Claim · model-written summary
Foliar calcium sprays raised skin calcium concentration of peach and nectarine fruit in three of four varieties.
- Taxon
- peach and nectarine
Prunus persicaPrunus persica var. nucipersicae1 - Treatment
- Foliar calcium sprayse1
- Outcome
- Calcium concentration in the skin of the fruite3
- Direction
- raisede3
- Qualifier
- in three of the four varieties studiede3
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Verbatim
e1“Foliar calcium sprays applied every 14 days, starting two weeks after full bloom and continuing until one week before harvest, did not reduce surface discoloration or increase fruit quality of mid- or late season peach and nectarine cultivars”
e3“Calcium concentration in the skin of the fruit was raised in three of the four varieties studied”
Title
Carlos H. Crisosto; Kevin R. Day; R. Scott Johnson; et al. Journal of American Pomological Society 2000. doi:10.71318/apom.2000.54.3.118
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Foliar calcium sprays did not reduce surface discoloration of peach and nectarine fruit.
- Intervention effect Foliar calcium sprays did not increase fruit quality of peach and nectarine.
- Intervention effect Multiple commercial calcium foliar sprays did not affect fruit soluble solids concentration, firmness or internal breakdown.
- Intervention effect Multiple commercial calcium foliar sprays did not affect fruit flesh calcium concentration at harvest.
- Intervention effect Foliar calcium sprays increased leaf calcium in two of the late peach and nectarine cultivars.