In the past, chemical thinning dominated in fruit orchards. This paper for special issue outlines alternatives to crop load management (CLM) and its effect on size, firmness, sugar, starch, weight, indicating ripeness quality, yield, alternate bearing. A total of 450 apple trees (Malus domestica Borkh., cv. ‘Roter Boskoop’; six years old) M9 rootstock were used at Klein-Altendorf experimental s...

Different rhythmic leg movements in vertebrates can share coordinating neural circuitry (Stein 2005). These movements are often similar kinematically, and smooth transitions between the different movements are common. We focused on interlimb coordination of the legs in young infants, to determine if weight bearing and non-weight bearing movements might share coordinating circuitry. If interlimb...

In order to investigate the seasonal changes and the possible role of the free polyamines in the leaves and stems on the alternate bearing habit of the ‘Kinnow’ mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) trees, a comparative study was conducted to analyze the levels of free polyamines  (putrescine, spermidine and spermine) in the leaves and stems tissues of “on” and &ldquo...

Different rhythmic leg movements in vertebrates can share coordinating neural circuitry. These movements are often similar kinematically, and smooth transitions between the different movements are common. We focused on interlimb coordination of the legs in young infants to determine whether weight bearing and non-weight bearing movements might share coordinating circuitry. If interlimb coordina...