A preliminary study of pruning to delay flowering in mango trees.
Chen HouBin, Zhang HaiLan
Author Affiliation: Tropical & Subtropical Fruit Research Laboratory, South China Agr. Univ., Guangzhou, 510642, China.
Journal of South China Agricultural University 17 : 63-67
Abstract : Pruning experiments were conducted on 5-year-old mango trees (cv. Zihua) on 3 October 1993 and repeated on 20 September 1994. Results showed that heavily pruned trees flowered 210 days later than those pruned less severely and that full bloom was delayed by 8 days with heavy pruning. However, the crop load decreased probably because of delayed accumulation of carbohydrate reserves by strong regrowth after heavy pruning, resulting in a decrease in flowering shoot rate. No fruit quality decrease was observed with heavy pruning.