Volume 58 Number 4 Article 30
Year 2004 Month 10
Title: Influence of Application Time and Gibberellic Acid Concentration on 'Seyval Blanc' Grapes
Authors: D.C. Ferree, D.M. Scurlock and J.C. Schmid
Abstract:
Gibberellic acid (GA3) applied at bloom was more effective than an application four weeks after bloom
in reducing cluster weight and yield and increasing juice soluble solids.
Cluster weight, good berries per
cluster, and berries with rot were increased by hand-thinning at bloom.
Cluster weights compared to
unthinned vines were decreased linearly as GA3 concentration increased.
Berry weight increased and
berries per cluster decreased linearly with increasing rates of GA3. The effects of GA3 on clusters per vine
and juice titratable acidity were inconsistent over the three-year study.
Juice soluble solids increased with
increasing GA concentration with a similar effect on pH in two out of three years.
Although an optimum
concentration was not determined, GA3 at approximately 60 ppm resulted in a response similar to handthinning
in reducing yield and improving juice quality.
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