Category I publications

32.          DeJong, T.M. and J.F. Doyle. 1985. The effect of row orientation on light distribution in hedgerow peach tree canopies. Acta Horticulturae 173:159‑166.

37.*       DeJong, T.M., J.F. Doyle, and K.R. Day. 1987. Seasonal patterns of reproductive and vegetative sink activity in early and late maturing peach (Prunus persica) cultivars. Physiology Plantarum 71:83‑88.

110.*     Esparza, G., T.M. DeJong, S.A. Weinbaum, and I. Klein.  2001.  Effects of irrigation deprivation during the harvest period on yield determinants in mature almond trees.  Tree Physiology 21:1073-1079.

123.*     Weibel, A., R.S. Johnson, and T.M. DeJong. 2003. Comparative vegetative growth responses of two peach cultivars grown on size-controlling versus standard rootstocks. J. Amer Soc. Hort. Sci. 128(4):463-471.

137.*     Gordon, D., C. Damiano, and T. M. DeJong. 2006.  Preformation in vegetative buds of Prunus persica: factors influencing number of leaf primordial in overwintering buds.  Tree Physiology       26:537-544.

138.*     Pernice, F., L. Solari, and T.M. DeJong.  2006.  Comparison of growth potentials of epicormic shoots of nectarine trees grown on size-controlling and vigorous rootstocks.  J. Hort. Sci. and Biotechnology 81:211-218.

139.*     Gordon, C., A. Rosati, C. Damiano and T.M. DeJong. 2006. Seasonal effects of light exposure, temperature, trunk growth and plant carbohydrate status on the initiation and growth of epicormic shoots in Prunus persica. J. Hort. Sci. and Biotechnology 81:421-428.

152.*   Spann, T.M.,  R.H. Beede, and T.M. DeJong. 2007. Preformation in vegetative buds of Pistachio (Pistacia vera): relationship to shoot morphology, crown structure and rootstock vigor.  Tree Physiology 27: 1189-1196.

153.*   Gordon, D. and T.M. DeJong. 2007.  Current-year and subsequent-year effects of crop load manipulation and epicormic-shoot removal on distribution of long, short and epicormic shoot growth in Prunus persica.  Annals of Botany 99:323-332.

156.*     Spann, T.M., R.H. Beede, and T.M. DeJong. 2008.  Neoformed growth responses to dormant pruning in mature and immature pistachio trees grown on different rootstocks.  Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 83:137-142.

158.*     Heerema, R.J., S.A. Weinbaum, F. Pernice, and T.M.DeJong. 2008.  Spur survival and return bloom in almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb] varied with spur fruit load, specific leaf weight, and leaf area. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 83:274-281

159.*     Lopez, G., R. R. Favreau, C. Smith, E. Costes, P. Prusinkiewicz and T. M. DeJong. 2008. Integrating simulation of architectural development and source–sink behaviour of peach trees by incorporating Markov chains and physiological organ function submodels into L-PEACH. Functional Plant Biology 35:761-771.

161.*     Heerema, R.J., S.A. Weinbaum, B.D. Lampinen, and T.M. DeJong. 2009.  Is nitrogen stress more apparent in shaded, fruiting spurs than exposed, non-fruiting spurs? Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 84:355-359.

162.*     Spann, T.M., R.H. Beede, and T.M. DeJong. 2009. Contributions of short- and long-shoots to yield of ‘Kerman’ pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) Scientia Horticulturae 121:495–500

172.*     Lampinen, B.D., S. Tombesi, S.G. Metcalf, and T.M. DeJong, 2011.  Spur behaviour in almond trees: relationships between previous year leaf area, fruit bearing and mortality.  Tree Physiology 31:700-706

173.*     Tombesi, S., B.D. Lampinen, S.Metcalf  and T.M. DeJong. 2011.  Relationships between spur- and orchard-level fruit bearing in almond (Prunus dulcis).  Tree Physiology 31: 1413–1421

186.*     Negron, C., L. Contador, B. D. Lampinen, S. G. Metcalf, Y. Guedon, E. Costes and T. M. DeJong. 2013. Systematic Analysis of Branching Patterns of Three Almond Cultivars with Different Tree Architectures. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 138:407-415.

