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Citrus
- Tang, L., Lovatt, C.J. 2022. Effects of water-deficit stress and gibberellic acid on floral gene expression and floral determinacy in 'Washington' navel orange. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 147(4):183-195.
- Tang, L., Lovatt, C.J. 2019. Effects of low temperature and gibberellic acid on floral gene expression and floral determinacy in 'Washington' navel orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck). Scientia Hort. 243:92-100.
- Lovatt, C.J., Selvaraj, A., Khuong, T. 2014. Foliar application of adenosine increases fruit size of Solanum lycopersicum, Citrus reticulata, and Persea americana. Acta Hort. 1042:197-206.
- Chao, C., Khuong, T., Zheng, Y., Lovatt, C.J. 2011. Response of evergreen perennial tree crops to gibberellic acid is crop load-dependent. I: GA3 increases the yield of commercially valuable 'Nules' Clementine mandarin fruit only in the off-crop year of an alternate bearing orchard. Scientia Hort. 130:743-752.
- Chao, C.T., Lovatt, C.J. 2010. Foliar-applied 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pryridyloxyacetic acid (3,5,6-TPA) increases yield of commercially valuable large-size fruit of 'Fina Sodea' Clementine mandarin. Acta Hort. 884:433-440.
- Garner, L.C., Zheng, Y., Khuong, T., Lovatt, C.J. 2010. Prohexadione-calcium affects shoot growth of evergreen subtropical woody perennials differently than deciduous temperate zone woody perennials - Is it a case of apples and oranges?Acta Hort. 884:249-256.
- Pillitteri, L.J., Bertling, I., Khuong, T., Chao, C., Lovatt, C.J. 2010. Foliar-applied tryptophan increases total yield and fruit size of navel orange and Clementine mandarin. Acta Hort. 884:729-736.
- Chao, C.T., Lovatt, C.J. 2006. Effects of concentration and application time of GA3 and urea on yield, fruit size distribution and crop value of Clementine mandarin in California. Acta Hort. 727:227-233.
- El-Otmani, M., Ait-Oubahou, A., Lovatt, C.J., El-Hassainate, F., Kaanane, A. 2004. Effect of gibberellic acid, urea and KNO3 on yield and on composition and nutritional quality of Clementine mandarin fruit juice. Acta Hort. 632:149-157.
- Zheng, Y., Arpaia, M.L., Lovatt, C.J. 2010. Effect of polyamines and salicylic acid on postharvest lemon quality. Proc. 11th Congr. Intl. Soc. Citricult. 2:1331-1336.
- Zheng, Y., Khuong, T., Summers, L.L., Weng, A., Lovatt, C.J. 2010. Effects of the diphenylurea cytokinin CPPU and the auxin 3,5,6-TPA on 'Washington' navel orange yield, fruit size and quality. Proc. 11th Congr. Intl. Soc. Citricult. 1:528-537.
- Benhamou, L., El-Otmani, M., Goumari, M., Talhi, M., Charif, L., Srairi, I., Lovatt, C.J. 2004. The potential use of GA3 and urea to manipulate flowering and reduce the alternate bearing pattern of the 'Nour' Clementine mandarin. Proc. 10th Congr. Intl. Soc. Citricult. 2:479-483.
- El-Otmani, M., Goumari, M., Talhi, M., Wakkar, L., Srairi, I., Lovatt, C.J. 2004. Effect of paclobutrazol on vegetative growth, flowering and fruiting of the 'Nour' Clementine, an alternate bearing cultivar. Proc. 10th Congr. Intl. Soc. Citricult. 2:543-545.
- Gonzalez, C.M., Lovatt, C.J. 2004. Foliar-applied aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) reduces albedo breakdown of late-harvested navel orange fruit – Preliminary results. Proc. 10th Congr. Intl. Soc. Citricult. 3:1062-1065.
- Bertling, I., Lovatt, C.J. 1996. A possible hormonal basis for vigor/dwarfing in commercially important citrus rootstocks. Proc. 8th Congr. Intl. Soc. or Citricult. 2:745-747b.
- Lovatt, C.J., Sagee, O., Ali, A.G., Zheng, Y., Protacio, C.M. 1992. Influence of nitrogen, carbohydrate, and plant growth regulators on flowering, fruit set, and yield of citrus with special emphasis on the role of ammonia and/or its metabolites in flowering, fruit set, and yield of the 'Washington' navel orange. 2nd Intl. Seminar Citrus. 1:31-54.
