Ausdünnversuche bei stark tragenden Kirschensorten (Thinning trials for high-yielding cherry varieties)

High-yielding cherry varieties tend to excessive fruiting with too many too small fruits with low sugar content, poor flavor and a modest fruit set in the following year. In order to cope with the increasing cultivation of high-yielding varieties, thinning trials were carried out in 2015 and 2016.
Experiments showed that a treatment with Ammonium thiosulfate (ATS) is not a reliable thinning method for cherries. In 2015, as in 2016, no significant thinning effect could be observed. The fruit size was not affected by the thinning measures in this experiment. Even with massive hand thinning by 45%, the fruit sizes did not improve to the extent that the loss of income would have been made up for.

Documents

Ausdünnversuche bei stark tragenden Kirschensorten ()

Details

Activity type

Publication in technical journal

Activity work package

Secure sustainable fruit production

Activity number

Agroscope-WP5-A29

Activity contact

Thomas Kuster, Dr.
Agroscope
Müller-Thurgau-Strasse 29
8820 Wädenswil
Tel. +41 58 460 62 43
[email protected]

Activity partner

AGROSCOPE

Activity country

Switzerland

Last edit

31-10-2018