187.*     Negron, C, L. Contador, B. D. Lampinen, S. G. Metcalf, Y. Guedon, E. Costes and T. M. DeJong. 2014. Differences in proleptic and epicormic shoot structures in relation to water deficit and growth rate in almond trees (Prunus dulcis).  Annals of Botany 113:545-554.

192.*     Negron, C, L. Contador, B. D.Lampinen, S. G. Metcalf, Y. Guedon, E. Costes and T. M. DeJong. 2015. How different pruning severities alter shoot structure: A modelling approach in young ‘Nonpareil’ almond trees. Functional Plant Biology 42: 325–335.

196.*     Tombesi, S., B.D. Lampinen, S. Metcalf and T.M. DeJong. 2015. Spur fruit set is negatively related with current-year spur leaf area in almond. Hortscience 50(2):322–325.

200*      Reyes, F, T. DeJong, P. Franceschi, M. Tagliavini and D. Gianelle. 2016. Growth potential and periods of resource limitation in apple trees. Frontiers in Plant Science doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00233

203*      Tombesi, S., B. D. Lampinen, S. Metcalf and T. M. DeJong. 2017. Yield in almond is related more to the abundance of flowers than the relative number of flowers that set fruit.  California Agriculture 71: 68-74.

204*      Saa, S., E. Ferna´ndez, S. Muhammad, A. Olivos-Del Rı´o, T. M. DeJong, E. Laca, P. Brown. 2017. Increases in leaf nitrogen concentration and leaf area did not enhance spur survival and return bloom in almonds (Prunus dulcis [Mill.] DA Webb). Acta Physiol. Plant. 39:107

207*     Muhammad, S., B.L. Sanden, S.Saa, B.D. Lampinen, D.R. Smart, K.A. Shackel, T.M. DeJong and     Patrick H. Brown. 2018. Optimization of nitrogen and potassium nutrition to improve yield and           yield parameters of irrigated almond (Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb). Scientia Horticulturae     228:204–212.

222*     Lordan, J., L. Zazurca, M. Rovira, L. Torguet, I. Batlle, T. DeJong and X. Miarnau. 2021. Almond     Fruit Drop Patterns under Mediterranean Conditions. Agriculture 2021, 11, 544.         https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11060544

Category II publications

41.          Smith, C., E. Costes, R. Favreau, G. Lopez and T. DeJong. 2008.  Improving the architecture of simulated trees in L-PEACH by integrating Markov chains and responses to pruning. Acta Hort. 803: 201-208.

50.          Spann T.M., R.H. Beede and T.M. DeJong. 2011. Contributions of short- and long-shoots to yield of ‘Kerman’ pistachio. Acta Hort. 903:973-978.

55.          DeJong, T.M., C. Negron, R. Favreau E. Costes, G. Lopez, Y. Guédon and K.R. Day. 2012 Using concepts of shoot growth and architecture to understand and predict responses of peach trees to pruning. Acta Hort. 962:225-232.

60.          Day, K.R., R.S. Johnson and T.M. DeJong. 2013. Developing a pedestrian plum orchard: the role of tree form, density, and height. Acta Hort. 985:175-180.

61.          Negrón, C., L. Contador, B.D. Lampinen, S.G. Metcalf, Y. Guédon, E. Costes and T.M. DeJong. 2014. How Plant Water Status Affects the Structure of Proleptic Shoots of Almond Trees. Acta Hort 1028 95-98

67.          Negrón, C., M.L. Contador, B.D. Lampinen, S.G. Metcalf, Y. Guédon, E. Costes and T.M. DeJong. 2015. Using Hidden Semi-Markov Chains to Compare the Shoot Structure of Three Different Almond Cultivars. Acta Hort. 1068:67-75

69.          Davidson, A.M., D. Da Silva and T.M. DeJong 2015.  Seasonal variability of leaf appearance rate of proleptic and epicormic shoots of peach (Prunus persica) grown in normal and deficit irrigation treatments. Acta Hort. 1084:313-319

76.       Lampinen, B., Tombesi, S., Metcalf, S.G. and DeJong, T.M. 2018. Spur dynamics: the key to understanding cropping in almond trees. Acta Hort. 1219, 185-192.