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Temporal variations in flowering of ‘Honeycrisp’ apple grafted on eight different rootstocksOriginal Paper
Oscar Cruz-Alvarez, José de Jesus Ornelas-Paz, Diana Laura Araujo-Pallares, María Nohemí Frias-Moreno, Graciela Dolores Ávila-Quezada, Damaris Leopoldina Ojeda-Barrios, Juan Luis acobo-Cuellar
Hort. Sci. (Prague), X:X | DOI: 10.17221/32/2024-HORTSCI 
Malus domestica is one of the world’s most important deciduous fruit trees. Over a four-year period (2017–2020), temporal variations in flowering were evaluated in ‘Honeycrisp’ apple trees on eight rootstocks (G.30, G.969, G.202, G.41, G.11, M.9T337, M.26 EMLA and V.6) planted in 2014 in Chihuahua, México. Among the variables evaluated were the probability of late-spring frost, winter chill units, growing degree days, flowering period, foliar nutrient concentrations, trunk cross-sectional area, number and weight of fruit per tree, and production efficiency. Significantly different chill unit accumulations occurred over...
Effect of leaf-to-fruit ratio on kernel quality formation of walnut treesOriginal Paper
Linhui Feng, Xian’an Yang, Shiwei Wang, Honglong Hao, Cuifang Zhang, Yicheng Gao, Yuqi Wang, Yusufu Alifu, Wenhui Zhao
Hort. Sci. (Prague), X:X | DOI: 10.17221/69/2024-HORTSCI
The study focused on the relationship between leaf-to-fruit ratio (LFR) and walnut kernel quality in Juglans regia ‘Wen 185’. It was investigated how LFR influences single kernel weight, the contents and percentages of organic matter in kernels, the 13C distribution proportion (13CDP) in crude fat and protein, and the number and size of oil bodies within the kernels. A gradually decreasing LFR led to reduced single kernel weight, the contents of crude fat, crude protein, and soluble sugar dramatically (P < 0.05), with no significant changes in the percentages and (13CDP)...
Sweet cherry world research overview 2018–2020Review
Lubor Zelený, Gabriela Stryhalová, Jan Blažek
Hort. Sci. (Prague), X:X | DOI: 10.17221/28/2023-HORTSCI
This review cites 137 reports from 25 countries. The highest citation numbers originate from the USA (14), China (14), and Italy (14). In contrast, only one reference is from Hungary, Iran, Morocco, and the United Kingdom. The references are divided into 16 topics. Results or conclusions of each study are briefly described, ranging by year of publication and alphabetical order of authors. The most important topic is physiological research, which includes 31 references. Referring to the years, the most productive was 2019 with 55 references, whereas the least prolific was the previous year 2018, providing only 33 references. One report was published...