s:1404:"%T Fruit weight and yield estimation models for five avocado cultivars in Ethiopia 
%A Mokria, M. 
%A Gebrekirstos, A. 
%A Said, H. 
%A Hadgu, K.M. 
%A Hagazi, N. 
%A Dubale, W. 
%A Bräuning, A 
%X Avocado (Persea Americana Mill.) is an important tree crop and proved to be a very rewarding commercial crop for export and local consumptions. Due to high local and global market demand, avocado plantation and production is considerably increasing in many parts of Ethiopia. Thus, pre-harvest yield estimation is necessary for market planning, monitoring, and tracking long-term productivity. Though there are studies on various characteristics of avocado tree, not much has been documented about its productivity due to lack of easy and non-destructive ways to estimate yield. Hence, this study was conducted to develop cultivar-specific and mixed-cultivar fruit weight estimation models using single and multiple predictors including fruit length and diameter. We harvested and weighted 1800 fruits from five cultivars grown in 30 smallholder farmlands. The highest mean fruit load was recorded for Nabal (281 (±36 Fruit. tree−1) and Hass 249 (±27 Fruit. tree−1). A large proportion of avocado fruits were in the range that are commercially valuable. The correlation between fruit load and crown diameter were positive for each cultivar and it was stronger for Ettinger (r = 0.7, p  
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