Abstract:Only a limited number of post-bloom thinners is available for apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) at the present time. The influence of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) in two strains of ‘Gala’, one strain of ‘Delicious’, and one strain of ‘Fuji’ apples, when fruitlet diameter was about 20 mm, on fruit set and fruit size at hand-thinning in Southwest Idaho in the Intermountain West region, USA was studied. Applications of ACC reduced fruit set in ‘Schlect Spur Delicious’ in 7 and 30 days after applicatio… Show more
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