Claim · model-written summary
Reflective mulch left nectarine SSC and TP similar to control.
- Taxon
- Nectarines
Prunus persica var. nucipersicae0 - Treatment
- reflective mulchede0
- Outcome
- SSC and TPe0
- Direction
- similare0
- Comparator
- control treese0
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Verbatim
e0“Nectarines from reflective mulched trees had better skin color, harder flesh, higher acidity and DM, similar SSC and TP and higher leatheriness incidence than fruit from control trees.”
Title
E.D. Pliakoni; G.D. Nanos Acta Horticulturae 2010. doi:10.17660/actahortic.2010.877.22
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation Storage softened fruit flesh in both cultivars.
- Observation With storage, specific conductivity, SSC and acidity decreased in both cultivars.
- Observation With storage, dry matter decreased in both cultivars.
- Observation With storage, total phenols and chilling injury increased in both cultivars.
- Intervention effect Deficit irrigation improved nectarine quality but reduced storage ability.
- Intervention effect Deficit irrigation reduced nectarine storage ability.
- Intervention effect Deficit irrigated peaches had higher SSC, mainly in lower canopy fruit.
- Intervention effect Deficit irrigated peaches had slightly higher chilling injury.
- Intervention effect Reflective mulch improved nectarine skin color and flesh firmness.
- Intervention effect Reflective mulch increased nectarine acidity and dry matter.
- Intervention effect Reflective mulch increased nectarine leatheriness incidence.
- Intervention effect Reflective mulched peaches were most mature at harvest among treatments.
- Intervention effect Reflective mulch improved peach quality but reduced storage ability.
- Intervention effect Reflective mulch reduced peach storage ability.