AN OVERVIEW OF FACTORS RELATED TO FRUIT SIZE IN LITCHI CHINENSIS SONN.

This paper overviews the research on fruit size in litchi, an arillate fruit species. Factors affecting fruit size such as genetic characteristics, pericarp development, cytological basis, temperatures, water regime, phytohormones, nutrients, plant regulators, surgical operations such as pruning, girdling or bark ring incision etc., and crop load are discussed.