Abstract
A trial was conducted on five-year-old ‘Red Fuji’ apple trees on MM. 106 rootstocks at the Grove Research Station in southern Tasmania in the season of 1988-89. Ethephon was used to thin the fruit at 0,50,100,200,400 or 800 ppm at either full bloom (FB) or 14 days after full bloom (14 days AFB). The thinning response was described by fitting curves. Ethephon was a more effective thinner at FB than 14 days AFB, which contrasts with a previous finding. Mean fruit weight reflected thinning success with the most effective treatment being ethephon at 800 ppm at FB, achieving the target of 200 g per apple.
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Claims 2
Claim · model-written summary
Ethephon was a more effective thinner at full bloom than at 14 days after full bloom.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticae0 - Treatment
- Ethephone1
- Outcome
- effective thinnere1
- Direction
- more effectivee1
- Comparator
- 14 days AFBe1
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Verbatim
e0“five-year-old ‘Red Fuji’ apple trees”
e1“Ethephon was a more effective thinner at FB than 14 days AFB”
Claim · model-written summary
Ethephon at 800 ppm at full bloom, the most effective treatment, gave a mean fruit weight of 200 g per apple.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- ethephon at 800 ppm at FBe2
- Outcome
- Mean fruit weighte2
- Direction
- higherinferrede2
- Value
- 200 g per applee2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“five-year-old ‘Red Fuji’ apple trees”
e2“Mean fruit weight reflected thinning success with the most effective treatment being ethephon at 800 ppm at FB, achieving the target of 200 g per apple”
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