Method of thinning fruitlets or fruits of crops

Details Method of thinning fruitlets or fruits of crops Method of thinning fruitlets or fruits of crops

1983-07-22

1989-04-11

Feyrer, James R.

Plant husbandry

Process

47DIG6, A01G 100

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048193739

ABSTRACT:
A process for thinning fruitlets or fruits by exposing the crops to far-red night-break lighting treatments at certain stages of flower and fruit growth and development.

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