Claim · model-written summary
Girdled limbs had higher fruit dry weight and dry-matter concentration than nongirdled limbs.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticae2 - Treatment
- girdled (G)e1
- Outcome
- fruit DW and DMCe0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- nongirdled (NG)e1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit on G limbs had higher fruit DW and DMC than on NG limbs.”
e1“using girdled (G) and nongirdled (NG) limbs”
e2“Mature apple trees”
Title
Apple Fruit Removal and Limb Girdling Affect Fruit and Leaf Characteristics
Ido Schechter; J.T.A. Proctor; D.C. Elfving Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 1994. doi:10.21273/jashs.119.2.157
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Association Heavier fruit loads decreased fruit dry weight and dry-matter concentration.
- Association Specific leaf area on nongirdled limbs was unaffected by crop load.
- Association Specific leaf area increased dramatically on girdled limbs below one fruit per square centimeter limb cross-sectional area.
- Observation Leaves on low crop load girdled limbs had low photosynthetic rate, high stomatal resistance and high internal CO 2 concentration.
- Mechanism Reducing sink strength beyond the stated limit caused excessive leaf carbohydrate accumulation.
- Intervention effect Leaf nutrient levels on girdled nonfruiting limbs were generally lower than other treatments.