FIGURE 2.

Effect of the girdling and defoliation made on bearing shoots (A) and detachment of fruit cluster (B) on fruit abscission. In (A), control = no girdling or defoliation; 0 leaves = girdling plus complete defoliation; 5 leaves = girdling plus defoliation leaving 5 compound leaves; 10 leaves = girdling plus defoliation leaving 10 compound leaves. Vertical bars indicate standard errors. Different letters indicate that the means are significantly different at P = 0.05, LSD. In (B), control = on-tree fruit cluster with no girdling or defoliation treatment.