- Bower, J.P., Lovatt, C.J., Cutting, J.M., Blanke, M.M. 1990. Interaction of plant growth regulators and carbohydrate in flowering and fruit set. Acta Hort. 2:425-434.
- El-Otmani, M., Coggins, C.W., Agusti, M., Lovatt, C.J. 2000. Plant growth regulators in citriculture: World current uses. Critical Rev. in Plant Sci. 19:395-447.
- El-Otmani, M., Lovatt, C.J., Coggins, C.W., Agusti, M. 1995. Plant growth regulators in citriculture: Factors regulating endogenous levels and biosynthesis in citrus tissues. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 14:367-412.
- Lovatt, C.J. 2012. A ‘Thank You’ note to Charlie Coggins with a review of PGRs in California citrus. Citrograph 3(6):16-25.
- Coggins, C W Jr., Lovatt, C.J. 2014. Plant growth regulators. In: Citrus Production Manual. (Eds) L. Ferguson, E. Grafton-Cardwell. ANR Publ. 3539. p.215-223.
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Avocado
- Lovatt, C.J. 2022. ProGibb LV Plus® at the cauliflower stage of avocado inflorescence development - A tool for increasing total yield and yield of commercially valuable size fruit. The Avocado Quarterly Winter 2021/22 p.21-30.
- Escobedo-Solorzano, V., Lovatt, C.J. 2014. Forcing spring bud break in ‘Hass’ avocado. Acta Hort. 1042:207-216.
- Lovatt, C.J., Selvaraj, A., Khuong, T. 2014. Foliar application of adenosine increases fruit size of Solanum lycopersicum, Citrus reticulata, and Persea americana. Acta Hort. 1042:197-206.
- Garner, L.C., Klein, G.J., Zheng, Y., Khuong, T., Lovatt, C.J. 2011. Response of evergreen perennial tree crops to gibberellic acid is crop load-dependent: II. GA3 increases yield and fruit size of 'Hass' avocado only in the on-crop year of an alternate bearing orchard. Scientia Hort. 130:753-761.
- Garner, L.C., Zheng, Y., Khuong, T., Lovatt, C.J. 2010. Prohexadione-calcium affects shoot growth of evergreen subtropical woody perennials differently than deciduous temperate zone woody perennials - Is it a case of apples and oranges?Acta Hort. 884:249-256.
- Salazar-García, S., Cossio-Vargas, L.E., González-Durán, I.J.L, Lovatt, C.J. 2007. Foliar-applied GA3 advances fruit maturity and allows off-season harvest of ‘Hass’ avocado. HortScience. 42:257-261.
- Salazar-Garcia, S., Cossio-Vargas, L.E., Gonzalez-Duran, I.J.L, Torres, R.M., Lovatt, C.J. 2006. Effect of foliar-applied plant bioregulators on 'June fruit drop', yield and fruit size of 'Hass' avocado. Acta Hort. 727:197-202.
- Salazar-Garcia, S., Lovatt, C.J. 2000. Use of GA3 to manipulate flowering and yield of the ‘Hass’ avocado. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 125:25-30.
- Salazar-Garcia, S., Lord, E.M., Lovatt, C.J. 1999. Inflorescence development of the 'Hass' avocado: Commitment to flowering. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 124:478-482.
- Salazar-Garcia, S., Lovatt, C.J. 1999. Winter trunk injections of gibberellic acid altered the fate of ‘Hass’ avocado buds: effects on inflorescence type, number and rate of development. J. Hort. Sci. Biotech. 74:69-73.
- Salazar-Garcia, S., Lovatt, C.J. 1998. GA3 application alters flowering phenology of ‘Hass’ avocado. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 123:791-797.
- Zheng, Y., Khuong, T., Lovatt, C.J. 2011. Effect of foliar-applied plant bioregulators on 'Hass' avocado yield. Proc. 7th World Avocado Congr. 1:408-416.
- Lovatt, C.J., Salazar-Garcia, S. 2007. Plant growth regulators for avocado production. 33rd Annu. Meeting Plant Growth Reg. Soc. Amer. 1:98-107.
