Risk of Extreme Early Frosts in Almond
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Bud Fall
3.2. Chill Accumulation and Endodormancy Release
3.3. Heat Accumulation and Flower Bud Development
4. Discussion
Bud Fall and Heat Accumulation
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Cultivar Group | CU | Date |
---|---|---|
Extra-early | 270 | 21 November |
Early | 426 | 1 December |
Late | 558 | 8 December |
Extra-late | 880 | 29 December |
Ultra-late | 1100 | 25 January |
Cultivar Group | GDH | Percentage of Heat Requirement Met on 12 January | Predicted Flowering Date |
---|---|---|---|
Extra-early | 6038 | 40 | 24 February |
Early | 6681 | 31 | 2 March |
Late | 7466 | 23 | 16 March |
Extra-late | 7181 | 2 | 5 April |
Ultra-late | 7892 | 0 | 15 April |
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Guillamón, J.G.; Egea, J.; Mañas, F.; Egea, J.A.; Dicenta, F. Risk of Extreme Early Frosts in Almond. Horticulturae 2022, 8, 687. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8080687
Guillamón JG, Egea J, Mañas F, Egea JA, Dicenta F. Risk of Extreme Early Frosts in Almond. Horticulturae. 2022; 8(8):687. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8080687
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuillamón, Jesús Guillamón, José Egea, Fernando Mañas, Jose A. Egea, and Federico Dicenta. 2022. "Risk of Extreme Early Frosts in Almond" Horticulturae 8, no. 8: 687. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8080687