Most apple cultivars produce too many flowers to enable consistent yields of high-quality
fruit, thus, crop load management (thinning) is an integral part of orchard management in …

Abstract Apple (Malus× domestica Borkh.) holds a prominent position among global
temperate fruit crops, with flowering playing a crucial role in both production and breeding …

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is an ancient oilseed crop of interest due to its diversity of
end-use industrial and food products. Proteomic and metabolomic profiling of its organs …

Abstract Background and Aims The use of organic amendments improves soil functioning
and thus crop productivity. Our previous studies have shown that the banding of organic …

Phytohormones that trigger or repress flower meristem development in apple buds are
thought to be locally emitted from adjacent plant tissues, including leaves and fruitlets. The …

Self-fertile cultivars of sweet cherry (Prunus avium) produce heavy crop load that is often
associated with small and poor-quality fruits. Therefore, a crop load-management strategy is …

Localised fruit thinning strategies must be investigated to improve precision crop load
management in narrow-canopy, multileader apple trees. This study aimed to determine the …

Many horticultural trees, including apple (Malus× domestica Borkh.), exhibit alternative fruit
bearing. Despite many observations suggesting that bearing tendency is a genetic trait …

The production of Class 1 fruit that maintains quality during long-term storage remains one
of the top priorities for the Australian apple industry. The physiological disorders internal …

As Ecuador is a tropical country, the temperature is the main climatic factor limiting the
fruiting process in apple trees (Malus domestica Borkh) cv. Anna. The lack of accumulation …