George C Martin

Professor Emeritus Pomologist-AES

Department of Plant Sciences
One Shields Avenue
1210 Plant and Environmental Sciences Bldg
Davis, CA 95616-8780
(530) 752-0934

Website

http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/plantsciences/

Specialty

Tree fruit physiology, emphasis on hormones and applied growth regulators; control of dormancy and fruit set; measurement of hormones; olives; production problems; human stress physiology; coaching distance runners and cyclists; philosophy of science

ANR Publications

Almond Production Manual
Olive Production Manual-2nd Edition
OLIVE SPRAY THINNING.REV.1981
PRUNE ORCHARD MANAGEMENT. 1981
Walnut Production Manual

California Agriculture Article Contributions

Special Section Insert: Lessons from a record-breaking freeze: Some olives show damage; many, coldhardiness
Chemical growth regulator for peaches
Usina concentrate postbloom NAA sprays to thin olives
‘Swan Hill’ as an ornamental olive cultivar
Cumulative effects of ethephon as a fruit thinner on French prune trees
Chemical “pruning” of walnut trees
A new approach to thinning olives
Apple russet on Yellow Newtown Pippin
Effects of prolonged drying and harvest delay following ethephon on walnut kernel quality
Lower ethephon rates effective in walnut harvest
Is walnut drying time affected by ethephon?

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