Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Low soil moisture suppressed shoot growth in apple rootstocks.

A claim from Effect of Soil Water Potential on Growth of Apple Trees Infected with Pratylenchus penetrans. · 1979

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Low soil moisture suppressed shoot growth in apple rootstocks.

Material
Malling-Merton 106e0
Treatment
low soil moisturee2
Outcome
shoot growthe2
Direction
suppressede2
Comparator
0 to -0.4 bare1

Not reportedGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier

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Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Malling-Merton 106 apple rootstocks”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–35
e1

“two moisture levels, 0 to -0.4 bar or 0 to -10 bars”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 160–211
e2

“Either inoculation or low soil moisture suppressed shoot growth and increased root necrosis”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 213–304

Title

Effect of Soil Water Potential on Growth of Apple Trees Infected with Pratylenchus penetrans.

B A Jaffee; W F Mai PubMed 1979

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soil water · growth · Malus domestica (apple)Positive and negative results

10 papers: 4 positive, 6 negative or no effect

5 papers in the same direction as this claim · 4 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
    High humidity and soil moisture promoted growth at high nitrogen.

    Shoot Growth and Mineral Composition of Leaves and Fruits of Apple as Affected by Relative Air Humidity · 1972

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    Fruit circumference growth increased linearly with TAW level in phases 2 and 3.

    Growth and quality of apples as affected by different irrigation treatments · 1985

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    High water availability tended to increase apple fruit daily growth.

    The fruit as a potential indicator of plant water status in apple · 2017

    Opposite direction

  4. positive
    Regeneration rates of cryopreserved apple buds were highest with 35% moisture content, -35 C pre-freezing temperature and 1 C/h pre-freezing rate.

    Cryopreservation of Winter-dormant Apple Buds Using Two-step Freezing · 2013

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    fluctuating soil moisture availability reduced growth in Granny Smith apple trees on Mailing Merton 115 rootstocks.

    The influence of soil moisture on apple root growth and root: shoot ratios · 1971

    Same direction

  6. negative
    Under full sun, declining soil water potential reduced total leaf dry weight by 46%.

    The Influence of Environment on Apple Tree Growth, Leaf Wax Formation, and Foliar Absorption · 1983

    Same direction

  7. no effect
    Fruit load and reduced soil water did not affect terminal shoot length.

    Growth, Leaf Mineral Nutrition, and Leaf Water Status of Mature Apple Trees Subjected to Various Crop Loads and Soil Water Conditions · 1989

    Same direction

  8. no effect
    Reduced soil water did not affect root or aboveground dry weight.

    Leaf assimilation, carbon translocation and root respiration in 'Budagovski 9' apple cuttings grown in low soil moisture condition · 2014

    Same direction

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