ISHS Acta Horticulturae 243: IV International Symposium on Research and Development on Orchard and Plantation Systems
PRODUCTIVITY, GROWTH AND LIGHT INTERCEPTION IN THE ISHS PLANTING SYSTEMS TRIAL IN THE NETHERLANDS |
| Author: | P. S. Wagenmakers |
| Abstract:
An international comparison of several planting systems with 2 apple cultivars was made. At the Dutch site, a three-row North-Holland system neither intercepted more light nor produced more than a single row or double row at a lower tree density. A close-planted single row performed better than the three-row system. Fruit colour and russet were slightly influenced by planting system. Fruits of the double row and three-row system tended to be larger than of single rows. Crown volume and trunk girth were not in all cases correlated. | |
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