Boron Nutrition of Almonds

IPNI-1992-USA-CA13

19 Apr 2001

Objectives

    1. To study the effect of boron application on fruit set and yield of almond in B deficient orchards.
    2. To monitor changes in plan tissue B concentration in response to foliar B application and correlation thereof on fruit set and yield.
    3. To establish the time of spraying B for optimal almond set and yield.
    4. To study the influence of B deficiency on flower maturity especially pollen development.