3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinyloxyacetic acid as effective thinning agent for fruit of 'Montenegrina' mandarin/Acido 3,5,6-tricloro-2-piridiniloxiacetico como raleante quimico efetivo de frutos da tangerineira 'Montenegrina'.
INTRODUCTIONCultivar 'Montenegrina' (Citrus deliciosa Tenore) is the main mandarin tree grown in southern Brazil, representing more than 30% of the planted area in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (JOAO, 2010). This cultivar produces seeds, has a late maturation and a high tendency for alternate bearing, characterized by a year of bearing with high yield of small fruit and scarce flowering, followed by a year of insignificant fruit yield and abundant flowering (MARTINEZ-FUENTES et al., 2013). In order to obtain balanced harvests with fruit diameter and quality suitable for commercialization, hand-thinning is a common practice (RODRIGUES et al., 1998). Nowadays, the recommendation for this cultivar is to combine pruning and hand-thinning of the fruit every year (SARTORI et al., 2007b).
Due to the large impact of hand-thinning on mandarin final production cost, various compounds were studied as chemical thinners for 'Montenegrina' mandarin trees. The best results in reducing the economic impact of labor were obtained using ethephon (2-chloroethylphosphonic acid, ET) in doses between 200 and 300mg [L.sup.-1], applied during the middle of physiological drop of young fruits (SOUZA et al., 1993). There are, however, several inconveniences, such as excessive thinning of fruit positioned on the external part of the canopy, leaf drop, phytotoxicity, and erratic behavior (SARTORI et al., 2007a, 2007b).
The 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinyloxyacetic acid (3,5,6-TPA) is a synthetic auxin that can increase fruit size in two main ways. When applied in the stage of cell division, it has a thinning effect on small fruit, decreasing the competition for carbohydrates amongst remaining fruits (AGUSTI et al. 1995). When applied in the early phase of cell growth, however, it increases the final size of the fruit, stimulating carbohydrate accumulation (AGUSTI et al., 2002). The thinning effect of this auxin is apparently due to a temporarily induced photosynthetic disorder, which leads to reduced production of photoassimilates and their absorption by young fruit, slowing down growth, and causing ethylene production and small fruit abscission. Following that, growth rates of the remaining fruit are increased, resulting in larger fruits (MESEJO et al., 2012). This auxin has been studied as a fruit thinner mainly in Satsuma (Citrus unshiu Marc.) and Clementine (C. Clementina Hort. ex Tan.) mandarin (AGUSTI et al., 1995, 2002, 2007; MESEJO et al., 2012). There are also studies with the hybrid 'Fortune' mandarin (C. Clementina Hort. ex Tan. x C. tangerina Tan.) (AZNAR et al., 1995), and the 'Murcott' tangor [C. reticulata Blanco x C. sinensis (L.) Osb.] (SERCILOTO et al., 2003). However, there are no studies with 'Montenegrina' mandarin trees or any other cultivar of the group of common mandarin trees (C. deliciosa Tenore).
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of various concentrations of 3,5,6-TPA applied during physiological drop of young fruit on the bearing, and fruit quality of the 'Montenegrina' tree, compared to hand-thinning and applications of ethephon, ET.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The experiment was conducted in a commercial orchard (29[degrees]37'24" S, 51[degrees]25'54" W) of 19-year-old 'Montenegrina' mandarin trees, in the city of Pareci Novo, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Orchard plants were spaced at 6.0m x 2.0m, grafted on trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata Raf.), and the plants were pruned and hand-thinned annually. The soil is a Typic Ultisol, a sandy soil with 15% of clay. The climate of the region is classified as Cfa, subtropical humid with hot summers, according to Koppen (BERGAMASCHI et al., 2013).
The experiment consisted of nine treatments: Control; non-thinned trees; Hand-thinning, with manually fruit thinning on April 4th, 2012 (fruits with diameter of 36.5 [+ or -] 0.8mm; effective thinning intensity of 66.2 [+ or -] 6.5%); 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid or ethephon applications (ET; Ethrel[R], Bayer Crop Science Ltda., Sao Paulo, Brazil), in three concentrations: 200mg [L.sup.-1], 300mg [L.sup.-1] and 200mg [L.sup.-1] + 3% of urea (U); and 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinyloxyacetic acid applications (3,5,6-TPA; [MAXIM.sup.*][R], Dow Agro Sciences Iberica S.A., Madrid, Spain) in four concentrations: 10, 20, 30 and 40mg [L.sup.-1]. Treatments with ethephon and 3,5,6-TPA were conducted during the middle of physiological drop of young fruit (50%), which took place on November 12th, 2011, using foliar application with a motorized turbo spray with a spray volume of 2000L [ha.sup.-1] with a pressure regulated nozzle at 200lb [pol.sup.-2].
