Pg. 26-30 Possible Pollination Factors Causing Fruit Drop in Litchi (Litchi Chinenesis Sonn)

This report supplies information about the competition between pollen tubes originating from different pollen donors and the effect it has on fertilisation. Results of fruit drop patterns between self- and open-pollinated and between self- and cross-pollinated flowers showed that two to three fruit drop waves occur in HLH Mauritius and Floridian litchi trees.