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peer-reviewed research article

Lower ethephon rates effective in walnut harvest

authors

William H. Olson
G. Steven Sibbett
Gregory L. Carnill
George C. Martin, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 31(7):6-7. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v031n07p6. July 1977.

Summary

When compared with untreated controls, all ethephon treatments - including those at lower, more concentrated rates than usual - increased the percentage of walnuts removed in the first harvest and improved hullability.

author affiliations

William H. Olson is Farm Advisor, Butte County; G. Steven Sibbett is Farm Advisor, Tulare County; Gregory L. Carnill is Farm Advisor, Merced County; George C. Martin is Associate Professor, Department of Pomology, and Pomologist. Experiment Station, University of California, Davis.


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