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- Author or Editor: Kenneth L. Koonce x
Abstract
Seven tomato genotypes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) were crossed in all except reciprocal combinations in a diallel test for heat tolerance. S6916 had the highest general combining ability (GCA) value for heat tolerance, indicating that it transmitted good fruit setting abilty at high temperatures to its progeny. BL6807 had the second highest GCA value for fruit set but also transmitted underdeveloped ovaries. L401 had the lowest GCA value for fruit set. Additive gene action was more important than nonadditive effects for fruit set, flower drop, and underdeveloped ovaries at high temperatures.
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A standard practice for many decades has been for homeowners and arborists to prune tree limbs flush with the trunk and to paint over the wound surface with a tree wound compound. This practice still exists today with many homeowners and some arborists. The use of tree wound compounds is claimed to be of little value (4-6). We investigated this practice in the humid, warm, extended growing seasons of the deep south of the United States.