Abstract
A single spray of ammonium thiosulphate (ATS) fertilizer applied when the spur flowers are approaching full bloom and lateral flowers are at about 50% of full bloom effectively reduced hand-thinning time and substantially improved fruit size of apricot in experiments conducted over a four year period. When applied as a gun spray to solution run-off, 0.4% and 0.5% ATS reduced hand-thinning time by at least one-third, increased fruit size by about 20%, and did not reduce branch and tree yields compared to control trees hand-thinned at the normal time. Airblast sprays also proved effective but the amount of wetting appears to be very critical to success. With mature plantations, 1500 to 1800 L/ha of 3% ATS gave satisfactory results. Information concerning the relative susceptibility of spur and lateral flowers and beneficial effects on fruit color and internal quality will be presented and discussed.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
ATS spray at bloom reduced hand-thinning time.
- Taxon
- apricot
Prunus armeniacat0 - Treatment
- ammonium thiosulphate (ATS) fertilizere0
- Outcome
- hand-thinning timee0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A single spray of ammonium thiosulphate (ATS) fertilizer applied when the spur flowers are approaching full bloom and lateral flowers are at about 50% of full bloom effectively reduced hand-thinning time”
t0“apricot”
Claim · model-written summary
ATS spray at bloom improved apricot fruit size.
- Taxon
- apricotPrunus armeniacae0
- Treatment
- ammonium thiosulphate (ATS) fertilizere0
- Outcome
- fruit sizee0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A single spray of ammonium thiosulphate (ATS) fertilizer applied when the spur flowers are approaching full bloom and lateral flowers are at about 50% of full bloom effectively reduced hand-thinning time and substantially improved fruit size of apricot”
Claim · model-written summary
Gun-spray 0.4% ATS reduced thinning time by at least one-third.
- Taxon
- apricotPrunus armeniacat0
- Treatment
- 0.4%e0
- Outcome
- hand-thinning timee0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- at least one-thirde0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“0.4% and 0.5% ATS reduced hand-thinning time by at least one-third”
t0“apricot”
Claim · model-written summary
Gun-spray 0.5% ATS reduced thinning time by at least one-third.
- Taxon
- apricotPrunus armeniacat0
- Treatment
- 0.5% ATSe0
- Outcome
- hand-thinning timee0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- at least one-thirde0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“0.4% and 0.5% ATS reduced hand-thinning time by at least one-third”
t0“apricot”
Claim · model-written summary
Gun-spray 0.4% ATS increased fruit size about 20%.
- Taxon
- apricotPrunus armeniacat0
- Treatment
- 0.4%e0
- Outcome
- fruit sizee0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- about 20%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“0.4% and 0.5% ATS reduced hand-thinning time by at least one-third, increased fruit size by about 20%”
t0“apricot”
Claim · model-written summary
Gun-spray 0.5% ATS increased fruit size about 20%.
- Taxon
- apricotPrunus armeniacat0
- Treatment
- 0.5% ATSe0
- Outcome
- fruit sizee0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- about 20%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“0.4% and 0.5% ATS reduced hand-thinning time by at least one-third, increased fruit size by about 20%”
t0“apricot”
Claim · model-written summary
0.4% ATS did not reduce branch or tree yields versus normally hand-thinned controls.
- Taxon
- apricotPrunus armeniacat0
- Treatment
- 0.4%e0
- Outcome
- branch and tree yieldse0
- Direction
- did not reducee0
- Comparator
- control trees hand-thinned at the normal timee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“0.4% and 0.5% ATS reduced hand-thinning time by at least one-third, increased fruit size by about 20%, and did not reduce branch and tree yields compared to control trees hand-thinned at the normal time”
t0“apricot”
Claim · model-written summary
0.5% ATS did not reduce branch or tree yields versus normally hand-thinned controls.
- Taxon
- apricotPrunus armeniacat0
- Treatment
- 0.5% ATSe0
- Outcome
- branch and tree yieldse0
- Direction
- did not reducee0
- Comparator
- control trees hand-thinned at the normal timee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“0.4% and 0.5% ATS reduced hand-thinning time by at least one-third, increased fruit size by about 20%, and did not reduce branch and tree yields compared to control trees hand-thinned at the normal time”
t0“apricot”
Claim · model-written summary
Airblast sprays were effective, with wetting critical to success.
- Taxon
- apricotPrunus armeniacat0
- Treatment
- Airblast sprayse0
- Outcome
- proved effectivee0
- Qualifier
- amount of wetting appears to be very criticale0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Airblast sprays also proved effective but the amount of wetting appears to be very critical to success”
t0“apricot”
Claim · model-written summary
In mature plantations, 1500 to 1800 L/ha of 3% ATS gave satisfactory results.
- Taxon
- apricotPrunus armeniacat0
- Treatment
- 1500 to 1800 L/ha of 3% ATSe0
- Outcome
- satisfactory resultse0
- Qualifier
- mature plantationse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“With mature plantations, 1500 to 1800 L/ha of 3% ATS gave satisfactory results”
t0“apricot”
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