By Dr. Thomas T. Yamashita
Question: How can Fusion 360 products increase yields?
The most important means by Fusion 360 products and programs increase yields is by increasing the quantity of carbon and energy harvested by the trees through photosynthesis, with increases in the quantity of carbon-energy harvested of 1.5 to 7 times that of normal trees.
The methodologies by which these improvements are attained date back to 1959, when I began to participate in the farming operations of our small family farm. I became very involved in heading up the technical operations. It was at this time that I developed several methodologies that helped my father and mother set two world records for two varieties of peach, the Regular Elberta (with yields of 44 tons per acre) and the Fay Elberta (57 tons per acre). The materials I used increased the photosynthetic efficiency of the Regular Elbertas by 210% and the Fay Elbertas by 270%.
As I spent more time perfecting these increases in photosynthesis, I turned my attention to nut crops. In Merced and Stanislaus Counties, we achieved significant increases in almond orchard yields: Average yield was about 2,250 pounds, versus a yield of more than 5,500 pounds per acre, or an increase in photosynthetic efficiency of 440%.
A later trial using 19th leaf pistachios produced even better results. The yield for untreated fields was 1,299 pounds per acre, versus 5,759 per acre from treated fields, or an increase in photosynthetic of 440%.
Question: What treatments could help to produce record breaking populations of fruit buds and other necessary ancillary tissues?
Interestingly, the main goal associated with our experience in producing record-breaking yields was the byproduct of helping growers compensate for drought-related growing issues.
First, spray trees or vines every 10 to 14 days to improve carbon-energy harvest. When the carbon-energy harvest is increased, the extra carbon-energy will be translocated to help proliferate roots. Newly formed roots produce growth-promoting hormones called ‘cytokinins.’ The extra carbon-energy is used by trees and vines to produce shoots, vegetative buds, flower buds, bark, cambium, adventitious buds, and all the other components that make up the developing nut, shell, hull, and additional support tissues.
Secondly, it’s imperative to recognize that the highest priority of a tree or vine is to perpetuate the species. This is why, if growers fail to ensure adequate carbon-energy harvest, the tree or vine will gather up its current production of carbon-energy and divert its use to finishing the growth, development and maturation of the current season’s crop.
Depending on the carbon-energy harvest, it may or may not produce the additional buds necessary to support the nutritional requirements for next season’s crop. This will necessitate correct diversions of the proper components, their accurate proportions, and the optimum nutrients and minerals for producing a nutritious crop, while simultaneously initiating and accurately apportioning the various factors to produce another bumper crop, and avoid the pitfalls of alternate bearing.
Lastly, improve the distribution of irrigation emitters to maximize the number of proliferating roots. There is a direct correlation between the population of root initials, and the number of flower buds. Engineer the irrigation system to increase the surface area of the emitters. By increasing the number of root initials, you will begin to observe improvements in canopies and root systems, as well as the overall health of the tree or vine.
To learn more about how Fusion 360’s products and technologies can help you produce record-setting yields from your fields and orchards, contact us today.
