Understanding the alternate bearing phenomenon: Resource budget model

Alternate Bearing in Fruit Trees1

Noise Induced Synchronization on Collective Dynamics of Citrus Production

It is very common to observe nonlinear features in agricultural and ecological systems. For example, in tree crop production, alternate bearing is well known phenomena caused by nonlinear dynamics. Production of single tree of Citrus Unshiu trees is recognized to be driven by a mechanistic process modeled with the so-called “resource budget model”, which demonstrates phenomenon of alternate bea...

Understanding the Soft Budget Constraint

WDI. We express our gratitude to the editor, John McMillan and two anonymous referees for valuable comments and suggestions. ABSTRACT. We propose a clarification of the notion of a soft budget constraint, a concept widely used in the analysis of socialist, transitional, and market economies. Our interpretation is broad enough to embrace most existing approaches to soft budget constraint phenome...

Insight into Alternate Bearing of Pecan

The fundamental cause of alternate bearing in pecan [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch] is unknown, but is closely linked to the size of the dormant season carbohydrate pool. Nut yields (over a period of up to 78 years) were evaluated, for 66 cultivars, in regards to alternate bearing intensity (I). Best-fit regression analysis indicates no association between I and fruit ripening date (FR...

Corrigendum: Direct coupling: a possible strategy to control fruit production in alternate bearing

We investigated the theoretical possibility of applying phenomenon of synchronization of coupled nonlinear oscillators to control alternate bearing in citrus. The alternate bearing of fruit crops is a phenomenon in which a year of heavy yield is followed by an extremely light one. This phenomenon has been modeled previously by the resource budget model, which describes a typical nonlinear oscil...