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Naor, A., Golan Research Institute, P.O. Box 97, Kazrin 12900, Israel
Klein, I., Institute of Horticulture, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
Hupert, H., Extension Service, Min. of Agric. and Rural Development, Kiriat Shemona, 10200, Israel
Grinblat, Y., Extension Service, Min. of Agric. and Rural Development, Kiriat Shemona, 10200, Israel
Peres, M., Extension Service, Min. of Agric. and Rural Development, Kiriat Shemona, 10200, Israel
Kaufman, A., Upper Galilee Agric. Company Ltd., Kiriat Shemona, 10200, Israel
The interactions between irrigation and crop level with respect to fruit size distribution and soil and stem water potentials were investigated in a nectarine (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. 'Fairlane') orchard located in a semiarid zone. Irrigation treatments during stage III of fruit growth ranged from 0.62 to 1.29 of potential evapotranspiration (ETp). Fruit were hand thinned to a wide range of fruit levels (200 to 1200 fruit/tree in the 555-tree/ha orchard). Total yield did not increase with increasing irrigation rate above 0.92 ETp in 1996 and maximum yield was found at 1.06 ETp in 1997. Fruit size distribution was shifted towards larger fruit with increasing irrigation level and with decreasing crop level. The two highest irrigation treatments had similar midday stem water potentials. Our findings indicate that highest yields and highest water use efficiency (yield/water consumption) are not always related to minimum water stress. Total yield and large fruit yield were highly and better correlated with midday stem water potential than with soil water potential. This confirms other reports that midday stem water potential is an accurate indicator of tree water stress and may have utility in irrigation scheduling.
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Water stress and crop level interactions in relation to nectarine yield, fruit size distribution, and water potentials
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Naor, A., Golan Research Institute, P.O. Box 97, Kazrin 12900, Israel
Klein, I., Institute of Horticulture, ARO, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
Hupert, H., Extension Service, Min. of Agric. and Rural Development, Kiriat Shemona, 10200, Israel
Grinblat, Y., Extension Service, Min. of Agric. and Rural Development, Kiriat Shemona, 10200, Israel
Peres, M., Extension Service, Min. of Agric. and Rural Development, Kiriat Shemona, 10200, Israel
Kaufman, A., Upper Galilee Agric. Company Ltd., Kiriat Shemona, 10200, Israel
Water stress and crop level interactions in relation to nectarine yield, fruit size distribution, and water potentials
The interactions between irrigation and crop level with respect to fruit size distribution and soil and stem water potentials were investigated in a nectarine (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. 'Fairlane') orchard located in a semiarid zone. Irrigation treatments during stage III of fruit growth ranged from 0.62 to 1.29 of potential evapotranspiration (ETp). Fruit were hand thinned to a wide range of fruit levels (200 to 1200 fruit/tree in the 555-tree/ha orchard). Total yield did not increase with increasing irrigation rate above 0.92 ETp in 1996 and maximum yield was found at 1.06 ETp in 1997. Fruit size distribution was shifted towards larger fruit with increasing irrigation level and with decreasing crop level. The two highest irrigation treatments had similar midday stem water potentials. Our findings indicate that highest yields and highest water use efficiency (yield/water consumption) are not always related to minimum water stress. Total yield and large fruit yield were highly and better correlated with midday stem water potential than with soil water potential. This confirms other reports that midday stem water potential is an accurate indicator of tree water stress and may have utility in irrigation scheduling.
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