Mechanisms of apple fruit growth under Washington conditions
Author: Peter Hirst
Published: 2006
Summary: Significant findings of this project were: • Gala fruit grew at the same rate as those of red delicious, and were only smaller at harvest due to their earlier harvest date. • Different patterns of cell division, in terms of the number of cells dividing, were found in the 2 years of this study. In 2005 cell division occurred over a protracted period, but was much shorter in 2006. • In 2006, fruit size was more closely related to cell size than cell number.
