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<p>A thorough understanding of plant behavior at different growth stages is of paramount importance for fruit quality improvement, the regulation of production periods, and reduced fruit production costs. There are as many as three waves of flowering in evergreen pomegranate cultivars – i.e., during the spring, rainy, and autumn seasons. However, for securing enhanced production of superior quality fruits as well as profit to the growers, crop regulation is required. This can be achieved by forcing the tree to rest at a particular stage and by producing abundant blossoming and quality fruits during any one of the three flushes. Observations on phenological phases would help in understanding the dates of specific stages of crop development, which in turn enable the growers to plan, organize, and carry out timely schedules of agronomic practices such as irrigation, fertilization, and crop protection. Therefore, there is a need to evaluate the response of pomegranate under different environmental conditions to identify a suitable flowering season to produce a better quality of fruits with consistent yield, and to enable standardization of management practices for optimum production based on phenological stages.</p>
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A thorough understanding of plant behavior at different growth stages is of paramount importance for fruit quality improvement, the regulation of production periods, and reduced fruit production costs. There are as many as three waves of flowering in evergreen pomegranate cultivars – i.e., during the spring, rainy, and autumn seasons. However, for securing enhanced production of superior quality fruits as well as profit to the growers, crop regulation is required. This can be achieved by forcing the tree to rest at a particular stage and by producing abundant blossoming and quality fruits during any one of the three flushes. Observations on phenological phases would help in understanding the dates of specific stages of crop development, which in turn enable the growers to plan, organize, and carry out timely schedules of agronomic practices such as irrigation, fertilization, and crop protection. Therefore, there is a need to evaluate the response of pomegranate under different environmental conditions to identify a suitable flowering season to produce a better quality of fruits with consistent yield, and to enable standardization of management practices for optimum production based on phenological stages.

Understanding Phenological Stages of Pomegranates <italic>vis-à-vis</italic> Flowering and Fruiting Regulation

Horticulture Department, Faculty of Plant Production

Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Journal of Horticultural Research

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Understanding Phenological Stages of Pomegranates  Flowering and Fruiting Regulation

A thorough understanding of plant behavior at different growth stages is of paramount importance for fruit quality improvement, the regulation of production...

Understanding Phenological Stages of Pomegranates vis-à-vis Flowering and Fruiting Regulation

Article Category: A review

Publicado en línea: 24 sept 2021

Páginas: 1 - 22

Recibido: 01 feb 2021

Aceptado: 01 may 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2021-0013

Palabras clave
blossoming periods, flowering and crop regulation, manual and chemical thinning, phenological stages

© 2021 Raj Kumar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Understanding Phenological Stages of Pomegranates vis-à-vis Flowering and Fruiting Regulation

Article Category: A review

Publicado en línea: 24 sept 2021

Páginas: 1 - 22

Recibido: 01 feb 2021

Aceptado: 01 may 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2021-0013

Palabras claveblossoming periods, flowering and crop regulation, manual and chemical thinning, phenological stages

© 2021 Raj Kumar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
blossoming periods, flowering and crop regulation, manual and chemical thinning, phenological stages