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Proper Tree Vigor and Crop Load in High Density Planting System for 'Fuji'/M.9 Apple Trees  

Park, Moo-Yong (Apple Experiment Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, R.D.A.)
Park, Jeong-Kwan (Apple Experiment Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, R.D.A.)
Yang, Sang-Jin (Apple Experiment Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, R.D.A.)
Han, Hyun-Hee (Apple Experiment Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, R.D.A.)
Kang, In-Kyu (Dept. of Environmental Horticulture, Kyungpook National University)
Byun, Jae-Kyun (College of Natural Resources, Yeongnam University)
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Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.17, no.4, 2008 , pp. 306-311 More about this Journal
Abstract
Proper tree vigor and crop load were determined for 'Fuji'/M.9 apple trees in high density planting system from 2001 to 2003. Leaf/fruit ratio was highly correlated to mean fruit weight (y=1.715x+205.02, $R^2=0.66^{**}$) and yield (y=-35.l56x+5963.7, $R^2=0.44^{**}$). In addition, there was a significant correlation between the number of leaves per tree and mean fruit weight. However, crop load did not affect tree growth, soluble solids content of fruit, and Hunter a value. To harvest the fruits heavier than 300 g without biennial bearing, it was appropriate to crop 55 to 64 fruits in a tree with 55 leaves per fruit of adult tree. The good indices for proper tree vigor could be 20 to 25 cm of mean shoot length and above 95% of shoot termination rate. Moreover, no secondary growth and 20 to 30% of spur formation could be the indices for highly productive tree vigor.
Keywords
biennial bearing; shoot growth; leaf/fruit ratio; fruit quality;
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