Claim · model-written summary
Female and male pistachio bloom periods rarely coincide on Rhodes and Kos.
- Taxon
- pistachio trees
Pistacia verae0 - Outcome
- flowering periode0
- Setting
- Rhodes and Kose0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“The flowering period of male and female pistachio trees rarely coincides in the eastern Mediterranean islands of Rhodes and Kos.”
Title
The induction of earlier blooming in female pistachio trees by mineral oil-DNOC winter sprays
John Procopiou Journal of Horticultural Science 1973. doi:10.1080/00221589.1973.11514542
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Mechanism Insufficient winter chilling probably explains late female pistachio bloom.
- Intervention effect Mineral oil-DNOC winter spray advanced female pistachio bloom by about three weeks.
- Observation Advanced female pistachio bloom overlapped cultivated and wild male bloom.
- Intervention effect Winter spraying increased pistachio fruit set economically.