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Determining Optimal Levels of Pruning in Hylocereus undatus [(Haw.) Britton and Rose] in Trellis Systems

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العنوان: Determining Optimal Levels of Pruning in Hylocereus undatus [(Haw.) Britton and Rose] in Trellis Systems
المؤلفون: Fernando M. Chiamolera, Laura Parra, Elisabet Sánchez, Marina Casas, Juan J. Hueso, Julián Cuevas
المصدر: Agronomy; Volume 13; Issue 1; Pages: 238
بيانات النشر: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: MDPI Open Access Publishing
مصطلحات موضوعية: dragon fruit, pitaya, flowering, fruit size, flower buds drop
جغرافية الموضوع: agris
الوصف: The main objective of this work was to determine the optimum level of pruning in pitaya. In addition, we want to establish the relationship between pruning levels and the intensity of flowering, and between flowering levels and heavy flower bud drop that affects this species. With these aims, two experiments were performed on Hylocereus undatus [(Haw.) Britton and Rose] cultivated in greenhouses and trained in a trellis system. Our results conclude that cane pruning leaving 15 cladodes per meter in a trellis system is the most productive, as it yielded more fruit of similar weight. Positive relationships between flowering and setting, regardless of pruning levels, justify less severe pruning. Fruit set and size did not depend on pruning levels, although we found a fruit weight reduction when a single cladode developed more than one fruit. Flower buds drop was proportionally higher in cladodes forming more flowers, suggesting that bud competition plays a role in their drop. However, flower bud thinning seems unnecessary, although if a flower is to be chosen, it is better to select those formed at the apex of the cladode since they produce larger fruits.
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اللغة: English
Relation: Horticultural and Floricultural Crops; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13010238
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy13010238
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13010238
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.90A6EB64
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
DOI:10.3390/agronomy13010238