Effect of pruning severity and branch quality on fruit set and fruit dry weight of Packham's Triumph pears (Pyrus communis L)

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dc.contributor.authorReynolds, L. P.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJacobs, G.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTheron, K. I.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-10T11:58:17Z
dc.date.available2012-08-10T11:58:17Z
dc.date.issued2005-04
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.actahort.org/books/671/671_63.htmen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe effect of dormant pruning and the quality of 2-year-old bearing units(BU) on fruit set and mean fruit dry weight of ‘Packham’s Triumph’ pears wasdetermined during the 2002/03 season. Fruit set on short BU (28 cm long) was 20percent higher and mean fruit dry weight were 20 percent more than for long BUs(56 cm). On thick BU (14 mm basal diameter) 70 percent more fruit set than on thinBU (8 mm) and mean fruit dry weight was 20 percent more than on thick BU.en_ZA
dc.format.extent5 p.
dc.identifier.citationReynolds, L. P., Jacobs, G. & Theron, K. I. 2005. Effect of pruning severity and branch quality on fruit set and fruit dry weight of 'Packham's Triumph' pears (Pyrus communis L.). Acta Hort., 671:451-454.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0567-7572 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/37233
dc.publisherInternational Society for Horticultural Science -- ISHSen_ZA
dc.rights.holderInternational Society for Horticultural Science -- ISHSen_ZA
dc.subjectPyrus communis L. (Pears) -- Sink strengthen_ZA
dc.subjectPyrus communis L. (Pears) -- Sink sizeen_ZA
dc.subjectPears -- Growthen_ZA
dc.titleEffect of pruning severity and branch quality on fruit set and fruit dry weight of Packham's Triumph pears (Pyrus communis L)en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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