HURRICANE CAUSES RESOURCE AND POLLINATION LIMITATION OF FRUIT SET IN A...

Ecology;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......resource and pollination limitation of fruit set for Bahama Swamp-bush (Pavonia bahamensis...winter flowering season in 1994-1995, fruit set of P. bahamensis was 100% for most shrubs. After a mild hurricane, in 1995-1996, fruit set was 48%. After the severe Hurricane Lili...

Lack of pollinators limits fruit set in the exotic Lonicera japonica

The American Midland Naturalist;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......a genetically distinct individual for fruit set. We conducted hand-pollinations to determine if the fruit set of L. japonica in Arkansas was pollinator...but the hand-pollinated flowers had a fruit set of 78.7%. Shoots with pollinators excluded...

Flowering and Fruiting Characteristics of Eight Pawpaw [Asimina triloba...

Journal of the American Pomological Society;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......late flowering characteristics, 3) high fruit set, and 4) concentrated fruit ripening characteristics...as well as trunk cross-sectional area, fruit set, days between flower and harvest peak...larger flower number did not improve fruit set. Mature trees of commercially available...

OUT THERE

The Nelson Mail;  November 9, 2001 ;     333 words ...Elderflower bubbly Rain holds up fruit set Trendy Italian cabbage Elderflowers seem...afternoon. Gardeners are reporting poor fruit set on tomatoes and broad beans this season...temperatures may still have been too low for fruit set, despite being under cover. The recent...

Excessively rich soil may spoil fruit production on your tomato plants

St. Joseph News-Press;  August 5, 2007 ;     454 words ......overdo it. Temperature affects tomato fruit set as well. If it's too hot or too cold...If you are having problems with tomato fruit set due to high temperatures, there is hope...weather-related factors can inhibit tomato fruit set. One is low humidity. In some instances...

Variability and Path Coefficient Analysis of Yield Components in...

Journal of the American Pomological Society;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......The present paper examines variability of initial fruit set, final fruit set, number of flower buds/cm^sup 2^ limb cross-sectional...yield. However, apart from fruit weight, initial fruit set and the number of flowers per bud were isolated...

Spring into action

The Nelson Mail;  September 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ......trees, are pollination-dependent for fruit set, crops will be determined by the weather...will not flower again this spring. The fruit set on plum trees at present is further complicated...the same plum tree can give differing fruit set when the flowers open at different times...

Pollinator Limitation, Autogamy and Minimal Inbreeding Depression in...

The American Midland Naturalist;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Brunswick, Canada. Under natural conditions, fruit set was relatively high in most of the species...canadense]. Hand-pollination increased fruit set in five of seven species examined (71%), indicating that fruit set may commonly be limited by the availability...

Viburnums' blooming, berrying times hard to figure

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  October 3, 2004 ;     675 words ......can certainly have a negative effect on fruit set. I have several winterberries, a deciduous...hollies, I knew you needed a pollinator for fruit set. The surprise with winterberries - often...that in the shade, they had almost no fruit set. Two autumns ago, we moved these plants...

Pollen limitation and population growth in a herbaceous perennial legume.

Ecology;  March 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......pollen limitation on plant reproduction. Fruit set within a season seems to be limited by...Johnston 1991). However, if increased fruit set reduces subsequent growth and/or flower...showed that pollen addition increased fruit set, but that flower production and growth...

The effects of pollen addition on fruit set and sex expression in the...

The American Midland Naturalist;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......that are male associated with percentage fruit set, and therefore possibly related to the...plants at each site. Mean percentage fruit set and seed set per fruit was significantly...expression in horsenettle. Percentage fruit set did not correlate with total flower number...

Does Breeding System Contribute to Rarity of Goldenseal (Hydrastis...

The American Midland Naturalist;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......populations from one another. I tested fruit set in treatments designed to detect the...outcrossing and long distance outcrossing. No fruit set occurred in flowers that were emasculated...incapable of apomixis. However, low rates of fruit set were found in all other treatments, ...

Not bees' first choice

The Nelson Mail;  October 25, 2002 ;     63 words ...If you find your plum trees have had a poor fruit set this spring it may be the fault of the weather. New Zealand Tree Crops Association...will go elsewhere if given a choice and without pollination, it leads to chaotic fruit set on your plums.

POOR PEPPER PRODUCTION DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES.(Home Front)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  August 18, 2001 ;     242 words ......plant only has one pepper on it. What can I do? Answer: Poor fruit set is a common problem with peppers in Colorado. Peppers will...several days in late June with temps above 90 degrees, your poor fruit set probably is weather-related. Little can be done to solve this...

Crop Load Management of Apple Via Induced Plant Stress

Journal of the American Pomological Society;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......plus lime sulfur combinations decrease fruit set while increasing fruit size and return...depression in carbon fixation likely reduce fruit set to levels beyond those seen with other...whole plant stress, further decreasing fruit set (8, 10). The relationship between stress...