An official website of the United States government
Here's how you know
Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official
government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you've safely
connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive
information only on official, secure websites.
This article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model)
Early defoliation induced “Cuiguan” pear spur flower bud break in autumn. A–C, Bud break rate after defoliation in 2018 (A), 2019 (B), and 2020 (C). D, Representative images of spur bud break on mock control and defoliated trees on day 20. Error bars indicate the SEs of three biological replicates and asterisks indicate significant differences between the mock control and defoliated trees (Student’s t test). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.