Fruit abscission was evaluated 45 days after the middle of physiological drop of young fruits (DAPD), the moment the treatment was applied (November 12th, 2011), being expressed regarding the existing fruit on branches during the initial drop (November 3rd, 2011). Two branches per plant were analyzed (east and west exposure), each presenting at least 100 fruit before the beginning of natural drop.
Fruit harvest was held on August 23rd, 2012. Fruit bearing was evaluated by counting the number of fruit (number tree-1) and measuring the total fruit mass produced (kg tree-1). Fruit load from flowering subsequent to chemical thinning was also evaluated, in March of 2013, based on the density of fruit per canopy area, according to RODRIGUES et al. (1998), in order to evaluate the alternate bearing.
Regarding fruit quality, 40 fruit were collected from each experimental unit and evaluated for fruit diameter and mass, by calculating the average diameter (d) and average fruit mass ([m.sub.f]). With this sample, the proportional distribution of fruit was estimated in four diameter classes: class 1 (d>67mm), class 2 (57-67mm), class 3 (47-57mm) and unmarketable fruit (d<47mm). Color measurements were conducted in the fruit's equatorial region, with a Konica-Minolta[R] CR-400 colorimeter, using the color scale CIE1976 [L.sup.*][d.sup.*][b.sup.*]. The following variables were detennined from the calculation: chromaticity [[C.sup.*] = [square root of ([a.sup.*2] + [b.sup.*2])]] and color angle [h[degrees]=arctan([b.sup.*]/[a.sup.*])]. When [C.sup.*] assmnes values near zero, greyish colors are represented, while values near 60 represent bright colors. Color angles (h[degrees]) close to 180[degrees] represent greenish colors, close to 90[degrees] yellowish colors and close to 0[degrees], reddish colors (ORNELAS-PAZ et al., 2008).
The physicochemical properties of the juice were also analyzed, including juice content (JC), calculated by the ratio between the mass of the juice and of the fruit; soluble solids (SS) content, with direct reading in a digital refractometer with temperature compensation; titratable acidity (TA) by titration with NaOH 0.1mol [L.sup.-1] until pH 8.1, expressed in percentage of citric acid; and maturation index (MI), calculated by the ratio SS/TA.
The experimental design used was completely randomized, with nine treatments and eight replicates, with one tree per experimental unit. A line of trees was kept as a margin between the experimental units, in order to avoid drifting. For the data analysis, we used the SAS 9.2 statistics package. The data for each response variable were first analyzed for normality and homogeneity of variance. Afterwards, results were submitted to parametric variance analysis (Fisher's test), the means being compared amongst each other using the Tukey's test (P<0.05).
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The fruit bearing in 2012 was affected by the thinning treatments. Trees that were not thinned (Control) presented higher fruit yield, while hand-thinned trees had the lowest performance. A high fruit load was obtained in all treatments, proving it was an 'on' year for the mandarin trees evaluated. All the chemical thinning treatments, with ethephon (ET) and 3,5,6-TPA obtained intermediate bearing (Table 1).
The fruit abscission, measured at 45 DAPD, was higher than 90% in all treatments. In trees that received applications of 40mg [L.sup.-1] of 3,5,6-TPA and ET 200mg [L.sup.-1] + 3% of urea (U), abscission rates of 98.6% and 97.9% were reached, respectively. The lowest abscission rates were 92.8% and 90.2%, respectively, in hand-thinned and non-thinned trees (Table 1). More intense leaf drop and leaf renewals were observed only in trees that received ethephon.
None of the treatments were effective in the rupture of alternate bearing. In the posterior harvest, in March of 2013, an extremely low number of fruit was observed in the trees of all treatments (<8 fruits [m.sup.-2]), proving to be highly alternate trees in all treatments (RODRIGUES et al., 1998).
