Temperature and air pollution effects on early fruit production of F tomato hybrids

Lesley, J; Taylor, O

Temperature and air pollution effects on early fruit production of F tomato hybrids

Authors

J. W. Lesley
O. Clifton Taylor

Authors Affiliations

J. W. Lesley is Professor of Genetics and Geneticist, Emeritus, Department of Plant Sciences; O. Clifton Taylor is Horticulturist and Associate Director, Statewide Air Pollution Research Center, University of California, Riverside.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 27(2):13-14. DOI:10.3733/ca.v027n02p13. February 1973.

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Abstract

Early fruit setting of tomatoes in experimental plots at Riverside, California, has been light in recent years. Unfavorable temperatures in late spring are a probable cause, but increasing atmospheric pollutants may also be involved since phytotoxic levels of total oxidants occur frequently in this area.

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