Abstract
The effects of three mulching systems on total yield, average yield per plant, average fruit weight, soluble solids content (SSC), titratable acidity (TA), firmness and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) of two newly developed lines (‘Orléans’ and ‘Saint Pierre’), one advanced selection (‘SJ8976-1’) and two commonly used cultivars (‘Jewel’ and ‘Kent’) were evaluated. The studied mulching systems were: plastic mulch (PM), mulch with row cover (PMRC), and matted-row system (MRS). Results showed that plastic mulch with row cover (PMRC) generally increased yield per plant, average fruit weight, SSC, firmness and ORAC, but differences varied within harvest times. No significant differences in total yield and TA were observed under the selected mulching systems. Both PMRC and PM accelerated the harvest periods compared to MRS. ‘Kent’ and ‘Jewel’ had the highest total yield while ‘SJ8976-1’ and ‘St-Pierre’ had the highest average fruit weight. The highest SSC, TA and ORAC were found in ‘Jewel’. There was no interaction between the mulching systems and genotypes, indicating that the effect of production system is independent of cultivars. PMRC seems to be a better growing system, improving fruit quality and increasing the nutritional value of all genotypes. By allowing off-season fruit production in cool climates, PMRC can be an alternative method to the costly high tunnels.
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Claims 13
Claim · model-written summary
PMRC generally increased yield per plant, average fruit weight and soluble solids content
- Taxon
- strawberry
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Fragaria ×ananassat0 - Treatment
- plastic mulch with row cover (PMRC)e1
- Outcome
- yield per plant, average fruit weight, SSCe1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Qualifier
- differences varied within harvest timese1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“newly developed strawberry lines”
e1“Results showed that plastic mulch with row cover (PMRC) generally increased yield per plant, average fruit weight, SSC, firmness and ORAC, but differences varied within harvest times”
Claim · model-written summary
PMRC generally increased firmness and ORAC
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- plastic mulch with row cover (PMRC)e1
- Outcome
- firmness and ORACe1
- Direction
- increasede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“newly developed strawberry lines”
e1“Results showed that plastic mulch with row cover (PMRC) generally increased yield per plant, average fruit weight, SSC, firmness and ORAC, but differences varied within harvest times”
Claim · model-written summary
No significant difference in total yield or titratable acidity among the selected mulching systems
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- selected mulching systemse2
- Outcome
- total yield and TAe2
- Direction
- No significant differencese2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“newly developed strawberry lines”
e2“No significant differences in total yield and TA were observed under the selected mulching systems”
Claim · model-written summary
PMRC accelerated the harvest periods compared with the matted-row system
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- PMRCe3
- Outcome
- harvest periodse3
- Direction
- acceleratede3
- Comparator
- MRSe3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“newly developed strawberry lines”
e3“Both PMRC and PM accelerated the harvest periods compared to MRS”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic mulch alone accelerated the harvest periods compared with the matted-row system
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- PMe3
- Outcome
- harvest periodse3
- Direction
- acceleratede3
- Comparator
- MRSe3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“newly developed strawberry lines”
e3“Both PMRC and PM accelerated the harvest periods compared to MRS”
Claim · model-written summary
Genotype Kent had the highest total yield
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Material
- Kente4
- Outcome
- total yielde4
- Direction
- higheste4
Not reportedTreatmentComparator
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Verbatim
t0“newly developed strawberry lines”
e4“‘Kent’ and ‘Jewel’ had the highest total yield while ‘SJ8976-1’ and ‘St-Pierre’ had the highest average fruit weight”
Claim · model-written summary
Genotype Jewel had the highest total yield
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Material
- Jewele4
- Outcome
- total yielde4
- Direction
- higheste4
Not reportedTreatmentComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“newly developed strawberry lines”
e4“‘Kent’ and ‘Jewel’ had the highest total yield while ‘SJ8976-1’ and ‘St-Pierre’ had the highest average fruit weight”
Claim · model-written summary
Genotype SJ8976-1 had the highest average fruit weight
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Material
- SJ8976-1e4
- Outcome
- average fruit weighte4
- Direction
- higheste4
Not reportedTreatmentComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“newly developed strawberry lines”
e4“‘Kent’ and ‘Jewel’ had the highest total yield while ‘SJ8976-1’ and ‘St-Pierre’ had the highest average fruit weight”
Claim · model-written summary
Genotype St-Pierre had the highest average fruit weight
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Material
- St-Pierree4
- Outcome
- average fruit weighte4
- Direction
- higheste4
Not reportedTreatmentComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“newly developed strawberry lines”
e4“‘Kent’ and ‘Jewel’ had the highest total yield while ‘SJ8976-1’ and ‘St-Pierre’ had the highest average fruit weight”
Claim · model-written summary
Genotype Jewel had the highest SSC, titratable acidity and ORAC
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Material
- Jewele5
- Outcome
- SSC, TA and ORACe5
- Direction
- higheste5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“newly developed strawberry lines”
e5“The highest SSC, TA and ORAC were found in ‘Jewel’”
Claim · model-written summary
No interaction between mulching systems and genotypes
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Outcome
- interaction between the mulching systems and genotypese6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“newly developed strawberry lines”
e6“There was no interaction between the mulching systems and genotypes, indicating that the effect of production system is independent of cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
PMRC is a better growing system for improving strawberry fruit quality in all genotypes
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- PMRCe7
- Outcome
- fruit qualitye7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“newly developed strawberry lines”
e7“PMRC seems to be a better growing system, improving fruit quality and increasing the nutritional value of all genotypes”
Claim · model-written summary
PMRC allows off-season strawberry fruit production in cool climates as an alternative to high tunnels
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- PMRCe1
- Outcome
- off-season fruit productione1
- Comparator
- high tunnelse1
- Setting
- cool climatese1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“newly developed strawberry lines”
e1“By allowing off-season fruit production in cool climates, PMRC can be an alternative method to the costly high tunnels”
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