Abstract
In a 1989 field study, `Gulfcoast' southern highbush blueberry plants were subjected to irrigation [8 liters per week (low) and 30 liters per week (high)], mulching (none and 15 cm height), row height (level and raised 10-15 cm), and soil incorporated peat (none and 15 liters in each planting hole) treatments at establishment. Plants were grown on a well-drained fine sandy loam soil that contained < 1.0% organic matter. Plant volume was increased by either mulching, high irrigation, incorporated peat moss or level beds. Fruit yields were not significantly affected by irrigation levels but were highest with either mulching, level beds or incorporated peat moss. The bed height X mulching interaction indicated that mulching increased yield more with level beds than with raised beds. Plants grown with the combination of mulching, level beds, incorporated peat moss, and high irrigation levels yielded 1.1 kg per plant or approximately 10 times more than plants grown without mulch, with raised beds, without peat moss, and with the low rates of irrigation. Of the 4 establishment practices evaluated, mulching had the greatest influence on plant growth and fruiting.
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Claim · model-written summary
Mulching increased plant volume of southern highbush blueberry.
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t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e1“Plant volume was increased by either mulching, high irrigation, incorporated peat moss or level beds”
Claim · model-written summary
High irrigation increased plant volume of southern highbush blueberry.
- Taxon
- SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRYt0
- Treatment
- high irrigatione1
- Outcome
- Plant volumee1
- Direction
- increasede1
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t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e1“Plant volume was increased by either mulching, high irrigation, incorporated peat moss or level beds”
Claim · model-written summary
Incorporated peat moss increased plant volume of southern highbush blueberry.
- Taxon
- SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRYt0
- Treatment
- incorporated peat mosse1
- Outcome
- Plant volumee1
- Direction
- increasede1
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t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e1“Plant volume was increased by either mulching, high irrigation, incorporated peat moss or level beds”
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Level beds increased plant volume of southern highbush blueberry.
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t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e1“Plant volume was increased by either mulching, high irrigation, incorporated peat moss or level beds”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation levels did not significantly affect fruit yield of southern highbush blueberry.
- Taxon
- SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRYt0
- Treatment
- irrigation levelse2
- Outcome
- Fruit yieldse2
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede2
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t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e2“Fruit yields were not significantly affected by irrigation levels but were highest with either mulching, level beds or incorporated peat moss”
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Mulching gave the highest fruit yield of southern highbush blueberry.
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t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e2“Fruit yields were not significantly affected by irrigation levels but were highest with either mulching, level beds or incorporated peat moss”
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Level beds gave the highest fruit yield of southern highbush blueberry.
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t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e2“Fruit yields were not significantly affected by irrigation levels but were highest with either mulching, level beds or incorporated peat moss”
Claim · model-written summary
Incorporated peat moss gave the highest fruit yield of southern highbush blueberry.
- Taxon
- SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRYt0
- Treatment
- incorporated peat mosse2
- Outcome
- Fruit yieldse2
- Direction
- higheste2
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t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e2“Fruit yields were not significantly affected by irrigation levels but were highest with either mulching, level beds or incorporated peat moss”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching increased yield more with level beds than with raised beds.
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t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e3“The bed height X mulching interaction indicated that mulching increased yield more with level beds than with raised beds”
Claim · model-written summary
The combination of mulching, level beds, incorporated peat moss and high irrigation yielded 1.1 kg per plant, about 10 times more than the comparator plants.
- Taxon
- SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRYt0
- Treatment
- the combination of mulching, level beds, incorporated peat moss, and high irrigation levelse4
- Outcome
- yielde4
- Direction
- approximately 10 times moree4
- Value
- 1.1 kg per plante4
- Comparator
- plants grown without mulch, with raised beds, without peat moss, and with the low rates of irrigatione4
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t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e4“Plants grown with the combination of mulching, level beds, incorporated peat moss, and high irrigation levels yielded 1.1 kg per plant or approximately 10 times more than plants grown without mulch, with raised beds, without peat moss, and with the low rates of irrigation”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching had the greatest influence on plant growth and fruiting among the four establishment practices.
- Taxon
- SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRYt0
- Treatment
- mulchinge5
- Outcome
- plant growth and fruitinge5
- Comparator
- 4 establishment practicese5
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t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e5“Of the 4 establishment practices evaluated, mulching had the greatest influence on plant growth and fruiting”
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