1-naphthaleneacetic acid · Yield · Malus domestica (apple)

Results differ65 papers: 50 positive, 15 negative or no effect · 55 pairs of papers confirmed to differ

114 claims from these papers; 42 citations between them.

Papers whose results differ, checked claim by claim 55

55 pairs of papers on this question report results that differ: an effect in one paper, the opposite effect or no effect in the other. Two model reviewers reading both claims accepted each pair. 50 of them are shown here, as many different papers as possible.

Show 44 more pairs

How these papers cite each other

42 citations between these papers: 34 on the same side, 8 across the two sides.

Positive resultNegative result or no effect197019801990200020102020
  • Positive result
  • Negative result or no effect
  • Citation, pointing to the cited paper
  • Citation across the two sides
  • Larger circle: more citations overall

Years run left to right. Citations come from the papers’ OpenAlex reference lists. Hover a paper to bring forward its citations; click it to open the paper.

Papers reporting a positive result 50

  1. Interaction of Succinic Acid 2,2-Dimethyl Hydrazide, 2-Chloroethylphos-phonic Acid and Auxins on Maturity, Quality and Abscission of Apples1 · 1970

    cited by 2 papers here

  2. Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Apple Fruit and Pedicel Abscission1 · 1972

  3. Effect of Naphthalene Acetic Acid and Planofix on the Control of Pre-Harvest Fruit Drop in Apple Cv. Lord Lambourne* · 1976

  4. Effects of Dilute and Concentrated Sprays of NAA and Carbaryl in Combination with Daminozide and Pesticides on Fruit Size and Return Bloom of ‘Starkrimson Delicious’ Apple1 · 1983

    cited by 1 paper here

  5. Spray thinning strategies for ‘Red Delicious’ apple using naphthalene acetic acid and ethephon · 1988

    cited by 2 papers here

  6. The effect of some chemical agents on thinning of Golden Delicious and Granny Smith apples · 1989

    cites 2 papers herecited by 1 paper here

  7. Growth Regulators and Herbicides for Delaying Apple Fruit Abscission · 1989

    cited by 2 papers here

  8. EFFECT OF ROOT PRUNING AND CHEMICAL THINNING ON GROWTH AND FRUITING OF `McINTOSH' APPLE TREES. · 1990

  9. CHEMICAL THINNING OF `GRANNY SMITH' APPLE · 1990

  10. EFFECTS OF NAPHTHALENEACETIC ACID (NAA) THINNING SPRAYS ON FRUIT SIZE OF REDCHIEF `DELICIOUS' APPLES · 1993

  11. Combining ethephon and naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) in one spray to thin ‘Golden Delicious’ apples · 1994

    cites 1 paper herecited by 1 paper here

  12. EFFECT OF NAA OR ACCEL SPRAYS ON YIELD AND FRUIT SIZE OF `EMPIRE' APPLE ON THREE ROOTSTOCKS · 1995

  13. `Empire' Apple Responses to Fruit-thinning Chemicals · 1995

  14. Performance of Benzyladenine as a Chemical Thinner on Eight Apple Cultivars · 1996

    cited by 2 papers here

  15. Chemically Thinning Spur `Delicious' Apples with Carbaryl, NAA, and Ethephon at Various Stages of Fruit Development · 1996

    cites 1 paper herecited by 2 papers here

  16. AVG Effects on Preharvest Apple Fruit Drop and Maturity in Virginia · 1996

  17. Effects of Aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) on Preharvest Fruit Drop and Maturity of ‘Delicious’ Apples · 1997

    cites 2 papers herecited by 4 papers here

  18. Integrating Cytolin into a chemical thinning program for red ‘Delicious’ apple · 1997

  19. Commercial-scale Use of Hydrogen Cyanamide for Apple and Peach Blossom Thinning · 1998

  20. 116 Preharvest Fruit Drop Studies, Harvest Quality, and Cold Storage of `Golden Delicious' and `Rome' Apples · 2000

