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Some reservations in thinning 'Fuji' apples with naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) and ethephon

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posted on 2023-05-16, 14:07 authored by Jones, KM, Koen, TB, Sally BoundSally Bound, Oakford, MJ
A thinning trial was conducted on the apple cultivar ‘Fuji’ on MM106 rootstocks at the Grove Research Station, Tasmania, in the 1989–90 season using naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) at 7.5 ppm or ethephon at 400 ppm as thinning sprays. Both chemicals were sprayed alone at full bloom (FB) or 10 days post full bloom (PFB) or at both times and in combinations with NAA before ethephon or ethephon before NAA. Only combinations which included ethephon thinned consistently enough to produce fruit in excess of 200 g/apple. NAA, particularly when sprayed at PFB, produced some very small fruit (pygmy fruit). Ethephon, when sprayed at FB, caused excessive russeting. It is concluded that ethephon at FB is currently the only satisfactory thinning spray for ‘Fuji’. The susceptibility of the cultivar to russet needs further study as do methods of improving the efficiency of NAA. © Crown copyright 1991.

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Publication title

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volume

19

Pagination

225-8

ISSN

0114-0671

Department/School

Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)

Publisher

SIR Publishing

Place of publication

Wellington, New Zealand

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  • Restricted

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Pome fruit, pip fruit

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