Effect of sprinkler irrigation system on air temperatures and use of chemicals to protect cherry and peach trees from early spring frost

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dc.contributor	Tsipouridis, C
dc.contributor	Thomidis, T
dc.contributor	Xatzicharisis, I
dc.date.accessioned	2012-03-07T22:18:19Z
dc.date.available	2012-03-07T22:18:19Z
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.identifier.citation	Aust. J. Exp. Agr. (2006) 46(5): 697-700
dc.identifier.issn	0816-1089
dc.identifier.uri	http://livestocklibrary.com.au/handle/1234/22541
dc.description.abstract	The use of some chemicals including vitamins C and E, copper hydroxide, gibberellic acid, pinolene, urea, captan, ethephon, chlormequat chloride and paclobutrazol for early spring frost protection of cherry and peach trees was studied. Applications before frost of urea, copper hydroxide and a mix of glycerine or captan + vitamins C and E reduced the damage to flowers (at rates up to 40?60%), while application of gibberellic acid in combination with captan and pinoline 6 h after frost, reduced the damage by 40?50%. Ethephon delayed the bloom time of peach and cherry trees for about a week. Placing 2 sprinkler heads (200 L/h) on the tree at 40 or 280 cm height raised the temperatures 2.0 and 1.0?1.5�C, respectively.
dc.publisher	CSIRO Publishing
dc.source.uri	http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=EA04014.pdf
dc.subject	air temperatures
dc.subject	bloom delay
dc.subject	bloom time
dc.subject	frost protection
dc.subject	Prunus avium
dc.subject	Prunus persica
dc.subject	sprinkler
dc.title	Effect of sprinkler irrigation system on air temperatures and use of chemicals to protect cherry and peach trees from early spring frost
dc.type	Research
dc.description.version	Journal article
dc.identifier.volume	46
dc.identifier.page	697-700
dc.identifier.issue	5