Pruning treatments were applied for three consecutive years and tree growth and cropping responses were observed for the first 2 years. This limb to trunk ratio (LTR) was then modified by successively removing the largest branches of ‘Buckeye Gala’ to achieve six severity levels ranging from LTR 0.5 to LTR 1.75, with lower values representing more extreme pruning with less whole-tree limb area relative to trunk area. In this study, we introduce a pruning severity index calculated from the sum of the cross-sectional area of all branches on a tree at 2.5 cm from their union to the central leader divided by the cross-sectional area of its central leader at 30 cm from the graft union. Methods for studying the effects of varying degrees of severity of pruning on a whole-tree basis have used qualitative descriptions of treatments rather than repeatable whole-tree quantitative metrics. Pruning is known to reduce apple tree size, increase fruit size and quality, and decrease yield. OL16325898W Page-progression lr Pages 38 Ppi 400 Rights For information about copyright and permission to reproduce, see “Important Notices”, To apply for copyright clearance or to negotiate a licensing agreement, see: Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements au sujet du droit d’auteur et du droit de reproduction, consultez la section « Avis importants » à l’adresse Pour présenter une demande d’affranchissement de droit d’auteur ou négocier un contrat de licence d’utilisation, consultez le site Web à l’adresse Scandate 20111208162806 Scanner is the cutting away of vegetation from plants for horticultural purposes. Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Openlibrary_edition Pour plus d’exactitude, veuillez-vous reporter à la copie papier originale. Les formats « texte intégral », « EPUB », « Kindle » et « Daisy » reposent sur la reconnaissance optique de caractères et peuvent contenir des erreurs. For accuracy, please consult the original paper copy. Urn:oclc:record:1051723173 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier pruningtrainingf00cana Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t12n64z35 Notice The formats “Full Text”, “EPUB”, “Kindle” and “Daisy” are based on Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of the text, which may contain errors. Addeddate 18:22:10 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II External-identifier
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