1999 Typy[TM] Apple Study

Win Cowgill¹, Jeremy Compton², Gary Donato³, Ging Lee⁴
Rutgers University, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station

Objective:

Evaluate the Plant Bioregulator (PBR) Typy[TM] (Agtrol, Inc.) in randomized studies with Promalin^®
PBR (Abbott Labatories) for increasing calyx elongation in Red Delicious apples (Fig. 1).

Introduction:

Figure 1
The recent introduction of another GibberellinsA
(Typy[TM]) gives growers a choice of materials. In 1999 we evaluated both Typy[TM] and Promalin^{4+7 +6-benzyladenine product by Agtrol, Inc.}
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againstuntreated controls in two replicatedstudies for product performance in increasing calyx
elongation.

Locations:

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Rutgers University, Snyder Research and Extension Farm, Hunterdon County, NJ
140 Locust Grove Rd. Pittstown, NJ 08867
Pittstown Fruit Farm, Inc. Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, NJ
1074 Croton Rd. Pittstown, NJ 08867

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Professor, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Extension Center, 4 Gauntt Place, Flemington, NJ 08822

North Jersey Tree Fruit Technician, Rutgers University, Snyder Research and Extension Farm, 140 Locust

Grove Rd. Pittstown, NJ 08867

Plant and Soil Science Technician, Rutgers University, Snyder Research and Extension Farm, 140 Locust

Grove Rd. Pittstown, NJ 08867

Proprietor, Pittstown Fruit Farm, Inc. 1074 Croton Rd. Pittstown, NJ 08867

1999 Typy Report