Claim · model-written summary
In dry 2017, irrigation increased olive fruit size by 35%.
- Taxon
- olive
Olea europaeae1 - Treatment
- all irrigation treatmentse0
- Outcome
- fruit sizese0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 35%e0
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Verbatim
e0“fruit weight, fruit sizes, and oil yield increased by 35% in all irrigation treatments”
e1“olive fruit”
Title
Maja Jukić Špika; Davor Romić; Mirella Žanetić; et al. Foods 2022. doi:10.3390/foods11182923
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Principal components separated growing seasons that differed in precipitation.
- Intervention effect In 2016, irrigation at 75% or 100% requirement increased oil yield up to 18%.
- Intervention effect In 2016, irrigation left oil phenolics, bitterness and pungency unchanged.
- Intervention effect In dry 2017, irrigation increased olive fruit weight by 35%.
- Intervention effect In dry 2017, irrigation increased oil yield by 35%.
- Intervention effect In dry 2017, irrigation reduced oil phenols, bitterness and pungency.
- Recommendation Authors conclude abundant water supply is more effective in drought conditions.