Claim · model-written summary
Ethephon at 0.77 kg/ha increased yield compared with no ethephon.
- Taxon
- summer squasht0
- Treatment
- Ethephon applied at 0.77 kg/hae0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- no ethephone0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“Ethephon applied at 0.77 kg/ha resulted in higher yield than no ethephon”
t0“SUMMER SQUASH”
Title
FEASIBILITY OF ONCE-OVER MECHANICAL HARVEST OF SUMMER SQUASH
Jim E. Wyatt; James A. Mullins; Charles A. Mullins HortScience 1990. doi:10.21273/hortsci.25.8.860d
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- Observation Optimal summer squash spacing was 30 cm within rows and 45 cm between rows.
- Observation Classic had the highest marketable yield among zucchini hybrids.
- Observation Gold Slice had the highest marketable yield among yellow hybrids.
- Intervention effect Two harvests followed by a seven day delay yielded as much as three weekly harvests over three weeks.
- Method / resource A prototype mechanical harvester was used successfully on yellow hybrids.
- Observation Zucchini hybrids required more force for successful fruit separation.