Category I publications

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.

46.*       DeJong, T.M. and J. Goudriaan. 1989. Modeling peach fruit growth and carbohydrate requirements: reevaluation of the double‑sigmoid growth pattern. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 114(5):800‑804.

48.*       DeJong, T.M. and E.F. Walton. 1989. Carbohydrate requirements of peach fruit growth and respiration. Tree Physiology 5:329‑335.

53.*       Walton, E.F. and T.M. DeJong.  1990.  Growth and compositional changes in kiwifruit berries from three Californian locations.  Annals of Botany 66:285-298.

54.*       Walton, E.F., T.M. DeJong, and R.S. Loomis.  1990.  Comparison of four methods calculating the seasonal pattern of plant growth efficiency of a kiwifruit berry.  Annals of Botany 66:299-307. 

55.*       Day, K.R. and T.M. DeJong.  1990.  Girdling of early season ‘Mayfire’ nectarine trees.  Journal of Horticultural Science 65(5):529-534.

56.*       Walton, E.F. and T.M. DeJong.  1990.  Estimating the bioenergetic cost of a developing kiwifruit berry and its growth and maintenance respiration components.  Annals of Botany 66:417-424.

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.

70.*       Pavel, E.W. and T.M. DeJong.  1993.  Seasonal CO2 exchange patterns of developing peach (Prunus persica) fruits in response to temperature, light and CO2 concentration.  Physiologia Plantarum 88:322-330. 

71.*       Pavel, E.W. and T.M. DeJong.  1993.  Estimating the photosynthetic contribution of developing peach (Prunus persica) fruits to their growth and maintenance carbohydrate requirements.  Physiologia Plantarum 88:331-338.

72.*       Pavel, E.W. and T.M. DeJong.  1993.  Relative growth rate and its relationship to compositional changes of nonstructural carbohydrates in the mesocarp of developing peach fruits.  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 118(4):503-508.

76.*       Pavel, E.W. and T.M. DeJong.  1993.  Source- and sink-limited growth periods of developing peach fruits indicated by relative growth rate analysis.  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 118(6):820-824.

78.*       DeJong, Theodore M. and Yaffa L. Grossman.  1994.  A supply and demand approach to modeling annual reproductive and vegetative growth of deciduous fruit trees.  HortScience 29(12):1435-1442

80.*       Grossman, Yaffa L. and Theodore M. DeJong. 1994.  PEACH: A simulation model of reproductive and vegetative growth in peach trees.  Tree Physiology 14: 329-345.

83.*       Pavel, E.W. and T.M. DeJong.  1995.  Seasonal patterns of nonstructural carbohydrates of apple (Malus pumila Mill.) fruits:  Relationship with relative growth rates and contribution to solute potential.  Journal of Horticultural Science 70(1):127-134.

84.*       Grossman, Y.L. and T.M. DeJong.  1995.  Maximum fruit growth potential and seasonal patterns of resource dynamics during peach growth.  Annals of Botany 75:553-560.

85.*       Grossman, Y.L. and T.M. DeJong.  1995.  Maximum fruit growth potential following resource limitation during peach growth.  Annals of Botany 75:561-567.

87.*       DeJong, Theodore M. and Yaffa L. Grossman. 1995. Quantifying sink and source limitations on dry matter partitioning to fruit growth in peach trees.  Physiologia Plantarum 95:437-443. 

90.*       Berman, M.E. and T.M. DeJong.  1996.  Water stress and crop load effects on fruit fresh and dry weights in peach (Prunus persica).  Tree Physiology 16:859-864.

93.*       Saenz, J.L., T.M. DeJong, and S..A. Weinbaum.  1997.  Nitrogen stimulated increases in peach yields are associated with extended fruit development period and increased fruit sink capacity.  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 122(6):772-777.

94.*       Crisosto, Carlos H., R. Scott Johnson, Ted DeJong, and Kevin R. Day.  1997.  Orchard factors affecting postharvest stone fruit quality.  HortScience  32(5):820-823.

 98.*      Berman, M.E., A. Rosati, L. Pace, Y.L. Grossman, and T.M. DeJong.  1998.  Using simulation modeling to estimate the relationship between date of fruit maturity and yield potential in peach.  Fruit Varieties Journal 52(4):229-235.

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.

 116.*    Basile, B., M.J. Mariscal, K.R. Day, R.S. Johnson, and T.M. DeJong.  2002.  Japanese plum (Prunus salicina L.) fruit growth:  seasonal pattern of source/sink limitations.  Journal American Pomological Society 56(2):86-93.

 120.*    Marsal, J., B. Basile, L. Solari, and T.M. DeJong. 2003. Influence of branch autonomy on fruit, scaffold, trunk and root growth during Stage III of peach fruit development. Tree Physiology 23:313-323.

121.*     Berman, M.E. and T.M. DeJong. 2003. Seasonal patterns of vegetative growth and competition with reproductive sinks in peach (Prunus persica). Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 78(3):303-309.

