Despite non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) importance for tree productivity and resilience,
little is known about their seasonal regulations and trade-off with growth and reproduction …

Greenhouses are widely used in Northwest China, especially for tomato, which is the
dominant crop. Subsurface irrigation with ceramic emitters (SICE) is a new water-saving …

Precise phosphorus (P) application requires a mechanistic understanding of mineral effects
on crop biology and physiology. Photosynthate assimilation, metabolism, and transport …

Apple trees produce many more flower clusters than needed for a full crop, but natural early
season flower and fruitlet abscission drastically reduce the final fruit number. Natural fruit …

Key message High starch concentrations in woody tissue of sweet cherry trees were
associated with deep stages of dormancy, while increasing concentrations of hexoses were …

The keystones of resource budget models to explain mast seeding are that fruit production
depletes tree stored resources, which become subsequently limiting to flower production the …

Climate change may result in increasingly frequent extreme events, such as the unusually
dry conditions that occurred in Germany during the apple growing season of 2018. To …

Leaves are the major plant tissue for transpiration and carbon fixation in deciduous trees. In
harsh habitats, atmospheric CO2 assimilation via stem photosynthesis is common, providing …

Key message The flowering time of wild almond species studied herein is more influenced
by heat requirement, which partly justifies also the differences in flowering date during the …

Summer fruitlet thinning is implemented as a routine orchard practice to produce apple fruits
with good quality. However, its impacts on the dynamics of fruit quality metrics during the …