Plants that were treated with 40mg [L.sup.-1] of 3,5,6-TPA produced fruits larger in diameter (d=61.3mm) and in mass ([m.sub.f]=105.5g). The smallest average sizes of the fruits were obtained with plants that were not thinned (Control) (Table 1). Regarding the commercial distribution of fruit by diameter, both hand-thinning and applications of 3,5,6-TPA at doses of 30 and 40mg [L.sup.-1] stood out: no non-commercial fruit sizes (d<47mm) were reported. The best performances were obtained in trees treated with 40mg [L.sup.-1] of 3,5,6-TPA and the hand-thinned tress, in which more than 80% of the fruits were classified in classes 1 and 2 (d>57mm). Fruits with <47mm were not reported in the 3,5,6-TPA treatment equal to or greater than 30mg [L.sup.-1] and in hand-thinning treatments (Figure 1).
The color angle (h[degrees]) was affected by the treatments, both demonstrating more orange fruits in the trees sprayed with 40mg [L.sup.-1] of 3,5,6-TPA and hand-thinned trees, compared to the fruit of non-thinned trees. All other treatments did not differ in color when compared to the control. The fruit of all treatments displayed very bright colors ([C.sup.*]>60) (Table 2).
Juice content (JC), titratable acidity (TA) and maturation index (MI) of fruits were not affected by thinning treatments. Only soluble solids content was higher in plants thinned with ET 200mg [L.sup.-1] + 3% urea, in comparison to non-thinned plants (Table 2).
Application of 40mg [L.sup.-1] of 3,5,6-TPA reduced the number of fruit produced in comparison to control treatment and provided an increased abscission of young fruit, similar to the effect of ET at 200mg [L.sup.-1] with 3% urea (Table 1), which had the best performance in previous experiments (SOUZA et al., 1993). A similar effect was reported in a chemical thinning experiment with the 'Murcott' tangor with 3,5,6-TPA (15mg [L.sup.-1]), other auxins, and ethephon (200mg [L.sup.-1]) (SERCILOTO et al., 2003). This fact demonstrates the efficiency of 3,5,6-TPA as a thinning agent on 'Montenegrina' fruit, resulting in bearing of fruit with larger diameter and mass, besides fruits with more intense coloring, similar to hand-thinning (Table 1).
The abscission of fruit in plants treated with chemical thinners, higher than 90%, has also been reported in 'Marisol' mandarin (C. Clementina Hort. ex Tan.), 40 days after applying 15mg [L.sup.-1] of 3,5,6-TPA (MESEJO et al., 2012), applied in the same period of fruit development. However, in 'Clauselina' mandarin (C. unshiu Marc.) treated with 25mg [L.sup.-1] of 3,5,6-TPA in subsequent period (cell elongation), the abscission rate was 67% (AGUSTI et al., 2007). In 'Murcott' tangor [C. reticulata Blanco x C. sinensis (L.) Osb.], with 3,5,6-TPA applications after the drop of young fruit, the abscission rate was 42.5% (SERCILOTO et al., 2003), similar to ET applications at 200mg [L.sup.-1]. However, the application of auxin (3,5,6-TPA) on effectiveness of chemical thinning on mandarins varies, when used in different concentrations or stages of fruit development (AGUSTI et al., 1995), with weather conditions, and between genotypes (cultivars).
The high fruit abscission rates obtained in this study were influenced by the chemical thinners application in early stages of fruit development (cell division), intensifying the physiological drop (GREENBERG et al., 2006). However, the high rates of abscission of the control and hand thinning treatments (90.2 to 92.8%, respectively) are due to the low fruit load that occurred in the previous season (2011). The reduced fruit load induced low concentrations of endogenous gibberellins, favoring the signaling of floral induction (GRAVINA., 2007; MUNOZ-FAMBUENA et al., 2012). This, combined with a large carbohydrate availability (RUIZ et al., 2001), resulted in an abundant bloom. This abundant flowering causes a high drop of young fruit, resulting in very low fruit set, which may reach values of 0.1 to 0.5% (SPIEGEL-ROY & GOLDSCHMIDT, 1996). However, even with the high abscission occurred, a large fruit production was obtained in 2012 (Table 1).
The internal quality of the fruit was not greatly affected by treatments, similar to the 'Murcott' tangor (SERCILOTO et al., 2003) at concentrations of 15mg [L.sup.-1] of 3,5,6-TPA. The small effect the treatments had on the internal characteristics of the fruit is due to the fact that the application of growth regulators has an exclusive effect on the final size of the fruit, acting slightly on features of internal quality (SERCILOTO et al., 2003), which are determined during the third stage of fruit development. Nonetheless, all fruit remained above the minimum international standards for mandarin commercialization (CS [greater than or equal to] 33%; IM [greater than or equal to] 7.5) (OECD, 2010).
