Claim · model-written summary
Tree height and interstock and scion girths decreased as interstock length increased.
- Taxon
- apple trees
Malus domesticae0 - Treatment
- interstock lengthe0
- Outcome
- tree height and the stem girths of the interstock and scione0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The tree height and the stem girths of the interstock and scion decreased as interstock length increased, and the dwarfing degree of the apple trees gradually increased.”
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 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 A 30 cm interstock gave better red skin coloration.
- 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.