Flowering, fruit set, fruit size, and bearing potential are the main components of tree fruit and
nut yield. The contributions of the individual components to yield and their in …

Two related processing tomato (Lycoperscion esculentum (L.)) fruit quality issues were
investigated: (1) the difficulty of representative sampling to test quality, given the wide range of …

Strawberries [Fragaria X ananassa Duch. cv. Olympus] were planted in 2 successive years
and grown at 3 levels of drip irrigation, with and without polyethylene mulch. Differential …

Much research on the role of roots as ‘sensors’ of soil water deficits (SWD) has been with
plants growing in small volumes of soil. We examined adaptive responses to SWD in …

One way to reduce the production cost of tomato solids is to increase fruit solids at harvest
time. In a field trial using 200-L containers the effects of early and late soil water deficits (…

… Our glasshouse studies showed a fairly direct relationship of LER to ~p (Renquist, 1981).
Osmotic adjustment was absent at the low light levels used, however, so this relationship may …

Computer assisted thermal analysis was used to measure deep supercooling in dormant bud
and cane tissue of Vitis vinifera L. cv. Merlot during a five-week deacclimation period. The …

The use of wind machines for frost protection is common in several large United States fruit
producing areas. However, their potential usefulness in western Colorado's high elevation …

A disorder of red raspberry ( Rubus idaeus L.) in an area exposed to high temperature and
solar radiation has been identified as a form of solar injury. Specific fruit maturity stages were …

Green asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) is known to respond to controlled atmosphere
storage (CA) at 20C with increased shelf‐life, reduced respiratory rate, slower loss of soluble …