The best distribution of commercial sizes of fruit were observed in the treatments of 40mg [L.sup.-1] of 3,5,6-TPA, in comparison to the ET 200mg [L.sup.-1] + U 3% treatment. Although the abscission level between both treatments was similar, this may be linked to the phytotoxic action caused by the ET. Due to leaf drop caused by ET, a more effective flowering occurred and, therefore, reduced the availability of carbohydrates for longer periods of time for young fruit. This probably maintained smaller growth levels for a longer period of time, regarding the application of 3,5,6-TPA, which has a less prolonged action mechanism, restoring the growth rate of the fruit within a short period of time (MESEJO et al., 2012). This phenomenon appears to be linked to the time of application (physiological drop of young fruits), since in studies with application after this stage, in the early phase of cell elongation of the fruit, the distribution of fruit sizes was very similar between 3,5,6-TPA and ET (SERCILOTO et al., 2003).
Alternate bearing was not exceeded in the treatments studied, since the 19-year-old mandarin trees were already alternating for several years, despite the practice of hand-thinning and branch pruning. In this case of intense alternate bearing it is possible to enhance flowering after high bearing by foliar applications of urea (EL-OTMANI et al., 2004), paclobutrazol (MARTINEZ-FUENTES et al., 2013) and early fruit harvest (MUNOZ-FAMBUENA et al., 2011). However, flowering excess can be reduced after low fruit yield through foliar sprays of gibberellic acid (40mg [L.sup.-1]) (GRAVINA, 2007). Gibberellic acid acts by CiFT gene repression in leaves (MUNOZ-FAMBUENA et al., 2012) during floral induction, which occurs, for 'Montenegrina' in southern Brazil, usually in July (RAMOS-HURTADO et al., 2006).
CONCLUSION
In summary, 3,5,6-TPA acts as chemical fruit thinner on 'Montenegrina' mandarin when applied to physiological drop of young fruits. 40mg [L.sup.-1] of 3,5,6-TPA application provides fruits with similar size to hand-thinning, however, superior to ethephon applications.
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1590/0103-8478cr20140057
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to thank the Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) for financial support.
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Mateus Pereira Gonzatto (I) Gerson Nestor Boettcher (II) Leonardo Andre Schneider (II) Angelo Azeredo Lopes (II) Jairo Camargo Silveira Junior (II) Henrique Belmonte Petry (III) Roberto Pedroso de Oliveira (IV) Sergio Francisco Schwarz (II)
(I) Estacao Experimental Agronomica, Faculdade de Agronomia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), 92990- 000, Eldorado do Sul, RS, Brasil. E-mail: [email protected]. Corresponding author.
(II) Programa de Pos-graduacao em Fitotecnia, Departamento de Horticultura e Silvicultura (DHS), Faculdade de Agronomia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
(III) Estacao Experimental de Urussanga, Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuaria e Extensao Rural de Santa Catarina (EPAGRI), Urussanga, SC, Brasil.
(IV) Embrapa Clima Temperado, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Received 01.19.14 Approved 07.07.16 Returned by the author 10.05.16 CR-2014-0057.R3
Table 1--Fruit yield harvested in August 2012, fruitlet abscission,
fruit diameter (d) and average fruit mass ([m.sub.f]) of
'Montenegrina ' mandarin (Citrus deliciosa Tenore) subjected to
different treatments of fruit thinning. Pareci Novo, RS, Brazil (1).