  21. Thinning of 'Golden Delicious' apples with new thinning compounds · 2000

  22. Fruit Weight, Cropload, and Return Bloom of 'Empire' Apple Following Thinning with 6-Benzyladenine and NAA at Several Phenological Stages · 2001

    cites 1 paper herecited by 1 paper here

  23. Certain chemical thinning treatments advance maturity of Paulared apple · 2001

  24. Ethylene Evolution from Detached Apple Spurs in Response to Chemical Thinners · 2002

    cites 2 papers herecited by 2 papers here

  25. THE EFFECT OF ETHEPHON, NAA, BA AND THEIR COMBINATIONS ON THINNING INTENSITY OF 'SUMMERRED' APPLES · 2003

    cited by 2 papers here

  26. Individual and combined effects of shading and thinning chemicals on abscission and dry-matter accumulation of ‘Royal Gala’ apple fruit · 2004

  27. Promotion of Flowering in Apple with NAA and Ethrel · 2006

  28. THINNING ‘GOLDEN DELICIOUS’ APPLES USING SINGLE OR COMBINING APPLICATION OF ETHEPHON, NAA OR BA · 2007

  29. Effects of NAA, AVG, and 1-MCP on Ethylene Biosynthesis, Preharvest Fruit Drop, Fruit Maturity, and Quality of ‘Golden Supreme’ and ‘Golden Delicious’ Apples · 2007

    cites 2 papers herecited by 6 papers here

  30. Naphthaleneacetic Acid, Ethephon, and Gibberellin A4 + A7 Have Variable Effects on Flesh Firmness and Return Bloom of Apple · 2007

    cited by 1 paper here

  31. Characterizing the Interaction between NAA and BA on Apple Fruit Abscission and Development · 2008

    cites 4 papers here

  32. Fruit Bio-thinning by Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) in Apple cvs. Golden Delicious and Braeburn · 2009

    cites 1 paper herecited by 1 paper here

  33. The Effects of Aminoethoxyvinylglycine and Naphthaleneacetic Acid Treatments on Abscission and Firmness of ‘Scarletspur Delicious’ Apples at Normal and Delayed Harvests · 2009

    cites 1 paper herecited by 1 paper here

  34. The Effects of Aminoethoxyvinylglycine and Naphthaleneacetic Acid Treatments on Abscission and Firmness of ‘Scarletspur Delicious’ Apples at Normal and Delayed Harvests · 2009

    cited by 1 paper here

  35. Effects of 1-Methylcyclopropene and Naphthaleneacetic Acid on Fruit Set and Expression of Genes Related to Ethylene Biosynthesis and Perception and Cell Wall Degradation in Apple · 2010

    cites 3 papers here

  36. Naphthaleneacetic Acid and Ethephon Are Florigenic in the Biennial Apple Cultivars Golden Delicious and York Imperial · 2013

    cited by 3 papers here

  37. Application of NAA and BA in chemical thinning of some commercial apple cultivars · 2015

    cites 2 papers here

  38. Controlling premature fruit drop of cultivar Idared by using α-naphthaleneacetic acid · 2016

    cites 1 paper here

  39. The effect of naphthenic acids (NAs) on the response of ‘Golden Delicious’ and ‘Fuji’ apple trees on chemical thinning with NAA · 2016

    cited by 1 paper here

  40. Timing and rates of application of NAA as blossom and fruitlet chemical thinner on apple cv. and #712;Braeburn and #712; · 2017

    cites 5 papers here

  41. Effect of Naphthalene Acetic Acid and Calcium chloride on pre-harvest drop and quality of ‘Red Delicious’ apple. · 2017

    cites 2 papers here

  42. AVG, NAA, boron, and magnesium influence preharvest fruit drop and fruit quality of ‘Honeycrisp’ apples · 2017

    cites 4 papers here

  43. Multiple season-long sprays of ethephon or NAA combined with calcium chloride on ‘Honeycrisp’ apples: I. Effect on bloom and fruit quality attributes · 2019

