Jakkie (OPJ) Stander
Citrus Research International | University of Stellenbosch
E-mail: jakkie@sun.ac.za
Flowers are a critical determinate of eventual yield of perennial fruit trees. In the first two articles in this series of three covering the reproductive phenology of citrus, the focus was on elaborating the importance of flowers and the factors determining the prevalence thereof.
Apart from flower numbers, fruit set and eventual fruit size are most certainly the major factors influencing final fruit yield and should be considered as critical factors influencing profitability of citrus production. This final article in a series of three, will elaborate on the morphogenesis of a flower to a fruit, and the factors determining the fate of the process.