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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0377-9424</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Agronomía Costarricense]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Agron. Costarricense]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0377-9424</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Costa Rica. Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrónomos. Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0377-94242016000100075</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15517/rac.v40i1.25333</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Apuntes sobre el manejo de árboles de lichi (Litchi chinensis) y su relación con la inducción floral]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Notes on management of lychee trees (Litchi chinensis) and its relation to flower induction]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quesada]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Patricia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Loría]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Estación Experimental Fabio Baudrit Moreno ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>40</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>75</fpage>
<lpage>80</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0377-94242016000100075&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0377-94242016000100075&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0377-94242016000100075&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Las observaciones fueron realizadas en la Estación Experimental Fabio Baudrit, Alajuela. Se aplicaron diversas prácticas de manejo químico y cultural en el período del 2008 al 2012, sobre árboles de lichi propagados por acodo, con el objetivo de observar su influencia sobre la floración. Las prácticas de manejo y productos utilizados fueron: el riego con restricción, raleo de ramas, aplicación de nitrato de potasio, paclobutrazol y ethrel. Ninguna de las prácticas utilizadas influenció positivamente la floración de los árboles bajo observación; por el contrario, fundamentalmente los tratamientos utilizados promovieron el crecimiento vegetativo. Se teoriza que se requieren períodos más prolongados de temperaturas por debajo de los 20ºC para que los árboles tengan mayores posibilidades de ser inducidos a florear.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Observations were made in the Fabio Baudrit Experiment Station. Several chemical and cultural management practices were applied, over the course of several years (2008-2012), on young lychee trees that had been propagated by means of air layering, with the purpose of observing their influence on blooming. The practices and products tested were: irrigation restriction, branch thinning, potassium nitrate, pachlobutrazole and ethrel. None of the management practices applied had a positive effect on the flowering of the trees under observation. It is speculated that lychee trees require prolonged periods with temperatures under 20ºC, for flower induction to occur.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Prácticas de manejo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[inducción floral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[influencia ambiental]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Management practices]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[flower induction]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ambient influence]]></kwd>
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