    cites 3 papers here

  44. Comparison of metamitron efficiency for postbloom thinning of young ‘Gala’ and ‘Golden Delicious’ apple trees · 2019

    cited by 1 paper here

  45. Increasing on Fruit Set and Yield of ‘Monalisa’ and ‘Maxi Gala’ Apple Trees Using Plant Growth Regulators · 2020

  46. Chemical thinning induced by single and sequential application of BA, NAA and metamitron on ‘Gala’ and ‘Golden Delicious’ apple · 2022

    cites 1 paper here

  47. Xylem Functionality Is Not a Direct Indicator of Apple Preharvest Fruit Drop · 2023

  48. Effect of Fruitlet Thinning on Apple Production and Quality under High Density Plantation · 2023

  49. Cytokinin- and Auxin-Based Plant Growth Regulators Enhance Cell Expansion, Yield Performance, and Fruit Quality in ‘Maxi Gala’ Apple Fruits in Southern Brazil · 2025

  50. Optimizing Vegetative Growth and Yield in Apple Trees Through Split Applications of Prohexadione–Calcium, Ethephon, and NAA · 2026

    cites 1 paper here

Papers reporting a negative result or no effect 15

  1. Effects of Gibberellins and Naphthaleneacetic Acid on Fruit Development in Seedless Apple Clones1 · 1970

  2. NAA and Sevin on Composition, Development, and Abscission of Apple Fruit1 · 1973

    cited by 1 paper here

  3. The interaction of Cytolin and NAA on cropping red ‘Delicious’ apple · 1991

    cites 1 paper herecited by 2 papers here

  4. Effect of Chemical Thinning Sprays on Apple Fruit Set · 1991

    cited by 1 paper here

  5. THINNING `DELICIOUS' APPLE: TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS · 1993

  6. COMPARISON OF NAA AND SEVIN PETAL FALL SPRAYS ON FRUIT SET OF APPLES · 1993

  7. Preliminary examination of thinning strategies on young ‘Jonagold’ and ‘Pink Lady’ apples · 1997

  8. Effects of AVG, NAA, Ethephon, and Summer Pruning on Preharvest Drop and Fruit Quality of `McIntosh' · 1998

  9. 516 Predicting Fruit Set and Evaluating the Effects of Chemical Thinners on Apples · 1999

  10. Effects of Naphthalene Acetic Acid, Carbaryl and Accel on Thinning of Apples · 2005

  11. Effects of Application Time and Rate of 1-Aminoethoxyvinylglycine Hydrochloride on Preharvest Fruit Drop, Quality, and Evolved Ethylene in 'Hi Early Delicious' and 'Law Rome Beauty' Apples · 2007

  12. Aminoethoxyvinylglycine Inhibits Fruit Abscission Induced by Naphthaleneacetic Acid and Associated Relationships with Expression of Genes for Ethylene Biosynthesis, Perception, and Cell Wall Degradation in ‘Delicious’ Apples · 2008

    cites 2 papers herecited by 1 paper here

  13. 1-Naphthaleneacetic acid and 6-benzyladenine thinning of a common slender spindle ‘Jonagold’/M.9 apple orchard. II: Partial tree spraying · 2009

  14. Effects of NAA,Ethylene and 6-BA on Apple and Characteristics of Distribution and Utilization of ~(13)C and ~(15)N · 2015

  15. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NITROGEN FERTILIZATION AND APPLE FRUIT THINNING WITH NAA · 2017

A paper is on the positive side when any of its claims here is positive. Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. Claims that compare genotypes are left out; a claim about lacking a nutrient counts the other way round in that nutrient’s question. “Results differ” marks a question where two model reviewers, reading both claims, accepted at least one pair of papers whose results differ.

1-naphthaleneacetic acid on Malus domestica (apple) against other targets

1-naphthaleneacetic acid · yield on other organisms