Claim · model-written summary
Pollen levels were extremely low under open-pollination.
- Taxon
- pistachio
Pistacia verat0 - Outcome
- pollen levelse3
- Qualifier
- extremely low in open-pollinatione3
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Verbatim
t0“Effects of immaturity on productivity and nut quality in pistachio (Pistacia veraL.)”
e3“supplementary pollination significantly increased pollen flow, while pollen levels were extremely low in open-pollination”
Title
Effects of immaturity on productivity and nut quality in pistachio (Pistacia veraL.)
Yiftach Vaknin The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 2006. doi:10.1080/14620316.2006.11512110
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Male and female bloom of immature pistachio trees completely overlapped.
- Observation Pollen availability became a limiting factor early in the flowering period.
- Intervention effect Supplementary pollination significantly increased pollen flow compared with open-pollination.
- Intervention effect Supplementary pollination, electrostatic pollination in particular, significantly increased pollen germination on the stigma compared with open-pollination.
- Intervention effect Supplementary pollination reduced the level of blank nuts compared with open-pollination.
- Recommendation Electrostatic pollination could supplement natural pollination to ensure higher yields with better nut quality.
- Observation Poor pollen levels alone could not account for all cropping differences between immature and mature pistachio trees.