Claim · model-written summary
Pruning and leaf removal levels did not influence Frontenac gris fruit quality.
- Taxon
- wine grapes
Vitis viniferae1 - Material
- Frontenac grise5
- Treatment
- pruning or leaf removal levelse5
- Outcome
- fruit qualitye5
- Direction
- not influencede5
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Verbatim
e1“Experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of three pruning levels (20, 30 and 40 nodes per vine) and three fruit-zone leaf removal levels (0%, 50%, and 100%) on the yield and fruit quality of Frontenac gris and Marquette wine grapes in a northern production region”
e5“Frontenac gris fruit quality was similar both years and was not influenced by pruning or leaf removal levels”
Title
Andrew Aipperspach; James Hammond; Harlene Hatterman-Valenti Horticulturae 2020. doi:10.3390/horticulturae6010018
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Retaining more buds per vine increased yields in both cultivars.
- Intervention effect Retaining more buds per vine reduced pruning weights in both cultivars.
- Intervention effect Yields of Frontenac gris and Marquette were greatest when 50% of the fruit-zone leaves were removed.
- Intervention effect Individual berries in clusters were heavier when vines were pruned to retain 40 buds.
- Observation Frontenac gris fruit quality was similar across both years of the study.
- Association Marquette fruit total soluble solids content was greater in 2012.
- Intervention effect Marquette fruit titratable acidity was lower when 100% of the fruit-zone leaves were removed.
- Recommendation The authors judge that 100% fruit-zone leaf removal was too severe.
- Recommendation Greater bud retention levels should be investigated in the two cold-hardy hybrid wine grapes.