Intervention effectmodel-written summary

There was no effect of pruning on yield

A claim from 577 Strawberry Runner Plant Root Pruning and Subsequent Growth and Yield in California · 1999

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

There was no effect of pruning on yield

Taxon
StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
Treatment
pruninge0
Outcome
yielde0
Direction
no effecte0

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Fragaria x ananassa
Fragaria ×ananassa · TaxonIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“There was no effect of pruning on yield”

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“Strawberry”

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Title

577 Strawberry Runner Plant Root Pruning and Subsequent Growth and Yield in California

Kirk D. Larson HortScience 1999. doi:10.21273/hortsci.34.3.546b

Other claims from this paper (6)

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pruning · yield · Fragaria x ananassa (strawberry)Results differ

18 papers: 5 positive, 13 negative or no effect

12 papers in the same direction as this claim · 5 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
    The lower potassium to nitrogen topping solution increased berry weight.

    Effects of hydroponic solution composition, electrical conductivity and plant spacing on yield and quality of strawberries · 1994

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    Thinning had the opposite effect on average strawberry fruit weight compared with the control; the magnitude is not stated.

    Temperature Has a Greater Effect on Fruit Growth than Defoliation or Fruit Thinning in Strawberries in the Subtropics · 2019 · compared with control

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    Defoliation after harvest tended to increase Senga Sengana yield.

    Effect of Planting Date and Defoliation on Three Strawberry Cultivars · 1985

    Opposite direction

  4. positive
    Defoliation increased total yield in some cases.

    Effect of plant spacing, nitrogen fertilisation, post-harvest defoliation and finger harrowing in the control of Botrytis cinerea Pers. in strawberry · 2003

    Opposite direction

  5. positive
    Pruning three fruits per plant increased plant height, fruit weight and volume.

    Effect of Fruit Pruning and Potassium Application on Growth and Production of Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis). · 2023

    Opposite direction

  6. no effect
    Severe root pruning of strawberry bare-root transplants is yield neutral.

    Severe Root Pruning of Strawberry Bare Root Transplants Is Yield Neutral · 2002

    Same direction

  7. no effect
    Defoliation by mechanical harvest did not adversely affect subsequent plant growth and yield of strawberry.

    Effects of Mechanical Harvest and Defoliation on Subsequent Performance of Three Strawberry Cultivars1 · 1982

    Same direction

  8. no effect
    Runner pruning did not significantly increase total yield.

    A Revolution in New England: New Hampshire Develops an Annual Strawberry Production System · 1998

    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.