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Gibberellin Increases Cropping Efficiency in Sour Cherry (Prunus cerasus L.)

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There are three important physiologically based factors, namely, inadequate fruit set, excessive early cropping of young trees, and stress (virus) alteration of the flowering and growth pattern of mature trees, that contribute to low cropping efficiency in the sour cherry.1 The gibberellins (GAs) enhance fruit set2,3 and modify the flowering behavior of a wide range of plant species.4,5 Either effective enhancement of fruit set or modification of flower expression, or both, under commercial conditions, could potentially increase production efficiency.

I dedicate this contribution to Professor Eiji Yuda, who passed away on April 2, 1989. I have lost not only a valued colleague but also a close friend, and the scientific community an outstanding scientist and leader.

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  1. M. J. Bukovac
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  1. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan

    Nobutaka Takahashi

  2. Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, 90024, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Bernard O. Phinney

  3. School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, BS8 1TS, Bristol, England

    Jake MacMillan

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Bukovac, M.J., Yuda, E. (1991). Gibberellin Increases Cropping Efficiency in Sour Cherry (Prunus cerasus L.). In: Takahashi, N., Phinney, B.O., MacMillan, J. (eds) Gibberellins. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3002-1_34

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