Use of an Abscission Agent for Harvesting Mandarins in Spain
Spain accounts for more than 55% of the European citrus production and is predominantly oriented towards fresh market. Harvesting accounts for more than 50% of production costs and methods of mass harvesting are under research. Abscission agents decrease fruit detachment force of mature fruits befor...
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| author | Moreno, Rosana Chueca, Patricia Garcerá, Cruz Intrigliolo, Diego S. Moltó, Enrique Torregrosa, Antonio |
| author2 | Syvertsen, J. P. |
| author_browse | Chueca, Patricia Garcerá, Cruz Intrigliolo, Diego S. Moltó, Enrique Moreno, Rosana Syvertsen, J. P. Torregrosa, Antonio |
| author_facet | Syvertsen, J. P. Moreno, Rosana Chueca, Patricia Garcerá, Cruz Intrigliolo, Diego S. Moltó, Enrique Torregrosa, Antonio |
| author_sort | Moreno, Rosana |
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| description | Spain accounts for more than 55% of the European citrus production and is predominantly oriented towards fresh market. Harvesting accounts for more than 50% of production costs and methods of mass harvesting are under research. Abscission agents decrease fruit detachment force of mature fruits before harvest, thus improving harvesting machines performance. However, they may affect the production of the following season or blemish the fruit skin, making the product unmarketable for whole fruit, fresh consumption. This work was aimed at studying whether the application of ethephon improves mechanical harvesting of mandarins and affects the quality of fruit, the physiology and yield of trees. Trees were harvested with a trunk shaker, and ethephon was sprayed at 600 and 1200 mg/L in 4 and 7 L/tree applications in commercial orchards. The use of ethephon affected the amount of radiation intercepted by the canopy at long term in the first year, but it did not in the second year. It also slightly improved fruit removal but increased defoliation. |
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| spelling | ReDivia56952025-04-25T14:53:01Z Use of an Abscission Agent for Harvesting Mandarins in Spain Acta Horticulturae Moreno, Rosana Chueca, Patricia Garcerá, Cruz Intrigliolo, Diego S. Moltó, Enrique Torregrosa, Antonio Syvertsen, J. P. Trunk shaker Tree Physiology Ethephon Mechanical harvesting Dosage Quality Yields Spain accounts for more than 55% of the European citrus production and is predominantly oriented towards fresh market. Harvesting accounts for more than 50% of production costs and methods of mass harvesting are under research. Abscission agents decrease fruit detachment force of mature fruits before harvest, thus improving harvesting machines performance. However, they may affect the production of the following season or blemish the fruit skin, making the product unmarketable for whole fruit, fresh consumption. This work was aimed at studying whether the application of ethephon improves mechanical harvesting of mandarins and affects the quality of fruit, the physiology and yield of trees. Trees were harvested with a trunk shaker, and ethephon was sprayed at 600 and 1200 mg/L in 4 and 7 L/tree applications in commercial orchards. The use of ethephon affected the amount of radiation intercepted by the canopy at long term in the first year, but it did not in the second year. It also slightly improved fruit removal but increased defoliation. 2017-06-01T10:12:51Z 2017-06-01T10:12:51Z 2012 2012 conferenceObject publishedVersion Moreno, R., Chueca, P., Garcerá, C., Intrigliolo, D., Moltó, E. & Torregrosa, A. (2012). Use of an Abscission Agent for Harvesting Mandarins in Spain. Acta horticulturae, 965, 105-109. 0567-7572 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/5695 10.17660/ActaHortic.2012.965.12 https://www.actahort.org/books/965/965_12.htm en embargoedAccess Impreso |
| spellingShingle | Trunk shaker Tree Physiology Ethephon Mechanical harvesting Dosage Quality Yields Moreno, Rosana Chueca, Patricia Garcerá, Cruz Intrigliolo, Diego S. Moltó, Enrique Torregrosa, Antonio Use of an Abscission Agent for Harvesting Mandarins in Spain |
| title | Use of an Abscission Agent for Harvesting Mandarins in Spain |
| title_full | Use of an Abscission Agent for Harvesting Mandarins in Spain |
| title_fullStr | Use of an Abscission Agent for Harvesting Mandarins in Spain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of an Abscission Agent for Harvesting Mandarins in Spain |
| title_short | Use of an Abscission Agent for Harvesting Mandarins in Spain |
| title_sort | use of an abscission agent for harvesting mandarins in spain |
| topic | Trunk shaker Tree Physiology Ethephon Mechanical harvesting Dosage Quality Yields |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/5695 https://www.actahort.org/books/965/965_12.htm |
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