Claim · model-written summary
A 30 cm interstock gave better red skin coloration.
- Taxon
- Apple Tree
Malus domesticat0 - Treatment
- interstock length of 30 cme0
- Outcome
- red skin coloratione0
- Direction
- bettere0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“An interstock length of 30 cm provided the highest fruit-set rate, the highest yield per tree and per unit cross-sectional area, the highest single fruit weight, the highest soluble: acid ratio, the highest color brightness (L*), and better red skin coloration (higher a*) of the fruit skin.”
t0“Apple Tree”
Title
Effects of Dwarfing Interstock Length on the Growth and Fruit of Apple Tree
Shasha Zhou; Zhen Shen; Baoying Yin; et al. Horticulturae 2022. doi:10.3390/horticulturae9010040
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Association Tree height and interstock and scion girths decreased as interstock length increased.
- Association Apple dwarfing degree increased as interstock length increased.
- Observation A 30 cm interstock produced the fewest long branches.
- Observation A 30 cm interstock produced the most short branches and greatest short-branch proportion.
- Observation A 30 cm interstock gave the highest fruit-set rate.
- Observation A 30 cm interstock gave the highest yield per tree and cross-sectional area.
- Observation A 30 cm interstock gave the highest single fruit weight.
- Observation A 30 cm interstock gave the highest soluble: acid ratio and color brightness.
- Observation Root length, surface area and volume density showed two annual growth peaks.
- Association Root length, surface area and volume density decreased with interstock length.
- Observation Root death peaked during the autumn shoot growth peak.
- Association Dead-root length density and root turnover frequency increased with interstock length.
- Recommendation The authors recommend a 30 cm Jizhen 2 interstock for Tianhong 2 apple trees.