaapples AT manuecolucia effectsofcentrifugalpruningonfruitingstructureproductioninroyalgalaapples
_version_	1714202131851902976

The effects of centrifugal pruning on fruiting structure production in Royal Gala apples

Ejemplares similares