“…This technique aims to reduce the vigor of plants, increase yield efficiency, and improve fruit quality. These effects have already been verified in several fruit species, such as peach (Rufato et al, 2006;Scarpare Filho et al, 2000;Telles, Biasi, Mindello Neto, & Peters, 2006;Tomaz, Schuch, Peil, & Timm, 2014), orange (Guilherme, Marinho, Biazatt, Campos, & Bremenkamp, 2014), pear (Baciu, Achim, & Cosmulescu, 2008), apple (Marcon Filho, Rufato, Rufato, Kretzschmar, & Zancan, 2009;Vaio, Cirillo, Buccheri, & Limongelli, 2009), cherry (Magyar & Hrotkó, 2008), and mango (Posada & Guzmán, 2009). Theoretically, rootstocks may indirectly affect fruit quality by several mechanisms, including budburst, time and abundance of scion flowering and flower quality (Daza, Galavis, Grande, & Santamaria, 2008).…”