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Project
Coordinator:
Dr Graham Barry,
Collaborating researchers and technicians involved:
Dr Graham Barry, Prof. John Bower,
Dr Stephan Verreynne.
(Pruning,
Girdling, Fertigation, O.H.S, Irrigation, fertilization and
testing of new products).
Crop
load management techniques
Featuring:
1.
Effects of Urea on flower initiation
2.
Use of Fulfin and Hemine in citrus nutrition
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Delta Valencia tree manipulated to set fruit (left)
vs. control tree (right).
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3. Open hydroponic system (O.H.S):
a.
Methods to improve OHS and fertigation
b. Long-term effects of OHS
4.
Flower manipulation of lemons
This experiment covers manipulations affecting flowering intensity
and inflorescence quality through pruning, girdling and water-deficit
stress. The present focus is on the manipulation of lemon
flowering to get the numerous young plantings to bear high
crops of the required fruit size.
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