Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Electroflor thinning lowered yield per hectare by 21.1%

A claim from Impact of a mechanical flower thinning on growth, yield, diseases and fruit quality of sweet cherries (Prunus aviumL.) under organic growing conditions · 2013

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Electroflor thinning lowered yield per hectare by 21.1%

Taxon
sweet cherriesPrunus aviumt0
Treatment
thinning with Electroflore0
Outcome
yield per hectaree0
Direction
lowere0
Value
21.1%e0

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Prunus avium
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Verbatim

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“sweet cherries”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 87–101
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“The thinning with Electroflor showed an increasing effect on the single fruit weight of 9.2% (mean of 3 years) combined with a lower yield per hectare of 21.1%”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 551–710

Title

Impact of a mechanical flower thinning on growth, yield, diseases and fruit quality of sweet cherries (Prunus aviumL.) under organic growing conditions

A. Spornberger; D. Buvac; A. Hajagos; et al. Biological Agriculture & Horticulture 2013. doi:10.1080/01448765.2013.844079

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pruning · yield · Prunus avium (sweet cherry)Results differ

21 papers: 14 positive, 7 negative or no effect

7 papers in the same direction as this claim · 13 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
    In 2002, each thinning treatment nearly eliminated the yield of small sweet cherry fruit compared to the control.

    Chemical Blossom Thinners Vary in Their Effect on Sweet Cherry Fruit Set, Yield, Fruit Quality, and Crop Value · 2006 · compared with C

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    Soft pruning promoted premium fruit yield to 52% of total fruit.

    Effects on fruit production and quality of different dormant pruning intensities in 'Bing'/'Gisela®6' sweet cherries (Prunus avium) in Central Chile · 2011

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    Prunus mugus, P. canescens and Colt rootstocks produced good yields.

    The effects of species and hybrid rootstocks on the growth and cropping of Merton Glory and Merton Bigarreau sweet cherries (Prunus aviumL.) · 1983

    Opposite direction

  4. positive
    Thinning enhanced fruit size, weight and volume in sweet cherry.

    Regulation of crop load and quality in sweet cherry cv. ‘Sweet Heart’ using blossom thinning · 2024

    Opposite direction

  5. positive
    Binding shoots, summer pruning, trunk cuts and root pruning stimulated yield by balancing vegetative and generative growth.

    New sweet cherry cultivars in intensive plantings · 2011

    Opposite direction

  6. positive
    Average fruit weight of intensively pruned sweet cherry trees was significantly higher than that of moderately pruned trees in all three cultivars.

    Influence of pruning on biological properties of sweet cherry cultivars grafted on ‘Oblačinska’ sour cherry · 2020 · compared with MP trees

    Opposite direction

  7. positive
    Pruning can produce somewhat larger fruit.

    Pruning methods for bearing sweet cherry trees · 1968

    Opposite direction

  8. positive
    Root pruning significantly influenced shoot growth, tree height, cumulative yield, trunk area and yield per trunk area.

    ROOT PRUNING EFFECT ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF SWEET CHERRY · 2016

    Opposite direction

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