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.

40.*       Day, K.R., T.M. DeJong and A.A. Hewitt. 1989. Postharvest and preharvest summer pruning of ‘Firebrite’ nectarine trees. HortScience 24(2):238‑240.

60.*       Deng, X., S.A. Weinbaum, T.M. DeJong, and T.T. Muraoka. 1991. Pistillate flower abortion in ‘Serr’ walnut associated with reduced carbohydrate and nitrogen concentrations in wood and xylem sap. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science  116(2):291-196.

61.*       Klein, I., S.A. Weinbaum, T.M. DeJong and T.T. Muraoka.  1991.  Relationship between fruiting, specific leaf weight, and subsequent spur productivity in walnut.  Journal of American Society for Horticultural Science 116(3):426-429.

63.*       DeJong, T.M. and K.R. Day.  1991.  Relationships between shoot productivity and leaf characteristics in peach canopies.  HortScience 26(10):1271-1273.

66.*       Johnson, R.S., D.F. Handley, and T.M. DeJong.  1992.  Long-term response of early maturing peach trees to postharvest water deficits.  J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 117(6):881-886.

107.*     Weinbaum, Steven A., Theodore M. DeJong, and John Maki.  2001.  Reassessment of seed influence on return bloom and fruit growth in ‘Bartlett’ pear.  HortScience 36(2):295-297.

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.

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.

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

169.*     Kirschbaum D.S., K.D. Larson, S.E. Weinbaum, T.M. DeJong. 2010. Relationships of carbohydrate and nitrogen content with strawberry transplant vigor and fruiting pattern in annual production systems. The Americas Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology, 4: 98-103.

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.

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.

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