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Crop yield response to water - Cra

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Figure 1 Production trends for pears in the principal countries (FAO, 2011).ItalySpainUSAChinaArgentina15 00010 0005 000Production (1 000 <strong>to</strong>nne)1 0008006004002000198519901995200020052010Description of the Stages of Developmentin relation <strong>to</strong> Yield DeterminationThe reproductive growth of pear trees can be divided in<strong>to</strong> two stages based on the growthrate of the fruit (Figure 2). Stage I of pear fruit development, corresponds <strong>to</strong> the initialslow growth phase, and Stage II corresponds <strong>to</strong> the rapid growth phase (Mitchell et al.,1989) which in the cultivar Bartlett the second stage could be differentiated when growth(volume increase) surpasses the rate of 1.5 cm 3·day -1 .pear 377

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