Sentence examples for maturation date from inspiring English sources

For the first year (2009), when both tree replicates of fruit grown and harvested at standard maturity in Hawke's Bay and Motueka were assessed, fruit maturation date ranged from 27 January to 30 April (Table 1).

The year×site effect was not significant for loss of firmness after storage and fruit maturation date.

There was a strong genetic control of fruit maturation date, with a correlation between site and year, ranging from r=0.73 to 0.87 (Table 3).

The QTL on LG16 from the 'Braeburn' map (Lg16-BB) is of considerable interest as it controlled fruit maturation date, fruit firmness and DM content.

Fruit maturation date was significantly correlated to textural traits, with the highest correlation coefficient being r=−0.47 for loss of firmness in Motueka in 2010.

For those loci that were environmentally stable over three sites, there was an interdependency of fruit maturation date, dry matter content and storage potential within this population, with two regions on Linkage Groups (LGs) 10 and 16 strongly contributing.

Crop rotation induces disturbances that vary with the crop grown each year (planting or maturation dates, growth habit, competitive ability, associated cultural practices, fertiliser requirements and more or less specific herbicides) while the disturbance regime is constant in monocultures.

Dry dates require hot dry environment for optimal growth and maturation whereas soft dates can tolerate some humidity and necessitate less heat units [ 15, 16].

Taken together, these genes constitute a set of potential ripening indicators distinguishing the optimal harvest date from under-maturation and over-maturation phases.

Traits with low population variation included date of maturation, plant height, leaf length, leaf color, inflorescence length, and spike length.

The date of maturation (stage R8 [ 28]) was delayed more than 5 days during LD in 36 of the 53 accessions tested.