Claim · model-written summary
Calendar days from cessation of stem enlargement predicted earliest maximum yield more reliably than days from transplanting.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Outcome
- more reliable for estimating the time when the earliest maximum yield occurrede0
- Comparator
- calendar days from transplantinge0
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Verbatim
e0“when calendar days from transplanting were compared to calendar days from the date that the stem stopped enlarging, it was found that the latter criterion was more reliable for estimating the time when the earliest maximum yield occurred.”
t0“Tomato”
Title
Use of Heat Units to Predict Dates for Once-Over Tomato Harvest
M. E. Austin Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 1968. doi:10.21273/jashs.3.1.41
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Method / resource Degree-day accumulations offered little advantage over calendar days after accounting for calculation ease.
- Method / resource Calendar-day measurements appeared more practical and reliable than degree days.
- Method / resource Days from stem enlargement cessation was the most reliable of the studied criteria.