Apple shape changing possible with cytokinin and gibberellin sprays

Martin, G; Brown, D; Nelson, M

Apple shape changing possible with cytokinin and gibberellin sprays

Authors

G. C. Martin
D. S. Brown
M. M. Nelson

Authors Affiliations

George C. Martin is Associate Pomologist, University of California, Davis; D. S. Brown is Pomologist and Professor of Pomology, University of California, Davis; M. M. Nelson is Laboratory Technician, University of California, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 24(4):14-14. DOI:10.3733/ca.v024n04p14. April 1970.

PDF of full article, Cite this article

Abstract

Advertising has encouraged the consumer to buy elongated apples, although the shape of the apple has no bearing on its ultimate quality. The effectiveness of the advertising campaign has resulted in a premium price for elongated fruit. Several investigators in the past 50 years have attempted to explain why apples from some areas are more elongated than apples from other areas. Most investigators now believe that elongated fruit are produced in areas where temperatures are cool for about

Also in this issue:

People-izing agriculture

Enep-youth …good food for good nutrition

Research previews

CM 67 and Atlas 68… two new yellow-dwarf resistant barley varieties

Ethrel sprays reduce number of pickings in hand-harvested cantaloupes

Asparagus yields and plant vigor as influenced by time and duration of cutting

A research brief… potassium role found essential in stomatal functioning for plant life

Controlling fruit formation on olive and Victorian box with Off-Shoot-O and Ethrel

Ragwort flea beetle established for biological control of tansy ragwort in Northern California

Six acaroids tested for control of two-spotted mites on Bartlett pears

Reclamation of a saline and high boron soil in the Coachella Valley of California