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Seedless Calimyrna figs: Produced without caprifigs by spraying with growth regulators

authors

Julian C. Crane, Experiment Station, Davis.
Rene Blondeau, Shell Agricultural Laboratory, Modesto.

publication information

California Agriculture 2(2):7-8. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v002n02p7. February 1948.

Summary

Not available – first paragraph follows:

Seedless Calimyrna figs may be produced without the use of male or caprifigs, by spraying the trees with a solution of indolebutyric acid at caprification—pollination—time.

author affiliations

Julian C. Crane is Assistant Professor of Pomology, and Assistant Pomologist in the Experiment Station, Davis. Rene Blondeau is Plant Physiologist, Shell Agricultural Laboratory, Modesto.

author notes

The preliminary tests, reported above, were conducted jointly by the University of California and the Shell Agricultural Laboratory.


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