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25 Nov 2024
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Fruit thinning chemical agents improves fruit size and quality in ‘kinnow’ Mandarin

‘Kinnow’ mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) fruit needs to be thinned to increase the availability of photosynthates used to increase fruit size, fruit quality, profitability and can also help to overcome alternate bearing. This study evaluated ‘Kinnow’ fruit thinning using three chemical agents with different levels of concentration i.e. naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) @ 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5 gL 1; 3,5,6 trichloro 2 pyridyloxyacetic acid (3,5,6 TPA) at TPA at 0.2, 0.5, and 0.7 gL 1, and ethephon @ at 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6 gL 1, in Pakistani orchards just after the June fruit drop for two growing seasons 2017 19. Fruit weight was increased due to chemical thinning application when compared with the respective controls.

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25 Jun 2024
Citrus Fruit Drop
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PGR For Controlling Pre-Harvest Fruit Drop And Improving Quality of Kinnow

A field trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of PGR (2, 4-D, NAA and GA3) at different concentrations on fruit drop and enhancement in fruit quality of Kinnow. Three sprays of PGR viz. 2, 4-D, NAA and GA3 were given to the Kinnow plants as per the treatment concentrations from initiation of flowering to before harvesting. The results revealed that among all the PGR’s tried at different concentrations, spray of 2, 4-D @ 30 ppm was the most promising in reducing the fruit drop in Kinnow as fruit physical and chemical characters were found to be superior as compared to all other treatments. There was an enhancement in the fruit size with the application of 2, 4-D @ 30 ppm, which led to an overall increase in the yield of Kinnow.

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31 Mar 2019
Citrus Juice
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Modulation in yield and juice quality characteristics of citrus fruit from trees supplied with zinc and potassium foliarly

M. Yasin Ashraf, F. Hussain, J. Akhter
Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan
M. Ashraf
Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Department of Botany and Microbiology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
G. Ebert
Agricultural Advisory Department, K+S KALI GmbH, Kassel, Germany

Citrus is the largest fruit crop grown in Pakistan and Kinnow is the major planted species. About 94% of the total citrus is produced in the Punjab province (Sharif et al., 2005). Macro- and micro-nutrient deficiencies have been reported in citrus orchards of Punjab (Rashid et al., 1994). These deficiencies are usually recognized by distinctive symptoms that appear on the leaves and sometimes on fruits, branches or general growth of the tree (Ibrahim et al., 2007).

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11 Dec 2017
Fruit drop in ‘Midknight’ Valencia
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An investigation of excessive fruit drop in the Eastern and Western Cape during the 2016/17 season

Jakkie (OPJ) Stander
Citrus Research International | Department of Horticultural Science, University of Stellenbosch
E-mail: jakkie@sun.ac.za

In 2017 citrus producers in the Eastern and Western Cape reported abnormal levels of premature fruit drop in a range of different citrus cultivars. In some orchards fruit drop levels of up to 80% of the total yield were recorded. This report is based on an investigation conducted in May 2017 which considered as many potential contributing factors as possible. It aimed to describe the nature of the fruit drop problem and provide future recommendations.

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