Reproductive physiology.
Davenport T. L.
Author Affiliation: Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 18905 SW 280 Street, Homestead, FL 33031-3314, USA.
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Abstract : This chapter addresses the physiology of mango flowering, early fruit set and fruit retention. The following topics are covered: phenology; shoot development (vegetative shoots and reproductive shoots); flowering mechanisms (shoot initiation, induction, florigenic promoter or stimulus, and vegetative promoter); effect of environment on vegetative and reproductive development (temperature, water relations, nitrogen and photoperiod); effects of growth regulators on flowering (ethylene, auxin, cytokinins, gibberellins and plant growth retardants); effects of photoassimilate on flowering; horticultural manipulation of flowering; conceptual flowering models (carbohydrate-regulated flowering models and hormone-regulated flowering models); floral management; floral biology (environmental and physiological determinants of sex ratio, anthesis and dehiscence, pollen and pollination); fruit development; stenospermocarpy; fruit set and retention; and alternate bearing.