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Evaporative Cooling to Improve Rest Breaking of Nectarine Buds by Counteracting High Daytime Temperatures

  • Erez A
  • Couvillon G
HortScience (2022) 18(4) 480-481
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.18.4.480
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Abstract

Evaporative cooling (EC) of nectarine buds [ Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] during rest by overhead sprinkling when day temperature exceeded 16°C lowered bud temperature in bright days by 3° to 5°C. EC resulted in an enhanced break of vegetative and floral buds.

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Erez, A., & Couvillon, G. A. (2022). Evaporative Cooling to Improve Rest Breaking of Nectarine Buds by Counteracting High Daytime Temperatures. HortScience, 18(4), 480–481. https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.18.4.480

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