Seedless Calimyrna figs: Produced without caprifigs by spraying with growth regulators

Crane, J; Blondeau, R

Seedless Calimyrna figs: Produced without caprifigs by spraying with growth regulators

Authors

Julian C. Crane
Rene Blondeau

Authors Affiliations

Julian C. Crane is Assistant Professor of Pomology, and Assistant Pomologist in the Experiment Station, Davis; Rene Blondeau is Plant Physiologist, Shell Agricultural Laboratory, Modesto.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 2(2):7-8. DOI:10.3733/ca.v002n02p7. February 1948.

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Abstract

Seedless Calimyrna figs may be produced without the use of male or caprifigs, by spraying the trees with a solution of indolebutyric acid at caprification—pollination—time.

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