Abstract
Abstract The early-spring mechanical removal of various combinations of buds from one-year-old branches of pecan [Carya illinoensis (Wang.) K. Koch, cv. Desirable] increased the number of lateral shoots and indicated the potential for development of both pistillate and staminate flowers and mature nuts from primary, secondary, and tertiary buds from nodes throughout the length of one-year-old branches. ‘Desirable’ was found to possess strong apical dominance; thus, bud removal and pruning treatments did not greatly increase the development of greater than normal numbers of lateral shoots. Methods that could block apical dominance and allow continued development of young shoots that normally abort appear to have potential of greatly increasing crop productivity.
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