Meaning of fruitset | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A set of fruits from the same organism.
   countable, uncountable
2. The "setting" (beginning of growing) of fruit, resulting from successful pollination.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“Later, Schaible (49) also noticed that tomato fruit-set is generally poor when the night temperature exceeds 23 °C. Howlett (25) points out that both night and day temperatures are important factors limiting tomato fruit-set.”

“Most workers who have⟳ studied the use⟳ of auxin sprays on tomatoes have⟳ found that although forcing fruit-set on the first 3 or 4 clusters is beneficial, auxin applications to flowers on higher clusters have⟳ very little effect.”

“There is a strong and positive correlation between fruit-set and gamete viability (Prasad et al., 2017). Gamete functions (pollen and ovule) is the most important factor for fruit-set under HS. In tomato, fruit-set has been shown to[…]”

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