Claim · model-written summary
Differences in yields due to pruning treatment were small and not significant.
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t0“Blackberry”
e0“Differences in yields due to pruning treatment were small and not significant”
Title
Effects of Plant Density, Training, and Pruning on Blackberry Yield1
W. A. Sheets; R. M. Bullock; R. Garren Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 1972. doi:10.21273/jashs.97.2.262
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Plant density significantly affected the yield of 'Marion' blackberry spaced at 2.5, 5.0 and 10.0 ft.
- Intervention effect Date of training significantly affected blackberry yield; canes were trained in August, September, October and February.
- Intervention effect Four-year averages show highly significant increases in yield per acre at the higher plant densities.
- Intervention effect Highest yields were obtained from August-trained plants, followed by February, September and October-trained plants.
- Mechanism The increased yield from August-trained plants is attributed to stimulation of axillary buds and their subsequent lateral growth on which fruit buds developed.