The Effect of Temperature on Floral Behaviour, Pollen Tube Growth and Fruit Set in the Avocado
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...In avocado (Persea americana L.), higher fruit set has been obtained in the range of 20-25ºC; temperatures outside this range negatively affected fruit set either by impairing fertilization (17ºC) or by abscission of unopened flowers (33ºC) (Sedgley, 1977)....
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...Sedgley, 1977 17/12ºC, 25/20ºC, 33/25ºC....
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...Besides actual frost damage, low night temperatures of less than 12°C can influence flowering and reduce fertilization (Sedgley and Grant 1982) by reducing the number of flowers with a female stage (Sedgley 1977)....
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...This observation was confirmed by controlled-environment growth-cabinet studies (Sedgley, 1977), when it was shown for 'Fuerte' that the disruption of floral cycle under a 17°C day and 12°C night resulted in reduced pollen tube growth and no fertilization and fruit development....
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...This was to compare the response with that of 'Fuerte' (Sedgley, 1977) and to provide an explanation for the field observations (Bergh and Whitsell, 1974)....
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...The flowers show marked synchronous alternating dichogamy (Robinson and Savage 1926), which is strongly influenced by temperature (Sedgley 1977; Sedgley and Grant 1983)....
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