ISHS Acta Horticulturae 499: V International Symposium on Computer Modelling in Fruit Research and Orchard Management
MODELLING PEACH RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL THINNING |
| Authors: | E. Szafran, S. Zilkah, Z. Kizner |
| Abstract:
The primary purpose was to characterize the physiological state of peach trees, thus enabling peach growers to forecast the trees' response to chemical thinning. Thinning of the reproductive organs is an essential practice to ensure commercial value of the crop in deciduous fruit orchards. Hand thinning is compulsory in a peach orchard, since the peach trees' response to chemicals is still unpredictable. Chemical thinning, as customary in other deciduous fruit trees, should consume much less time and work. The system during the model development consisted of potted peach plants, cultivar AprilGlo (188), grown in a greenhouse in Volcani Center, ARO, Bet Dagan, Israel. The expected system of model application will be any commercial peach orchard. | |
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