Analysis of walnut fruit quality based on source-sink relationships.

SHIWEI WANG; CUIFANG ZHANG; CUNDE PAN; SHANCHAO ZHAO

In the paper, we investigate the relationship between the walnut fruit quality and the leaf-to-fruit ratio (LFR). The LFR had a significant effect on the physical quality of walnuts (P 0.05). The number of cells per unit area and the cross-sectional area of the green husk cells with 5L : 1F were significantly higher than those with 1L : 3F and 2L : 3F (P 0.05). We concluded that the high carbohydrate availability with the high LFR augmented the fruit size by increasing the number of cells in the green husk and kernels. There was no change in the crude protein and crude fat contents in the kernels, possibly due to the proportion of the sugar to the fat distribution not affected by the LFR. Two leaves with good light were necessary to ensure the normal growth and development of one walnut fruit on girdled fruit-bearing shoots.

FRUIT quality; WALNUT; DRIED fruit; NUTS; FRUIT drying; UNIT cell; CARBOHYDRATES

Horticultural Science, 2022, Vol 49, Issue 2, p102

0862-867X

Academic Journal

10.17221/93/2021-HORTSCI