EVALUATION OF EFFECT OF FRUIT LET HARVEST ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL INDICES IN ALMOND (P. AMYGDALUS) OF ILAM, IRAN

This work was studied in nine almond selections and established at 3 m x 5 m (667 trees/ha) in Ilam province.
The effect of fruit let (unripe fruit) harvest on branch growth, number of branches (spurs), length and width leaves, tree canopy, bloom density, fruit set, and length and width fruit was evaluated.
Flower quality and later fruit quality of fruit trees have been shown to be dependent on the type of fruiting branch.
The analysis of variance showed significant differences among genotypes for these tree traits.
Flower morphology may also affect harvested branches.
Although morphological condition is related to genotypes and environmental conditions.
Fruit density was positively correlated with bloom and spur density.
There was significant correlation between fruit let harvested with length and number of branches, tree canopy, bloom density and fruit set but not significant with length and width of leaf.
Fruit size and amount of production correlated with the amount of fruit let harvested.
The yield result was significant in this study.
The results showed a large variability of bloom density among the genotypes.

V International Symposium on Pistachios and Almonds

A. Esmaeili, F. Sheykhmoradi

Prunus amygdalus, fruit let (unripe fruit), morphological indices, yield

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.912.117