Managing Fruit Splitting in Florida Citrus
Sometimes, the fruit on citrus trees will split open, making the fruit unmarketable; splitting can aid fungal and insect pests that subsequently damage fruit. A physiological disorder, pre-harvest fruit splitting begins with nutrient imbalances at flowering. Nutrient deficiencies weaken the rind, c...
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Sometimes, the fruit on citrus trees will split open, making the fruit unmarketable; splitting can aid fungal and insect pests that subsequently damage fruit. A physiological disorder, pre-harvest fruit splitting begins with nutrient imbalances at flowering. Nutrient deficiencies weaken the rind, causing it to crack if interior parts of the fruit expand too quickly. Symptoms are only visible after it is too late to avoid the problem, but mitigation is still possible. Our goal is to define the problem and suggest management tactics for growers and Extension personnel to avoid or mitigate pre-harvest fruit splitting.
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| spelling | doaj-art-ab7c9033d97f4bec8d1bcc24e42052a52025-02-08T05:40:48ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092023-08-0120234Managing Fruit Splitting in Florida CitrusAndrew Krajewski0Timothy Ebert1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7399-2221Arnold Schumann2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4354-1734Laura Waldo3International Citrus Technologies Pty. Ltd. University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida Sometimes, the fruit on citrus trees will split open, making the fruit unmarketable; splitting can aid fungal and insect pests that subsequently damage fruit. A physiological disorder, pre-harvest fruit splitting begins with nutrient imbalances at flowering. Nutrient deficiencies weaken the rind, causing it to crack if interior parts of the fruit expand too quickly. Symptoms are only visible after it is too late to avoid the problem, but mitigation is still possible. Our goal is to define the problem and suggest management tactics for growers and Extension personnel to avoid or mitigate pre-harvest fruit splitting. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/131721citrus fruit crackingphysiological disorderflavedo splittingcitrus nutrition |
| spellingShingle | Andrew Krajewski Timothy Ebert Arnold Schumann Laura Waldo Managing Fruit Splitting in Florida Citrus EDIS citrus fruit cracking physiological disorder flavedo splitting citrus nutrition |
| title | Managing Fruit Splitting in Florida Citrus |
| title_full | Managing Fruit Splitting in Florida Citrus |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Managing Fruit Splitting in Florida Citrus |
| title_short | Managing Fruit Splitting in Florida Citrus |
| title_sort | managing fruit splitting in florida citrus |
| topic | citrus fruit cracking physiological disorder flavedo splitting citrus nutrition |
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