Flowering variation induces apple maturity variation at harvest

Most studies treat flowering time of all fruit within an apple orchard as a single date, overlooking the variability in flowering time both between trees and among individual flowers on the same tree. Consequently, the simplified approach of using a single flowering date may contribute to inaccuraci...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Agronomy
Main Authors:	Haidee Tang, Xiaojun Zhai, Xiangming Xu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
Subjects:	apple flowering time variability maturity variability fruit development models fruit quality
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fagro.2025.1545070/full