Several photosynthetic inhibitors were screened for relative photosynthetic reduction on leaves of greenhouse-grown peach trees. The most effective were 8% Vapor Gard, 10M diurcn, 10⁻³M ABA, and 10⁻³M terbacil, all of which reduced net photosynthesis (Pn) rates by 50% or more by 1 day after treatment without causing excessive phytotoxicity. Of these 4 treatments, terbacil at 10⁻³M gave the most consistent effects; treated leaves re-established near normal Pn rates within a week of treatment. At 1, 3, and 7 days after treatment with terbacil at 10⁻³M, Pn rates were 1.1, 9.0, and 16.6 mgCO₂ dm⁻² hr⁻¹ , respectively, compared with a pretreatment rate of 19.7.
Terbacil was applied as limb treatments to bearing peach trees in the field to determine fruit thinning activity. Treatments were: single applications of 1000 or 2000 ppm, double applications a week apart of 1000 ppm, or 2000 followed by 1000 ppm. All treatments significantly reduced fruit number. Fruit drop was 73 to 90% on treated limbs compared to 20% on non-thinned check limbs. Only the single 1000 ppm treatment resulted in fruit size similar to the hand-thinned check, however, all treatments increased fruit size over the non-thinned checks. / M.S.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/101420 |
| Date | January 1983 |
| Creators | DelValle, Terry B. Gonzales |
| Contributors | Horticulture |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | vii, 57 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 11046580 |
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