PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Fred Jensen
AU  - Don Luvisi
AU  - Fred Swanson
AU  - George Leavitt
AU  - F. Gordon Mitchell
AU  - Gene Mayer
TI  - Effects of Complete and Incomplete Girdles on `Thompson Seedless' and `Ribier' Table Grapes
AID  - 10.5344/ajev.1976.27.2.65
DP  - 1976 Jan 01
TA  - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
PG  - 65--67
VI  - 27
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/27/2/65.short
4100  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/27/2/65.full
SO  - Am J Enol Vitic.1976 Jan 01; 27
AB  - Vines were trunk-girdled with complete girdles and with various percentages of bark left intact to study the effects of incomplete girdles. In one `Thompson Seedless' trial, berry weights were reduced with 95% complete girdles, and in the second trial with 90% complete girdles as compared to 100% girdles. Number of shattered berries per container, when vibrated, was increased when girdling completeness dropped to 80% as compared to 100 or 90% complete. With `Ribier,' only the 100% complete girdles advanced maturity.