- Salazar-Garcia, S., Lovatt, C.J. 2002. Flowering of avocado (Persea americana Mill.): II. Manipulation with GA3. Revista Chapingo Serie Horticulurae 8:77-82.
- Cesped-Ruiz, R.A., Crowley, D., Smith, W., Lovatt, C.J. 2001. Growth response of avocado rootstocks (Persea americana Mill.) to chloride: Role of endogenous ABA and IAA -- Preliminary results. 28th Annu. Meeting Plant Growth Regulat. Soc. Amer. 1:77-79.
- Garner, L.C., Lovatt, C.J. 2001. Effects of plant growth regulators on the reproductive and vegetative growth of the 'Hass' avocado. 28th Annu. Meeting Plant Growth Regulat. Soc. Amer. 1:68-70.
- Bertling, I., Lovatt, C.J. 1998. Uptake of PGRs into determinate versus indeterminate inflorescences of the 'Hass' avocado (Persea americana Mill.). Proc. 3rd World Avocado Congr. 1:3-6.
- Salazar-Garcia, S., Lovatt, C.J. 1998. Effect of gibberellic acid on inflorescence phenology of the 'Hass' avocado. Proc. 3rd World Avocado Congr. 1:37-41.
- Lovatt, C.J. 2018. ProGibb LV Plus® plant growth regulator to increase fruit size and yield of avocados. From the Grove. 8(1):49-53.
- Lovatt, C.J. 2005. Plant growth regulators for avocado production. Calif. Avocado Soc. Yrbk. 88:81-91.
- Salazar-Garcia, S., Lovatt, C.J. 1997. Use of gibberellic acid to manipulate flowering in the 'Hass' avocado: a preliminary report. Australian Avocado Grower's Fed. Inc. and N Z Avocado Growers Assoc. Inc., Conf. '97 1:106-111.
- Lovatt, C.J. 2006. Plant growth regulators. Mission Avocados Update. February. Iss. p.1, 3.
- Lovatt, C.J., Bertling, I., Blanke, M. 1994. Comparison of determinate us. Indeterminate inflorescences to determine the roles of PGRs, carbohydrate, nitrogen, and other nutrients in fruit set of the 'Hass' avocado. Calif. Avocado Soc. Yrbk. 78:183-186.
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Pistachio
- Lovatt, C.J., Zheng, Y. 2010. Use of plant bioregulators to stimulate embryo growth and loosen fruit to increase split nut yield of pistachio. Acta Hort. 884:549-557.
- Lovatt, C.J., Daoudi, H., Ferguson, L. 2006. Efficacy of foliar-applied cytokinins and nitrogen to increase floral bud retention and to reduce alternate bearing of pistachio. Acta Hort. 727:353-364.
- Lovatt, C.J., Daoudi, H., Ferguson, L. 2009. Efficacy of foliar-applied cytokinins and nitrogen to increase floral bud retention to reduce alternate bearing in pistachio. Australian Nutgrower 23(1):10-12.
- Lovatt, C.J., Ferguson, L. 1999. Use of nitrogen and cytokinin to reduce alternate bearing of pistachio (Pistacia vera cv. Kerman) -- a preliminary report. 26th Annu. Meeting Plant Growth Regulat. Soc. Amer. 1:62-69.
- Lovatt, C.J., Ferguson, L. 1999. Increasing pistachio yield with foliar urea and cytokinin. Nut Grower Mag. May 1999 p.12-13, 28.
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Other Plant Species
- Basra, S., Lovatt, C.J. 2016. Exogenous applications of moringa leaf extract and cytokinins improve plant growth, yield, and fruit quality of cherry tomato. HortTechnology 26(3):327-337.
- Lovatt, C.J., Selvaraj, A., Khuong, T. 2014. Foliar application of adenosine increases fruit size of Solanum lycopersicum, Citrus reticulata, and Persea americana. Acta Hort. 1042:197-206.
- Duca, M., Orozco-Cardenas, M., Lovatt, C.J. 2008. Gibberellin-induced gene expression associated with cytoplasmic male sterility in sunflower. Biotechnol. & Biotechnol. Eq. 22:691-698.
- Haver, D.L., Schuch, U.K., Lovatt, C.J. 2003. Exposure of petunia seedlings to ethylene decreased apical dominance by reducing the ratio of auxin to cytokinin. J. Plant Growth Regulat. 21:459-468.