Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Growth inhibitor with pruning produced fruit averaging two counts larger than controls.

A claim from The effect of growth inhibitors on fruit production in Hass avocado trees · 2000

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Growth inhibitor with pruning produced fruit averaging two counts larger than controls.

Taxon
avocadoPersea americanat0
Treatment
growth inhibitor is used in conjunction with pruninge0
Outcome
average fruit sizee0
Direction
largere0
Value
two countse0
Comparator
the controlse0

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Persea americana
Persea americana · TaxonB.navez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“when the growth inhibitor is used in conjunction with pruning — one of the trials gave an average fruit size two counts larger than the controls.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1260–1405
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“growth inhibitors on fruit production in Hass avocado trees”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 14–73

Title

The effect of growth inhibitors on fruit production in Hass avocado trees

M.G. Penter; Berend Snijder; P.J.C. Stassen; et al. 2000

Other claims from this paper (4)

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pruning · yield · Persea americana (avocado)Results differ

13 papers: 10 positive, 3 negative or no effect

9 papers in the same direction as this claim · 3 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    Removing upper tree portions by pruning did not stimulate additional fruit production or branch growth elsewhere.

    DEVELOPMENTAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE VEGETATIVE AXIS OF AVOCADO (Persea Americana L.) AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO SPACING, PRUNING PRACTICES, AND YIELDS OF THE GROVE · 1958

    Opposite direction

  2. negative
    Pruning of avocado trees depressed the yield.

    AN INVESTIGATION INTO THINNING OF AN AVOCADO ORCHARD · 1979

    Opposite direction

  3. no effect
    January pruning did not affect fruit set.

    Time of Avocado Pruning Affects Fruit Set and Avocado Thrips Occurrence in Southern California Groves · 2004

    Opposite direction

  4. positive
    Repeated girdling maintained increased avocado yield.

    The Effect of Girdling on the Productivity of the Avocado1 · 1971

    Same direction

  5. positive
    Pruning to reduce scaffold branch number and length increased avocado fruit yields on the remaining scaffolds

    Pruning Height and Selective Limb Removal Affect Yield of Large 'Hass' Avocado Trees · 2001

    Same direction

  6. positive
    Early September girdling increased fruits harvested per seedling sevenfold compared with ungirdled controls.

    Girdling as a Means of Shortening the Juvenile Period of Avocado Seedlings · 1986 · compared with ungirdled control

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Continuous pruning increased fruit size.

    The Effect of Vegetative Pruning on Fruit Mineral Composition and Postharvest Quality in 'Hass' Avocado · 1992

    Same direction

  8. positive
    Selective or mechanical pruning in initially congested orchards did not adversely affect yield.

    RESULTS OBTAINED BY PRUNING OVERCROWDED AVOCADO ORCHARDS · 1999

    Same direction

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.