vecero

English translation: alternate bearing

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Spanish term or phrase:vecero
English translation:alternate bearing
Entered by: Justin Peterson

17:01 Sep 20, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
Spanish term or phrase: vecero
vecero, a
1. adj. BOTÁNICA Se aplica a la planta que alterna un año con mucho fruto y otro con muy poco o ninguno.

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Justin Peterson
Spain
Local time: 14:36
alternate bearing
Explanation:
Alternate bearing refers to the tendency of an entire tree to produce a greater than average crop one year, and a lower than average crop the following year.
Alternate Bearing - Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center
fruitandnuteducation.ucdavis.edu › generaltopics › Tree_Growth_Structure

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... vecería: alternate bearing (plant) vecero: relating to a plant that gives abundant fruit in alternate years; alternate bearing (plant)

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Marie Wilson
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Local time: 14:36
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alternate bearing


Explanation:
Alternate bearing refers to the tendency of an entire tree to produce a greater than average crop one year, and a lower than average crop the following year.
Alternate Bearing - Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center
fruitandnuteducation.ucdavis.edu › generaltopics › Tree_Growth_Structure

Glosario internacional para el traductor
https://books.google.es › books -
... vecería: alternate bearing (plant) vecero: relating to a plant that gives abundant fruit in alternate years; alternate bearing (plant)

https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/agriculture/63...

Marie Wilson
Spain
Local time: 14:36
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Speese: Agree, hickories and many others do this, and in orchards it can be a problem as well.
51 mins
  -> Thanks, John! Yes, happens to olives too.

agree  Rachel Fell: or "biennial bearing" - https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=280 - etc.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Rachel!

agree  philgoddard: So when does it produce an average crop? :-)
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Phil! The answer's a lemon:-)

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Muriel!

agree  neilmac: Eg: "ALTERNATE FRUITING IN OLIVE TREES"...
17 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil :-) Yes, depends on the sentence.

agree  Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.: "Alternate Bearing Apple Crop Load Management - Alternate Bearing (AB) refers to an alternating cropping pattern that is internally regulated by the plant." https://extension.psu.edu/apple-crop-load-management-alterna...
19 hrs
  -> Thanks, Cristina! Interesting article.

agree  Michele Fauble
1 day 10 mins
  -> Thanks, Michele!
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