Citrus fruit enlargement by means of summer girdling
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology
- Vol. 59 (1) , 119-125
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00221589.1984.11515177
Abstract
The method was based on summer girdling two-thirds of the tree’s main branches. The girdle width was c. 2.5 mm, carried out in early July and repeated about three weeks later. Such girdles, when applied to healthy vigorous trees with many leaves, may cause a fruit size increase of 15% or more. The year after girdling, treated branches tended to bear more and somewhat smaller fruits than untreated branches. A harvesting scheme to obtain maximum returns, for cultivars with long picking seasons, is also described.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Summer Girdling and 2,4-D Effects on Grapefruit Sizes1HortScience, 1977