This dataset was built on ‘Golden Delicious’ apple trees with either high or low crop loads. For these trees, we concomitantly assessed the impacts of intercepted light and crop load on within-tree spatial variability in carbon- and nitrogen-related traits. Furthermore, we analyzed fruiting and nonfruiting shoots to clarify the scale (shoot or tree) at which the source:sink relationships regulate leaf trait acclimation to a light gradient. This dataset was published first in the Journal of Experimental Botany (volume and issue to be updated).

See the ReadMe.txt file accompanying this dataset for details on variable units and brief description of the methods.