Water-Stressed Loquat Trees Need More Time and Heat to Ripen Their Fruits

Water-Stressed Loquat Trees Need More Time and Heat to Ripen Their Fruits

To determine if water-stressed trees need more time and heat to mature their fruits, we compared chronological and thermal time from bloom to harvest among control fully-irrigated ‘Algerie’ loquat trees and trees suffering prior-to-bloom deficit irrigation (DI). Heat requirement...

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Main Authors: Julián Cuevas, Virginia Pinillos, Mercedes Pérez-Macías, Francisca Alonso, Mónica González, Juan José Hueso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:Agronomy
Subjects:
Eriobotrya japonica
deficit irrigation
growing degree days
fruit growth
developmental rate
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/8/6/86

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