01732naa a2200193 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000180006024501190007826000090019752011310020665300210133765300190135865300200137765300180139770000180141570000170143377300880145010882922013-02-20       2012    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aMADAIL, R. H.  aInfluence of floral structure and flower bud quality on productivity and fruit shape in different apple cultivars.  c2012  aThe present study examines the relationship between the floral structure and the productiviy and fruit quality in Gala, Fuji and Daiane apple cultivars in the mild winter conditions in southern Brazil. Six different types of floral structures were characterized in field growing plants, according to their nature and bud size: spurs, short and long twigs with weak and vigorous buds. For these different structures were evaluated parameters related to the phenology and the productivity. The Gala and Fuji cvs showed earlier phenological development in the twigs, and cv Daiane in the spurs. But in the three cvs the highest percentage of buds in each phenological phase was observed in the long twigs. The long twigs also showed the highest sprout and fruit set index, the major floral number per cluster and leaf area in the three cvs, while the bud abortion was higher in the spurs than in the twigs. According to the data found for fruit shape, no difference was observed in the cvs Gala and Fuji. In the cv Daiane, however, was observed a tendency to higher lenght diameter ratio in the fruits produced by the long twigs.  aEstrutura floral  aForma do fruto  aMalus domestica  aProdutividade1 aHERTER, F. G.1 aLEITE, G. B.  tRevista Brasileira de Fruticultura, Jaboticabal, SPgv. 34, n. 3, p. 686-694, 2012.