Apple Flower Formation. An attempt was made to relate the present findings to current concepts of flower formation in apple. Our data suggest that apple fruiting spurs are semi-autonomous organs as flower formation is related to the availability of resources within the spurs and within the whole tree.
The buds show a silver fuzzy tissue then a green tip develops. 1974 showed that daily temperature fluctuations around a mean of 145C reduced the initiation of flower buds as compared with a constant temperature of 145C. Drawing of apple half flower - receptacle entirely encloses the ovary.
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This is the beginning of leaves. The process of flower formation in apple lasts from 9 to 10 months. 332 The present data were obtained from a number of experiments not specially designed to study flower-bud formation but to explore the effects of various environmental factors on the. The flower bud formation in the apple passes in the following succession.