Preventing side shoot development with C8/C10 fatty acids increases yield and reduces pruning time in greenhouse tomato

Agriculture & Biology

• pruning 100%
• tomatoes 71%
• fatty acid methyl esters 71%
• greenhouses 68%
• fatty acids 66%
• shoots 60%
• winter 28%
• crop yield 15%
• shoot pruning 14%
• harvest index 9%
• crops 9%
• Solanum lycopersicum var. lycopersicum 9%
• fruit yield 8%
• free fatty acids 7%
• labor 7%
• hands 7%
• production technology 7%
• plant height 7%
• sowing 7%
• environmental factors 5%
• fruits 5%
• leaves 3%