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. 2015 Jun 5;6:416. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00416

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Estimated vegetative (A), total fruit (B), and total plant (C) sink strength over time for the three tomato cultivars with standard fruit load. Lines are moving averages over 5 days. Vegetative sink strength is the sum of the sink strengths of all the vegetative units of a plant; total fruit sink strength is the sum of the sink strengths of all fruits which are present on the plant; total plant sink strength is the sum of vegetative and total fruit sink strength. Arrow in X-axis indicates 30 days after planting. Fruit set started between 20–30 days after planting for the three cultivars. Therefore, the left side of arrow was defined as early growth stage, the right side of arrow was defined as fully fruiting stage.