Cuevas, Sergio Lopez2009-08-192014-08-192009-08-19bibid: 6681446https://hdl.handle.net/1813/13590In 2002, an orchard with two experiments of 'Honeycrisp'/M.9 apple trees was planted at teh New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY (2500 trees/ha). One experiment compared the effect of ground applied nitrogen fertilizer (100 kg N/ha) and potassium fertilizer (100 kg K20/ha), irrigation and cropload levels (1-5,6-10,11-15,>15 fruits/cm (exp 2) TCA) on yield and fruit quality. The second experiment compared the effect of three foliar sprays of N, B, Zn, and Mg in a ration of 1:0.15:0:5:0.14, irrigation and cropload on yield and fruit quality.en-USFertilization and Irrationdissertation or thesis