Regulation of Fruiting In Plum Production
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Author
Meland, Mekjell
Maas, Frank
Keywords
ACCATS
ethephon
fruit quality
GAs
mechanical thinning
Prunus domestica
Prunus salicina
sulfur
thinning
yield
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This short overview article describes different strategies to adjust crop loads
in plums in order to get regular cropping, improve fruit size and fruit quality. There are three
principal methods of regulating the crop loads of plum, which can be combined: numbers of
flowers on the tree can be reduced, flowers can be prevented from fruit setting and the
amount of fruitlets can be reduced by thinning methods. The methods of achieving these
strategies, by manual, mechanical and chemical means are described and discussed.