Late-season `Valencia' Orange Mechanical Harvesting with an Abscission Agent and Low-frequency Harvesting

An abscission agent (5-chloro-3-methyl-4-nitro-1 H -pyrazole [CMNP]) at 300 mg·L –1 in a volume of 2810 L·ha –1 was applied to Valencia orange trees [ Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb.] on 22 May 2004. At this time, immature and mature fruit were present on the tree simultaneously. Three days after applicat... View More