Claim · model-written summary
Treated snap-bean fruits contained 14.0% more moisture than untreated fruit when harvested 3 weeks after treatment.
- Taxon
- snap-beane0
- Treatment
- 4-Chlorophenoxyacetic acid (4-Cl)e0
- Outcome
- moisturee3
- Direction
- moree3
- Value
- 14.0%e3
- Qualifier
- harvested 1, 2, and 3 weeks after treatmente2
- Comparator
- untreated onese3
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSetting
Verbatim
e0“4-Chlorophenoxyacetic acid (4-Cl) was applied as a spray or a dip treatment to attached snap-bean fruits”
e2“Fresh weight of treated fruits was 11.2, 10.1, and 11.4% greater than that of untreated ones when harvested 1, 2, and 3 weeks after treatment”
e3“the treated fruits contained 2.3, 8.7, and 14.0% more moisture, respectively, than did the untreated ones”
Title
Effect of Growth-Regulating Substances on the Water-Retaining Capacity of Bean Plants
John W. Mitchell; Paul C. Marth Botanical Gazette 1950. doi:10.1086/335627
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Intervention effect One thousand ppm 4-Cl retarded maturation of attached snap-bean fruits.
- Intervention effect Fresh weight of treated snap-bean fruits was 11.2% greater than untreated fruit when harvested 1 week after treatment.
- Intervention effect Fresh weight of treated snap-bean fruits was 10.1% greater than untreated fruit when harvested 2 weeks after treatment.
- Intervention effect Fresh weight of treated snap-bean fruits was 11.4% greater than untreated fruit when harvested 3 weeks after treatment.
- Intervention effect Treated snap-bean fruits contained 2.3% more moisture than untreated fruit when harvested 1 week after treatment.
- Intervention effect Treated snap-bean fruits contained 8.7% more moisture than untreated fruit when harvested 2 weeks after treatment.
- Intervention effect The acid decreased final dry weight of seeds produced by 22%.
- Intervention effect Treated snap-bean pods were 14% heavier in dry weight than untreated pods at maturity.
- Intervention effect Sprays of 4-Cl at 250 to 1000 p.p.m. reduced the final yield of fresh snap-bean fruit.
- Intervention effect The most concentrated spray (1000 p.p.m. 4-Cl) reduced the final yield of fresh snap-bean fruit by 44%.
- Intervention effect A 50 p.p.m. spray did not significantly reduce snap-bean yield under the conditions used.
- Intervention effect Sprays of 4-Cl at 50 to 1000 p.p.m. increased the water-retaining capacity of snap-bean fruit when harvested and stored.
- Intervention effect The acid retarded the rate of colour change in harvested and stored snap-bean fruit.
- Intervention effect Applying 4-Cl in a wax emulsion was more effective than an equal concentration in aqueous spray in retarding moisture evaporation from harvested snap-bean fruit.
- Intervention effect Fruit sprayed with the wax-growth-regulator mixture lost about 25% less moisture than unsprayed fruit during the first week of storage.