Claim · model-written summary
Root length, surface area and volume density decreased with interstock length.
- Taxon
- Apple Tree
Malus domesticat0 - Treatment
- interstock lengthe0
- Outcome
- Root length density, root surface area density, and root volume densitye0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Root length density, root surface area density, and root volume density decreased with interstock length.”
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 A 30 cm interstock gave better red skin coloration.
- Observation Root length, surface area and volume density showed two annual growth peaks.
- 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.