Treatments Fruit yield (2012)
(kg (number
[tree.sup.-1]) [tree.sup.-1])
Control 67.7a 1029.3a
ET 300mg [L.sup.-1] 47.4ab 688.5ab
ET 200mg [L.sup.-1] + U 3% 38.6b 508.0b
ET 200mg [L.sup.-1] 48.4ab 619.5b
3.5.6-TPA 10mg [L.sup.-1] 44.8ab 558.5b
3.5.6-TPA 20mg [L.sup.-1] 48.5ab 641.5b
3.5.6-TPA 30mg [L.sup.-1] 48.2ab 592.3b
3.5.6-TPA 40mg [L.sup.-1] 46.1ab 498.0b
Hand-thinning (3) 36.4b 416.5b
P 0.0374 0.0009
CV (%) 23.68 25.83
Treatments Fruitlet
abscission (2) d
(%) (mm [fruit.sup.-1])
Control 90.2 c 52.6 c
ET 300mg [L.sup.-1] 95.8 ab 56.3 bc
ET 200mg [L.sup.-1] + U 3% 97.9 a 57.7 ab
ET 200mg [L.sup.-1] 97.1 ab 55.7 bc
3.5.6-TPA 10mg [L.sup.-1] 96.2 ab 56.8 abc
3.5.6-TPA 20mg [L.sup.-1] 97.0 ab 57.9 ab
3.5.6-TPA 30mg [L.sup.-1] 96.4 ab 58.9 ab
3.5.6-TPA 40mg [L.sup.-1] 98.6 a 61.3 a
Hand-thinning (3) 92.8 bc 59.8 ab
P <0.0001 <0.0001
CV (%) 3.44 4.15
Treatments
[m.sub.f]
(g [fruit.sup.-1])
Control 69.7 c
ET 300mg [L.sup.-1] 82.3 bc
ET 200mg [L.sup.-1] + U 3% 88.9 ab
ET 200mg [L.sup.-1] 82.8 bc
3.5.6-TPA 10mg [L.sup.-1] 84.1 bc
3.5.6-TPA 20mg [L.sup.-1] 91.1 ab
3.5.6-TPA 30mg [L.sup.-1] 93.8 ab
3.5.6-TPA 40mg [L.sup.-1] 105.5 a
Hand-thinning (3) 96.8 ab
P <0.0001
CV (%) 10.69
(1) Means followed by different letters in columns are significantly
different at the indicated P-value (Fisher's test) by Tukey's test
(P<0.05); (2) Fruitlet abscission to 45 days after application of
chemical thinners in the middle of physiological drop of young fruits
(November 12th. 2011); (3) Held on April 4th, 2012.
Table 2--Juice content (JC), titratable acidity (TA), soluble solids
(SS), maturation index (MI), hue angle (h[degrees]) and chromaticity
([C.sup.*]) of fruits of 'Montenegrina' mandarin (Citrus deliciosa
Tenore) subjected to different treatments of fruit thinning. Pareci
Novo, RS, Brazil (1).
Treatments(2) JC (%) TA (%) SS (%) MI
Control 51 1.01 8.8 b 8.9
ET 300mg [L.sup.-1] 47 0.93 9.1 ab 9.9
ET 200mg [L.sup.-1] + U 3% 52 1.07 10.3 a 9.8
ET 200mg [L.sup.-1] 51 0.99 10.2 ab 10.3
3.5.6-TPA 10mg [L.sup.-1] 50 0.97 9.2 ab 9.5
3.5.6-TPA 20mg [L.sup.-1] 52 1.03 9.6 ab 9.3
3.5.6-TPA 30mg [L.sup.-1] 49 1.05 9.6 ab 9.2
3.5.6-TPA 40mg [L.sup.-1] 48 1.03 10.2 ab 9.9
Hand-thinning 48 0.97 10.1 ab 10.4
P 0.0631 0.0670 0.004 0.1405
CV (%) 5.84 7.41 7.40 10.01
Treatments(2) h[degrees] [C.sup.*]
Control 85.8 a 61.8
ET 300mg [L.sup.-1] 83.4 ab 63.7
ET 200mg [L.sup.-1] + U 3% 84.1 ab 62.5
ET 200mg [L.sup.-1] 81.0 ab 63.4
3.5.6-TPA 10mg [L.sup.-1] 82.5 ab 63.3
3.5.6-TPA 20mg [L.sup.-1] 83.2 ab 62.2
3.5.6-TPA 30mg [L.sup.-1] 80.2 ab 63.9
3.5.6-TPA 40mg [L.sup.-1] 78.9 b 63.9
Hand-thinning 78.7 b 65.9
P 0.0031 0.058
CV (%) 3.76 3.15
(1) Means followed by different letters in columns are significantly
different at the indicated P-value (Fisher's test) by Tukey's test
(P<0.05); (2) Chemical thinners application (ET and 3,5,6-TPA) in the
middle of physiological drop of young fruits (November 12th. 2011).
Hand-thinning held on April 4th, 2012.
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