Claim · model-written summary
The authors reported less water loss after thinning and reshaping.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticat0 - Treatment
- thinning and reshapingt1
- Outcome
- water losse0
- Direction
- lesse0
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Verbatim
e0“which resulted in higher leaf growth, development and photosynthetic capability but less water loss”
t0“apple orchard”
t1“thinning and reshaping”
Title
Wen Tai Sun; Jun Qiang Niu; Tie Dong; et al. PubMed 2018. doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201809.026
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Thinning and reshaping reduced leaf area index and canopy coverage.
- Intervention effect Thinning and reshaping increased light interception to 79%.
- Intervention effect Thinning and reshaping improved tree construction.
- Observation Total shoot number fell to 1100400 per hectare.
- Observation Individual shoot numbers increased by 5.0%.
- Observation The spur ratio increased to 73%.
- Association Average leaf area, specific leaf quality, and hundred leaf mass increased with improved canopy lighting.
- Association Chlorophyll content increased with improved canopy lighting.
- Observation Starch accumulation increased by 143.5% with increased photosynthesis.
- Association Leaf development closely correlated with light interception.
- Intervention effect The authors reported higher leaf growth, development and photosynthetic capability after thinning and reshaping.
- Recommendation The authors recommend thinning and reshaping for renewal of dense apple orchards in the Loess Plateau.