Claim · model-written summary
The specified lower concentration bloom sprays halved hand thinning mass.
- Taxon
- nectarines and peaches
Prunus persicaPrunus persica var. nucipersicat0 - Treatment
- Spray concentrations of 0.1% or 0.25% (v/v) applied at 30% and 60% full bloom, or 0.5% applied at 80% to 90% bloome0
- Outcome
- mass of fruitlets that had to be hand-thinnede0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 50%e0
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Verbatim
e0“Spray concentrations of 0.1% or 0.25% (v/v) applied at 30% and 60% full bloom, or 0.5% applied at 80% to 90% bloom, reduced by 50% the mass of fruitlets that had to be hand-thinned”
t0“Nectarines and Peaches”
Title
579 Thinning Nectarines and Peaches at Flowering with Organosilicone Surfactants
Joshua D. Klein; Shlomo Cohen HortScience 2000. doi:10.21273/hortsci.35.3.496b
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Silwet-408 was among the most effective thinning agents.
- Observation Boost was among the most effective thinning agents.
- Intervention effect The specified lower concentration bloom sprays increased harvested fruit weight by up to 20%.
- Intervention effect Late bloom sprays at 0.75% to 1% reduced yield by up to 90%.
- Intervention effect Sprays did not affect already set fruitlets.
- Intervention effect Sprays caused no leaf or young shoot damage.
- Association Open flowers were more susceptible than tight bloom or balloon stage flowers.
- Association Petal ion leakage rose with surfactant concentration.
- Association Flower base ion leakage rose with surfactant concentration.
- Intervention effect Surfactant application did not increase lipid peroxidation.