Abstract
Spacing of plants affects both the total yield and the size of broccoli heads according to recent field tests. These results are important because the freezing industry generally prefers heads of smaller size than those shipped for fresh marketing. The tests indicate that the closer the spacing, the smaller the heads produced. Total yield increased to a maximum when spacing was reduced to 8 or 11 inches (depending on season and variety). Further decrease in the space between plants results in an abrupt reduction in yield.
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
Closer plant spacing in broccoli produced smaller heads.
- Taxon
- broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italicat0 - Treatment
- the closer the spacinge2
- Outcome
- size of broccoli headse1
- Direction
- smallere2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Plant spacing in broccoli”
e1“Spacing of plants affects both the total yield and the size of broccoli heads according to recent field tests”
e2“the closer the spacing, the smaller the heads produced”
Claim · model-written summary
Total yield of broccoli increased to a maximum when spacing was reduced to 8 or 11 inches.
- Taxon
- broccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicat0
- Treatment
- spacing was reduced to 8 or 11 inchese3
- Outcome
- Total yielde3
- Direction
- increased to a maximume3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Plant spacing in broccoli”
e3“Total yield increased to a maximum when spacing was reduced to 8 or 11 inches”
Claim · model-written summary
Further decrease in plant spacing in broccoli caused an abrupt reduction in yield.
- Taxon
- broccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicat0
- Treatment
- Further decrease in the space between plantse4
- Outcome
- yielde4
- Direction
- abrupt reductione4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Plant spacing in broccoli”
e4“Further decrease in the space between plants results in an abrupt reduction in yield”
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