| Date/Datum |
November 1999 |
| Product/Produk |
Yield-Plus |
| Crop/Oes |
Type/Tipe |
Apricots |
| Variety/Varieteit |
Supergold |
| Locale/Plek |
Roodehoogte Plase, Robertson, R.S.A. |
Rainfall/
Reenval |
Winter/
Winter |
ü |
Summer/
Somer |
|
Ave.
mm pa/
Gem. mm pj |
|
Soil quality/
Grond gehalte |
Excellent/
Uitstekend |
|
Good/
Goed |
ü |
Medium/
Gemiddeld |
|
Poor/
Arm |
|
Normal weather conditions/
Gewone weerstoestande |
|
Test period weather
conditions other than normal/
Toets periode weersomstandighede buitengewoon |
Several cold spells in early Spring |
| Cooperator/Samewerker |
Mr B Marais |
| Type of trial/Proeftipe |
Commercial Trial |
Experimental design/
Proefnemings ontwerp |
2 ha treated with Yield-Plus
2 ha left as a control |
| Treatments/Behandelinge |
1. 600ml/ha 14 days before flowering
2. 300ml/ha 14 days later
3. 300ml/ha 14 days later
4. 300ml/ha 14 days later |
Applications/
Toedienings |
Qty/Hoeveelheid |
Four |
| Form/Vorm |
Tractor spray |
| Counts/Tellings |
Yield and size |
| Results/Uitslae |
| Per tree sample |
|
Size
|
| |
Yield
kg |
Small
% |
Medium
% |
Large
% |
X Large
% |
XX Large
% |
| Treated |
60.5 |
0.5 |
11.2 |
41.37 |
43.82 |
3.12 |
| Control |
30 |
4.3 |
61.02 |
32.98 |
1.7 |
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|
| Conclusion/Gevolgtrekking |
101% increase in yield
Treated fruit more uniform in size
Less small fruit in treated area
More large fruit in treated area |
Special comments/
Spesiale opmerkings |
Mr Marais also reported that the
treated fruit were harvested 6 to 10 days earlier |
| Notes/Notas |
|