These are typically shoots or branches, but sometimes buds, flowers, fruit or roots are removed as well.
Objective of pruningTo remove the non-productive parts in order to divert the energy into those parts that is capable of bearing fruits. Maintain the proper proportion of root: shoot ratio.Better quality of fruits by better light penetration.Dry matter distribution is primarily regulated by the sink-strength of the various organs. When the available assimilates equal or exceed the total sink strength of the plant, the growth rates of the vegetative parts and the individual fruit or clusters occur at the potential rates. However, when the amount of available assimilates is less than the total sink strength, the assimilates are distributed between leaves, stem, roots and fruit according to their individual sink strengths relative to the total sink strength.The sink strength of an organ can be quantified by the potential growth rate of a sink, that is, the growth rate under conditions of non-limiting assimilate supply. Fruit