Overview of cherry industry Research, Development & Extension at ...
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Fruit setiii. Can we manipul<strong>at</strong>e fruit set using targeted trunk or branch girdling?Tre<strong>at</strong>ments: Kordia and Regina (results shown below) <strong>at</strong> Cherries Tasmania, OldBeach, ± Trunk girdle (pre-bloom), Limb girdle: nil, pre-bloomResults (limb girdling results inconclusive):• No effects on fruit set• But positive effects on yield and fruit size (no neg<strong>at</strong>ive impact on sugar)• Neg<strong>at</strong>ive impact on fruit dry m<strong>at</strong>ter content• Positive effects on firmnessand stem-pull
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