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.

38.*       Larson, K.D., T.M. DeJong, and R.S. Johnson. 1988. Physiological and growth responses of mature peach trees to postharvest water stress. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 113(3):296‑300.

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.

47.*       DeJong, T.M., K.R. Day, and R.S. Johnson. 1989. Partitioning of leaf nitrogen with respect to within canopy light exposure and nitrogen availability in peach (Prunus persica). Trees 3:89‑95. 

57.*       Retzlaff, W.A., L.E. Williams, and T.M. DeJong.  1991.  The effect of different atmospheric ozone partial pressures on photosynthesis and growth of nine fruit and nut tree species.  Tree Physiology 8:93-105.

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

65.*       Retzlaff, W.A., T.M. DeJong, and L.E. Williams.  1992.  Photosynthesis and growth response of almond to increased atmospheric ozone partial pressures.  Journal of Environmental Quality 21:208-216.

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.

67.*       DeJong, T.M., K.R. Day, and J.F. Doyle.  1992.  Evaluation of training/pruning systems for peach, plum and nectarine trees in California.  Acta Horticulturae 322:99-105.

69.*       Retzlaff, W.A., L.E. Williams, and T.M. DeJong.  1992.  Photosynthesis, growth, and yield response of ‘Casselman’ plum to various ozone partial pressures during orchard establishment.  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 117(5):703-710.

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.

79.*       Grossman, Yaffa L. and Theodore M. DeJong.  1994.  Carbohydrate requirements for dark respiration by peach vegetative organs.  Tree Physiology 14: 37-48. 

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.

81.*       DeJong, Theodore M., Kevin R. Day, James F. Doyle, and R.S. Johnson.  1994.  The Kearney Agricultural Center Perpendicular "V" (KAC-V) orchard system for peaches and nectarine.  HortTechnology 4(4):362-367.

86.*       Grossman, Yaffa L. and Theodore M. DeJong. 1995. Maximum vegetative growth potential and seasonal patterns of resource dynamics during peach growth.  Annals of Botany 76:473-482. 

91.*       Berman, M.E. and T.M. DeJong.  1997.  Diurnal patterns of stem extension growth in peach (Prunus persica): Temperature and fluctuations in water status determine growth rate.  Physiologia Plantarum 100:361-370.

92.*       Berman, M.E. and T.M. DeJong.  1997.  Crop load and water stress effects on daily stem growth in peach (Prunus persica).  Tree Physiology 17:467-472.

95.*       Retzlaff, W.A., L.E. Williams, and T.M. DeJong.  1997.  Growth and yield response of commercial bearing-age ‘Casselman’ plum trees to various ozone partial pressures.  Journal of Environmental Quality 26:858-865.

 99.*      Grossman, Y.L. and T.M. DeJong.  1998.  Training and pruning system effects on vegetative growth potential, light interception, and cropping efficiency in peach trees.  Journal of the American Society of Horticultural Science 123(6):1058-1064. 

102.*     DeJong, T.M.  1999.  Developmental and environmental control of dry-matter partitioning in peach. HortScience 34(6):1037-1040.

105.*     Rosati, A., K.R. Day, and T.M. DeJong.  2000.  Distribution of leaf mass per unit area and leaf nitrogen concentration determine partitioning of leaf nitrogen within tree canopies.  Tree Physiology 20:271-276.

112.*     Rufat, Josep and Theodore M. DeJong.  2001.  Estimating seasonal nitrogen dynamics in peach trees in response to nitrogen availability.  Tree Physiology 21:1133-1140. 

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.

122.*     Basile, B., J. Marsal, and T.M. DeJong. 2003. Daily shoot extension growth of peach trees growing on rootstocks that reduce scion growth is related to daily dynamics of stem water potential. Tree Physiology 23:695-704.

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. 

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.

135*.     Allen, M.T., P. Prusinkiewicz, and T.M. DeJong. 2005.  Using L-systems for modeling source-          sink interactions, architecture and physiology of growing trees: the L-PEACH model.  New       Phytologist 166:869-888.

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.

140.*     Solari, L.I. and T.M. DeJong. 2006.  The effect of root pressurization on water relations, shoot growth, and leaf gas exchanges of peach (Prunus persica) trees on rootstocks with differing growth potential and hydraulic conductance.  J. Experimental Botany 57: 1981-1989.

