Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Orange yields were maintained after hedging and topping over four years.

A claim from Citrus hedging and topping to prevent crowding in mature trees · 1968

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Orange yields were maintained after hedging and topping over four years.

Taxon
Orangee0
Treatment
maintenance hedging and toppinge0
Outcome
yieldse0
Direction
maintainede0
Qualifier
over a four-year periode0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValue

Verbatim

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“Orange yields were maintained and packout appeared to be improved over a four-year period following maintenance hedging and topping”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–131

Title

Citrus hedging and topping to prevent crowding in mature trees

S. B. Boswell; Byung‐Ho Lee; C McCarty; et al. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 1968

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pruning · yield · Citrus sinensis (sweet orange)Results differ

9 papers: 5 positive, 4 negative or no effect

4 papers in the same direction as this claim · 4 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    No significant yield difference was found between pruned and nonpruned orange trees in 2011–12, 2012–13 and 2013–14.

    Rehabilitation of Huanglongbing-affected Citrus Trees Using Severe Pruning and Enhanced Foliar Nutritional Treatments · 2017 · compared with nonpruned

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    No pruning or fertilization treatment significantly increased yield compared with unpruned controls.

    Assessment of Pruning and Controlled-release Fertilizer to Rejuvenate Huanglongbing-affected Sweet Orange · 2019 · compared with controls (0% pruning)

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    Pruning to keep trees from crowding reduced yield in proportion to the foliage removed.

    Tree Spacing of ‘Washington’ Navel Orange1,2 · 1970

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Slab pruning of mature Valencia trees reduced fruit production by 80%.

    Slab pruning: Of mature orange trees eases harvesting, reduces yields · 1965

    Opposite direction

  5. positive
    Ringing increased fruits per orange tree.

    Effects of Ringing on Yields of Low-Bearing Orange Trees(Citrus Sinensis(L.) Osbeck) · 1971

    Same direction

  6. positive
    Girdling at bloom increased orange yield through fruit number.

    Girdling Effects on Orange Fruit Set and Young Fruit Abscission1 · 1972

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Girdling of orange trees increased fruit yield.

    EFFECTS OF GIRDLING ON THE DIFFERENTIATION OF INFLORESCENCE TYPES AND FRUIT SET IN ‘SHAMOUTI’ ORANGE TREES · 1988

    Same direction

  8. positive
    Pruning at 75% gave the highest fruit yield, followed by 50% and 25%.

    Pruning Boosts Growth, Yield, and Fruit Quality of Old Valencia Orange Trees: A Field Study · 2023 · compared with 50 and 25%

    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.