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BREAKING BUD REST OF SEVERAL DECIDUOUS FRUIT TREE SPECIES IN THE KENYAN HIGHLANDS

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158_29
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239 – 248
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Abstract
Bud rest of apple, Japanese plum, peach, apricot and pear, was broken by artificial means in the Kenyan highlands in an area located at 0.5°N and an elevation of 1900 m, where no chilling was accumulated.
The sequence of treatments that had a successful effect was: a period of desiccation, followed by manual defoliation, renewed irrigation, and rest-breaking treatments.

Best results were obtained when the rest-breaking chemical treatments were applied about 6 months subsequent to the initiation of the former vegetative cycle.
By utilizing this system, deep rest seems to be avoided and a normal growth cycle initiated.

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Authors
A. Erez, B. Lavi
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