Claim · model-written summary
Alar reduced Idared fruit size.
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Verbatim
e0“On ‘Idared’, Alar reduced fruit size and increased red color; it also increased flesh firmness at harvest but not after storage to March.”
t0“Apple1”
Title
Some Effects of CCC and Alar on Fruit Set and Fruit Quality of Apple1
P. F. McDonnell; L. J. Edgerton HortScience 1970. doi:10.21273/hortsci.5.2.89
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Pre-bloom Alar increased fruit set in Golden Delicious.
- Intervention effect Pre-bloom CCC tended to reduce fruit set.
- Intervention effect Post-bloom Alar tended to reduce fruit set.
- Intervention effect Neither retardant changed fruit size, flesh firmness or soluble solids in Golden Delicious at the tested concentration.
- Intervention effect Pre-bloom sprays of both retardants increased Golden Delicious fruit russet severity.
- Intervention effect Post-bloom sprays did not affect fruit russet.
- Intervention effect Alar increased Idared red color.
- Intervention effect Alar increased Idared flesh firmness at harvest.
- Intervention effect Alar did not increase Idared flesh firmness after storage to March.
- Intervention effect CCC did not affect measured Idared apple characteristics.