127.*     Girona, J., J. Marsal, M. Mata, A. Arbones, and T.M. DeJong. 2004. A comparison of the    combined effect of water stress and crop load on fruit growth during different phonological                 stages in young peach trees. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 79:308-315.

131.*     Marsal, J., G. Lopez, J. Girona, B. Basile, and T.M. DeJong. 2005.  Heterogeneity in fruit     distribution and stem water potential variations in peach trees under different irrigation            conditions.  J. Hort. Sci and Biotechnology 80:82-86.

132.*     Mahhou, A., T.M. DeJong, T. Cao, and K.S. Shackel.  2005.  Water stress and crop load effects on vegetative and fruit growth of ‘Elegant Lady’ peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batch] trees.  Fruits 60:55-68.

144.*    Teo, G., Y. Suzuki, S.L. Uratsu, B. Lampinen, N. Ormonde, W.K. Hu, T.M. DeJong, and A.M.  Dandekar. 2006. Silencing leaf sorbitol synthesis alters long-distance partitioning and apple fruit quality. PNAS 103:18842-18847.

145.*    Mahhou, A., T.M. DeJong, K.S. Shackel and T. Cao. 2006. Water stress and crop load effects on yield and fruit quality of Elegant Lady peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch].  Fruits 61:407-418.

146.*     Lopez, G. and T.M. DeJong. 2007. High spring temperatures decrease peach fruit size. California Agriculture 61: 31-34.

150.*     Basile, B., L.I. Solari, and T.M. DeJong. 2007.  Intra-canopy variability of fruit growth rate in peach trees grafted on rootstocks with different vigour-control capacity. J. Hort.Sci. and Biotechnology 82:243-256.

151.*   Lopez, G. and T.M. DeJong.  2007.  Spring temperatures have a major effect on early stages of peach fruit growth.  J. Hort. Sci. and Biotechnology 82:507-512.

Category II publications

6.            DeJong, T.M. and J. Goudriaan.  1989.  Modeling the carbohydrate economy of peach fruit growth and crop production.  Acta Horticulturae 254:103-108. 

7.            DeJong, T.M., R.S. Johnson, and S.P. Castagnoli.  1990.  Computer simulation of the carbohydrate economy of peach crop growth.  Acta Horticulturae 276:97-104. 

8.            Walton, E.F. and T.M. DeJong.  1990.  Estimation of the bioenergetic cost to grow a kiwifruit berry.  Acta Horticulturae 276:231-237. 

15.          DeJong, T.M.  1998.  Using organ growth potentials to identify physiological and horticultural limitations to yield.  Acta Horticulturae 465:293-302.

16.          Esparza, G., T.M. DeJong, and Y.L. Grossman.  1998.  Modeling the vegetative and reproductive growth of almonds.  Acta Horticulturae 470:324-331.

17.          Day, K.R. and T.M. DeJong. 1998. Improving fruit size: thinning and girdling nectarines, peaches, and plums. Comact Fruit Tree Vol. 32, Argentina, June 1999.

20.          Mimoun, M. Ben and T.M. DeJong. 1999.  Using the relation between growing degree hours and harvest date to estimate run-times for peach: A tree growth and yield simulation model. Acta Horticulturae 499:107-114.

26.          Mariscal, M.J., K.R. Day, B.Basile, and T.M. DeJong. 2002. Modeling the vegetative and reproductive growth of plums. Acta Horticulturae 584: 35-42.

28.          Marra, F.P., P. Inglese, T.M. DeJong and R.S. Johnson. 2002. Thermal time requirement and harvest time forecast for peach cultivars with different fruit development periods. Acta Horticulturae 592:523-529.

33.         DeJong, T.M. 2006.  Physiological and developmental principles of peach tree and fruit growth related to management practices.  Acta Horticulturae 713:161-168.

40.          Lopez, G. and T. DeJong.  2008. Using growing degree hours accumulated thirty days after bloom to help growers predict difficult fruit sizing years.  Acta Hort. 803:175-180.

42.          Lopez, G., C. Smith, R. Favreau and T. DeJong. 2008.  Using L-PEACH for dynamic simulation of source-sink behavior of peach trees: effects of date of thinning on fruit growth. Acta Hort 803:209-216.

43.          Day K., G. Lopez and T. DeJong. 2008.  Using growing degree hours accumulated thirty days after bloom to predict peach and nectarine harvest date.  Acta Hort. 803:163-166.

44.          DeBuse C., G. Lopez and T. DeJong.  2010. Using spring weather data to predict harvest date for ‘Improved French’ prune. Acta Hort 874:107-112.

51.          Lopez, G., K.R. Day and T.M. DeJong. 2011. Why do early high spring temperatures reduce peach fruit size and yield at harvest? Acta Hort. 903:1055-1062.

54.          DeJong, T.M. 2012. Fruit growth and development as it relates to crop load, thinning and climate change. Acta Hort. 962: 233-238