Mechanical pruning as a new approach to manage alternate bearing of ‘Sirora’ pistachio trees

Modeling seasonal branch carbon dynamics in pistachio as a function of crop load

“…This could be achieved by reducing branch sink/source ratio, increasing photosynthesis or optimizing partitioning. Pruning can influence sinksource ratio and has been very effective in reduce alternate bearing (Elloumi et al, 2014;Ferguson et al, 1995;Zhang and Ranford, 2018). Research has also shown positive effects of thinning on pistachio alternate bearing (Kamiab et al, 2020), however this practice is not adopted by growers.…”