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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2026

Thinning apples with 1-aminocyclopropane carboxylic acid: influence of cultivar, rate and timing.

John A Cline, Catherine J Bakker

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

John A ClineOntario Crops Research Centre - Simcoe, Department of Plant Agriculture, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Simcoe, ON, Canada.
Catherine J BakkerOntario Crops Research Centre - Simcoe, Department of Plant Agriculture, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Simcoe, ON, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crop load management of apple trees is necessary to improve fruit size, quality of apples and reduce biennial bearing. As an alternative to hand thinning, a new commercial thinning compound, 1-aminocyclopropane-carboxylic acid (ACC), has been in development for over a decade. A series of eight experiments were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of 1-aminocyclopropane- carboxylic acid (ACC) as a full bloom (FB) or post-bloom thinner for Ambrosia, Gala, Honeycrisp, and Crimson Crisp apple trees. Trees were treated with ACC at rates from 200-400 mg.L

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abscissionchemical thinningcrop densityfruitlet dropMalus x domestica L. Borkh

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PMID42111731
PMCPMC13151684

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