141.*     Solari, L.I., S. Johnson, and T.M. DeJong.  2006.  Relationship of water status to vegetative growth and leaf gas exchange of peach (Prunus persica) trees on different rootstocks.  Tree Physiology 26:1333-1341.

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.

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.

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

163.*    Lopez, G., R. R. Favreau, C. Smith, and T. M. DeJong. 2010. L-PEACH: A Computer-based Model to Understand How Peach Trees Grow.  HorTechnology 20: 983-990.

171.*    Da Silva, D, R. Favreau, I. Auzmendi, T. DeJong. 2011.  Linking water stress effects on carbon   partitioning by introducing a xylem circuit into L-PEACH.  Annals of Botany 108:1135-1145.

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.

188.*    Bruckner, C. H. and T. M. DeJong. 2014. Proposed pre-selection method for identification of dwarfing peach rootstocks based on rapid shoot xylem vessel analysis. Scientia Horticulturae 165:404-409.

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.

193.*    Tombesi, S., K. R. Day, R. S. Johnson, R. Phene and T. M. DeJong. 2014. Vigour reduction in girdled peach trees is related to lower midday stem water potentials. Functional Plant Biology, 2014, 41, 1336–1341 

197.*    Davidson A., D. Da Silva, B. Quintana and T.M. DeJong. 2015. The phyllochron of Prunus persica shoots is relatively constant under controlled growth conditions but seasonally increases in the field in ways unrelated to patterns of temperature or radiation. Scientia Horticulturae 184: 106–113.

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

201*     Davidson, A. M., D. Da Silva, S. Saa, P. Mann and T. M. DeJong. 2016. The influence of elevated CO2 on the photosynthesis, carbohydrate status and plastochron of young peach (Prunus persica) trees. Hortic. Environ. Biotechnol. 57(4):364-370.

206*     Davidson A., D. Da Silva and T.M. DeJong. 2017. The phyllochron of well-watered and water deficit mature peach trees varies with shoot type and vigour. AoB PLANTS 9: plx042; doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plx042

208*     K. Fyhrie, M.T. Prats-Llinàs, G. López and T.M. DeJong. 2018.  How does peach fruit set on sylleptic shoots borne on epicormics compare with fruit set on proleptic shoots? Eur. J. Hortic. Sci. 83:3-11.

212*     Davidson, A., D. Da Silva and T.M. DeJong. 2019. Rate of shoot development (phyllochron) is dependent on carbon availability, shoot type, and rank in peach trees.  Trees: Structure and Function https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-019-01881-y

214*     Prats-Llinàs, M.T., G. López, K. Fyrie, B. Pallas, Y. Guédon, E. Costes and T.M. DeJong. 2019.  Long proleptic and sylleptic shoots in peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) trees have similar, predetermined, maximum numbers of nodes and bud fate patterns. Annals of Botany 123:993-1004.

216      DeJong, T. (2019) “Advances in understanding fruit tree growth.” in: Achieving sustainable          cultivation of temperate zone tree fruits and berries Volume 1 : Physiology, genetics and       cultivation. ed., G. Lang, (Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. Cambridge, UK, ISBN-13:     9781786762085) p. 73-92.

Category II publications

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

21.          Rufat, J. and T. M. DeJong. 1999.  Modeled seasonal pattern of nitrogen requirements of mature, cropping peach trees (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch).  Acta Horticulturae 499:129-135.

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.

47.          Day, K.R., R.S. Johnson and T.M. DeJong.  2011. Effect of timing of topping to reduce tree height on subsequent year vigor of early-season ‘Arctic Star’ nectarine. Acta Hort 903:711-716.

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.

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

73.       Auzmendi, I., J. Hanan, D. Da Silva, R. Favreau, T.M. DeJong. 2017. Modeling final leaf length as a function of carbon availability during the elongation period.  Acta Hort 1160:75-81.

78.       G. Lopez, C. Negron, M. Cieslak, E. Costes, D. Da Silva and T.M. DeJong. 2018. Simulation of tree growth for three almond cultivars with contrasting architecture with the L-ALMOND model. Acta Hort. 1228 29-35