{"title":"Boysenberry: Effect of 4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid on yield components and maturity","authors":"C. Kingston","doi":"10.1080/03015521.1987.10425578","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Boysenberry (Rubus hybrid) plants were sprayed to run-off with 4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (4-CPA) at 100 mg litre-1, in the 1983–84 season, when 80% of flowers had reached anthesis. Harvested yield was not affected by 4-CPA treatment. Berry size was significantly increased because of greater numbers of drupelets in the berries. Drupelet numbers were always increased by 4-CPA, irrespective of the level of insect pollination. Fruit from plants sprayed with 4-CPA ripened one week later than fruit from unsprayed plants, but length of harvest period remained unaltered.","PeriodicalId":19285,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand journal of experimental agriculture","volume":"15 1","pages":"325-331"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1987-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"New Zealand journal of experimental agriculture","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03015521.1987.10425578","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract Boysenberry (Rubus hybrid) plants were sprayed to run-off with 4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (4-CPA) at 100 mg litre-1, in the 1983–84 season, when 80% of flowers had reached anthesis. Harvested yield was not affected by 4-CPA treatment. Berry size was significantly increased because of greater numbers of drupelets in the berries. Drupelet numbers were always increased by 4-CPA, irrespective of the level of insect pollination. Fruit from plants sprayed with 4-CPA ripened one week later than fruit from unsprayed plants, but length of harvest period remained unaltered.