Claim · model-written summary
In vitro-propagated banana plants produced heavier bunches (15.2 kg per bunch) than sucker-derived plants (9.0 kg per bunch).
- Treatment
- in vitro-propagatede0
- Outcome
- bunchese4
- Direction
- heaviere4
- Value
- 15.2 kg for bunche4
- Qualifier
- 9.0 kg for bunche4
- Comparator
- sucker-derived plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“The field performance of in vitro-propagated banana (Musa spp.) plants was compared with that of the sucker-derived plants”
e4“The former also produced heavier bunches and fruit (15.2 kg for bunch and 200 g per finger of fruit) than the latter (9.0 kg for bunch and 136.4 g per finger of fruit)”
Title
Field Performance ofInwiro-propagated and Sucker-derived Plants of Banana (Musaspp.)
John Nelson Buah; Yoshinobu Kawamitsu; Shigeyasu Yonemori; et al. Plant Production Science 2000. doi:10.1626/pps.3.124
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect In vitro-propagated banana plants established and grew faster, taller and bigger than sucker-derived plants.
- Intervention effect In vitro-propagated banana plants had a larger total leaf area (8001.5 cm2 per plant) than sucker-derived plants (6613.1 cm2 per plant).
- Intervention effect In vitro-propagated banana plants produced more leaves than sucker-derived plants.
- Intervention effect In vitro-propagated banana plants could be harvested earlier than sucker-derived plants.
- Intervention effect In vitro-propagated banana plants produced heavier fruit (200 g per finger) than sucker-derived plants (136.4 g per finger).
- Observation In vitro-propagated banana plants had many intact roots at planting, whereas sucker-derived plants had many damaged roots.
- Intervention effect In vitro-propagated banana plants started growth earlier than sucker-derived plants.
- Intervention effect In vitro-propagated banana plants intercepted more light for photosynthesis than sucker-derived plants.
- Mechanism The higher yield of in vitro-propagated banana plants may be explained by their earlier growth and greater light interception.