Abstract
Foliar application of hormones and nutrients can improve fruit quality, but specific conditions for applying hormones and nutrients may vary among fruit species. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of 6-BA, potassium phosphate (monobasic), and calcium chloride on fruit weight, palatability, and storage quality of 8-year-old pear trees, cv. Hosui. Foliar applications of 1 mg·L -1 6-BA, 0.3% potassium phosphate, 0.3% calcium chloride, or 0.3% potassium phosphate + 0.3% calcium chloride were made at 20-day intervals from June until maturity. All foliar applications increased average fruit weight over the control (distilled water). 6-BA or the combination of potassium phosphate and calcium chloride increased fruit weight more than did potassium phosphate or calcium chloride alone. Fruit palatability, measured as the ratio of sugar content to acid content, was significantly lower in 6-BA, potassium phosphate, and calcium chloride treatments than in the control. All treatments increased vitamin C content over the control. Fruit storage quality in calcium chloride or calcium chloride + potassium phosphate treatments was superior to that in the control. Potassium phosphate alone and 6-BA treatments had no effects on fruit storage quality. We conclude that foliar applications of 0.3% potassium phosphate + 0.3% calcium chloride or 1 mg·L -1 6-BA can increase average fruit weight and improve fruit palatability.
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Claim · model-written summary
All foliar applications increased average fruit weight of pear over the distilled-water control.
- Taxon
- Pear
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Pyrus communist0 - Treatment
- foliar applicationse0
- Outcome
- average fruit weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- control (distilled water)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“Affect Pear Fruit Quality”
e0“All foliar applications increased average fruit weight over the control (distilled water)”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar 6-BA or the combination of potassium phosphate and calcium chloride increased fruit weight more than potassium phosphate or calcium chloride alone.
- Taxon
- PearPyrus communist0
- Treatment
- 6-BA or the combination of potassium phosphate and calcium chloridee0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- potassium phosphate or calcium chloride alonee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Affect Pear Fruit Quality”
e0“6-BA or the combination of potassium phosphate and calcium chloride increased fruit weight more than did potassium phosphate or calcium chloride alone”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit palatability, measured as the sugar to acid ratio, was significantly lower in the 6-BA, potassium phosphate and calcium chloride treatments than in the control.
- Taxon
- PearPyrus communist0
- Treatment
- 6-BA, potassium phosphate, and calcium chloride treatmentse0
- Outcome
- Fruit palatabilitye0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Qualifier
- ratio of sugar content to acid contente0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Affect Pear Fruit Quality”
e0“Fruit palatability, measured as the ratio of sugar content to acid content, was significantly lower in 6-BA, potassium phosphate, and calcium chloride treatments than in the control”
Claim · model-written summary
All foliar treatments increased vitamin C content over the control.
- Taxon
- PearPyrus communist0
- Treatment
- All treatmentse0
- Outcome
- vitamin C contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Affect Pear Fruit Quality”
e0“All treatments increased vitamin C content over the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit storage quality in the calcium chloride and calcium chloride + potassium phosphate treatments was superior to that in the control.
- Taxon
- PearPyrus communist0
- Treatment
- calcium chloride or calcium chloride + potassium phosphate treatmentse0
- Outcome
- Fruit storage qualitye0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Affect Pear Fruit Quality”
e0“Fruit storage quality in calcium chloride or calcium chloride + potassium phosphate treatments was superior to that in the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium phosphate alone and 6-BA treatments had no effect on fruit storage quality.
- Taxon
- PearPyrus communist0
- Treatment
- Potassium phosphate alone and 6-BA treatmentse0
- Outcome
- fruit storage qualitye0
- Direction
- no effectse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Affect Pear Fruit Quality”
e0“Potassium phosphate alone and 6-BA treatments had no effects on fruit storage quality”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that foliar 0.3% potassium phosphate + 0.3% calcium chloride or 1 mg/L 6-BA can increase average fruit weight and improve fruit palatability.
- Taxon
- PearPyrus communist0
- Treatment
- foliar applications of 0.3% potassium phosphate + 0.3% calcium chloridee0
- Outcome
- increase average fruit weight and improve fruit palatabilitye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Affect Pear Fruit Quality”
e0“We conclude that foliar applications of 0.3% potassium phosphate + 0.3% calcium chloride or 1 mg·L -1 6-BA can increase average fruit weight and improve fruit palatability”
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