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ACTIVE USE OF WATER SPROUTS TO SET FRUITS IN A FUYU PERSIMMON (DIOSPYROS KAKI L.)
Article number
436_29
Pages
267 – 274
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Abstract
Experiments were conducted to actively use water sprouts as fruit-bearing mother branch of a non-astringent ‘Fuyu’ persimmon.
Fruit number increased with increasing length and diameter of water sprouts : it was 16.8 for a 80-cm water sprout compared with a 30-cm non-water sprout.
Forty percent of the fruits dropped from a water sprout, so that about twice as many fruits could be harvested as a non-water sprout.
The highest percent fruit-set was observed when water sprouts were bent to 45 degree, followed by 0, 30, 75 and 90 degree.
Total fruit weight was 1,305 g when water sprouts were bent to 45 degree; it was 839 g for a non-water sprout.
Bending the sprouts to a greater than 45 degree decreased fruit weight at harvest.
Quality attributes were not affected by different shoots.
Fruit number increased with increasing length and diameter of water sprouts : it was 16.8 for a 80-cm water sprout compared with a 30-cm non-water sprout.
Forty percent of the fruits dropped from a water sprout, so that about twice as many fruits could be harvested as a non-water sprout.
The highest percent fruit-set was observed when water sprouts were bent to 45 degree, followed by 0, 30, 75 and 90 degree.
Total fruit weight was 1,305 g when water sprouts were bent to 45 degree; it was 839 g for a non-water sprout.
Bending the sprouts to a greater than 45 degree decreased fruit weight at harvest.
Quality attributes were not affected by different shoots.
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Authors
Y.W. Choi, D. Cho, Y.M. Lee, J.H. Suh, C.H. Yun, S.S. Choi, J.O. Shin
Keywords
bending, Diospyros kaki, fruit set, Fuyu persimmon, water sprout, water sprout diameter, water sprout length
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