Bioscience Methods 2026, Vol.17, No.1, 32-42 http://bioscipublisher.com/index.php/bm 37 Figure 2 Different cane pruning levels; A: Pruning up to 8 nodes; B: Pruning up to 10 nodes C: Pruning up to 12 nodes; D: Pruning up to 14 nodes; E: Pruning up to 16 nodes (Adopted from Patiyal et al., 2024) 5.3 Comprehensive evaluation and analysis of winter pruning intensity and fruit quality The overall fruit quality under different winter pruning intensities was comprehensively evaluated. The heavy pruning treatment resulted in the best overall fruit quality, with large and uniform fruits and high sugar content; the light pruning treatment had the poorest quality, with a high proportion of small fruits and low sugar content; the medium pruning treatment was in the middle. Although heavy pruning reduced the yield, it increased the proportion of high-quality fruits, and the economic benefits were not necessarily reduced (Fallahi et al., 2002);
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