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Fruit thinning plums and apricots

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The need for crop load reduction to improve fruit size andconsistency of cropping on plum and apricot trees is discussed. Threealternative strategies of achieving this objective are described: byinhibition of flowering, prevention of fruit set or stimulation ofincreased fruitlet abscission. Methods of achieving each of thesestrategies, by manual, mechanical or chemical means are discussed andevaluated.

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Webster, A., Spencer, J. Fruit thinning plums and apricots. Plant Growth Regulation 31, 101–112 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006335620972

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