A MORE HOLISTIC VIEW ON THE HORMONAL INTERACTIONS AMONG DIFFERENT ORGANS IN A FRUIT TREE

Fruit trees are complex perennial structures that differ in many respects from annual/biennial plants.
Consequently, a number of their endogenous regulatory systems differ significantly from those observed in annual/biennial “model plants” often described in text books.
An attempt was made to outline some of these differences and to explain why “correlative hormonal signals” between different organs of a fruit tree are so much more important than in annual plants, in particular when trying to manipulate growth and the generative potential of the tree.

IX International Pear Symposium

F. Bangerth

flower induction, fruit set, fruit growth, fruit drop, fruit ripening, hormonal signals

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.671.1