[EN] Nadorcott is a well-established and appreciated mandarin by the fresh market. However, it produces seeds due to cross-pollination with other compatible varieties, which is quite frequent in most producing countries. ...
[EN] Fresh market demands high quality fruit and, therefore, citrus growers and researchers are constantly looking for
solutions to avoid seed presence. Current horticultural techniques have low effectiveness or high cost. ...
Beltrán, Roberto; Cebrián, Nuria; Zornoza, Carlos; Garmendia, Alfonso; Merle Farinós, Hugo Basilio(Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria, 2020)
[EN] Aim of study: Several studies point out that storage at -20 ºC is a suitable method for preserving pollen of many species in the long term. Part of those studies indicate the total storage time at which these conditions ...
[EN] This study aims to elucidate whether sulfur can inhibit citrus pollination by affecting pollen grains. For this, four sulfur-based products (inorganic sulfur, water dispersible granular sulfur, ammonium sulfate, copper ...
[EN] Between February 2018 and April 2018, flowers were collected from eight Rosaceae species. Flowers were kept in a freezer at -20 degrees C for three freezing times (Treatment 1, two months; Treatment 2, four months; ...
Mahiques Guerola, Federico(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-12-28)
[ES] La floración es, probablemente, uno de los procesos más determinantes de la cosecha final. Influye tanto sobre la cantidad como sobre la calidad de la cosecha. Existen numerosos problemas ligados a la recolección de ...
Izquierdo García, Raquel(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-10)
[ES] El creasing o clareta es un desorden fisiológico que afecta al sector citrícola mundial desde
hace décadas; afecta a la composición del zumo y deprecia comercialmente los frutos, por lo
que puede llegar a producir ...
[EN] Phytotron has been widely used to assess the effect of numerous parameters on the development of many species. However, less information is available on how to achieve fast profuse flowering in young fruit trees with ...
Garmendia, Alfonso; Beltrán, Roberto; Zornoza, Carlos; García-Breijo, Francisco-José; Reig, José; Merle Farinós, Hugo Basilio(Public Library of Science, 2019-09-26)
[EN] Background
In Citrus spp., gibberellic acid (GA) has been proposed to improve different processes related to crop cycle and yield. Accordingly, many studies have been published about how GA affects flowering and ...
[EN] Obtaining citrus fruits without seeds is a recurrent objective for farmers as it is one of the most valued characteristics, especially in mandarins. "Afourer" tangor is a highly valuable well-established mandarin, and ...
[EN] Citrus species have a "wet"-type stigma with abundant exudate, and their style contains numerous canals. For successful seed formation, the process includes pollen grain germination on the stigma, pollen tube development ...