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The Effect of Cycle Length on Chilling Negation by High Temperatures in Dormant Peach Leaf Buds1

1979; American Society for Horticultural Science; Volume: 104; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21273/jashs.104.4.573

2327-9788

A. Erez, G. A. Couvillon, C. H. Hendershott,

Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management

Abstract Leaf bud break of ‘Redhaven’ and ‘Redskin’ peach ( Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) following exposure of plants to temperature cycles of 1, 3, 6 and 9 days was examined. During each cycle the plants were exposed to 4°–6°C for 2/3 of the cycle length and 24° for the remaining 1/3 with all cycles repeated until the plants were exposed to a designated number of chilling hours. Thus, all plants within each treatment were exposed equally (in total) to chilling and heat. No lateral bud (LB) break occurred with ‘Redskin’ in the 1-day cycle, a low level was obtained in the 3-day cycle and good bud break occurred in the continuous chilling control and the 6 and 9 day cycles. With ‘Redhaven’ no LB break was evident in the 1 day cycle while the 3, 6, and 9 day cycles responded similar to the continuous chilling control. From these data it was concluded that chilling (4°-6°) accumulated during the 20 to 40 hrs prior to the onset of high temperature was susceptible to high temperature negation.