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Peach Yield and Quality: Scientia Horticulturae

Peach yield and quality are important for commercial cultivation. Pruning techniques must be standardized to optimize fruit bud formation and maximize high quality fruit production over a long period. A study examined the effect of different pruning intensities on peach yield and fruit quality to determine the best pruning method.

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Peach Yield and Quality: Scientia Horticulturae

Peach yield and quality are important for commercial cultivation. Pruning techniques must be standardized to optimize fruit bud formation and maximize high quality fruit production over a long period. A study examined the effect of different pruning intensities on peach yield and fruit quality to determine the best pruning method.

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Peach yield and quality

Introduction

Peach (Prunus persica L.) is commercially cultivated in warm temperate region of Europe, North America, South Africa, Asia and Australia extending from 10 to 49N and 18 to 45S latitudes. The low chilling cultivars of peach are grown in sub-mountainous region of the Himalayas including the north-eastern region of India. Peaches are highly valued as table fruit for their attractive colour and taste and are also a good source of sugars, vitamins and minerals. For commercial fruit growing, the natural form and shape of the fruit tree has to be modified in a specific manner, so that they perform better for a longer period through the practice of pruning to achieve the target of high production of good fruit quality. Since unwanted portions of plants may develop at the expense of those which are essential from the cultivators point of view. The pruning techniques have to be, therefore, standardized in terms of amount and severity, keeping in view the fruit bud formation/fruiting behavior of the plant.

Effect of pruning intensity on peach yield and fruit quality


Manoj Kumar, Vidyawati Rawat, J.M.S. Rawat, Y.K. Tomar

Scientia HorticulturaeReceived 3 October 2009


Received in revised form 18 January 2010

Accepted 30 March 2010

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