Abstract
The thinning effects of lime sulfur either alone or combined with fish oil on two apple cultivars ‘Fuji’/M.9 and ‘Hongro’/M.9 were investigated during two consecutive seasons. Either 1% or 2% lime sulfur at full bloom decreased the amounts of both terminal and axillary fruits compared with unsprayed ‘Fuji’ control trees in the first year. However, 1% or 2% lime sulfur did not decrease terminal fruit set in the second year. Only, triple applications of 1% lime sulfur significantly reduced the number of terminal and axillary fruits in both years. Multiple application of 1% lime sulfur was the most effective in thinning of ‘Hongro’. In the first year, double or triple applications of 1% lime sulfur was effective in thinning terminal or axillary fruit, but one time applications of 1% or 2% lime sulfur was not reduced axillary fruit in ‘Hongro’ apple trees. In the second season, all treatments reduced terminal or axillary fruit in ‘Hongro’ clusters, except single application of 1% lime sulfur. Fish oil did not always improve the thinning effects of lime sulfur in ‘Fuji’ or ‘Hongro’ apple trees. None of treatments caused significant russeting in the harvested fruits. Most of thinning treatments had little effect on ‘Fuji’ or ‘Hongro’ fruit quality in terms of fruit weight, firmness, soluble solids concentration or titratable acidity.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Single 1% or 2% lime sulfur at full bloom reduced terminal and axillary Fuji fruit in year one.
- Taxon
- Apple Trees
Malus domesticat0 - Material
- ‘Fuji’e0
- Treatment
- 1% or 2% lime sulfur at full bloome0
- Outcome
- amounts of both terminal and axillary fruitse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Qualifier
- first yeare0
- Comparator
- unsprayed ‘Fuji’ control treese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Apple Trees”
e0“Either 1% or 2% lime sulfur at full bloom decreased the amounts of both terminal and axillary fruits compared with unsprayed ‘Fuji’ control trees in the first year”
Claim · model-written summary
Single 1% or 2% lime sulfur did not reduce Fuji terminal fruit set in year two.
- Taxon
- Apple TreesMalus domesticat0
- Material
- ‘Fuji’t0
- Treatment
- 1% or 2% lime sulfure0
- Outcome
- terminal fruit sete0
- Direction
- did not decreasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“‘Fuji’ and ‘Hongro’ Apple Trees”
e0“1% or 2% lime sulfur did not decrease terminal fruit set in the second year”
Claim · model-written summary
Three 1% lime sulfur sprays significantly reduced Fuji terminal and axillary fruit numbers in both years.
- Taxon
- Apple TreesMalus domesticat0
- Material
- ‘Fuji’t0
- Treatment
- triple applications of 1% lime sulfure0
- Outcome
- number of terminal and axillary fruitse0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“‘Fuji’ and ‘Hongro’ Apple Trees”
e0“triple applications of 1% lime sulfur significantly reduced the number of terminal and axillary fruits in both years”
Claim · model-written summary
Multiple 1% lime sulfur applications were the most effective thinning treatment for Hongro.
- Taxon
- Apple TreesMalus domesticat0
- Material
- ‘Hongro’e0
- Treatment
- Multiple application of 1% lime sulfure0
- Outcome
- thinninge0
- Direction
- most effectivee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“‘Fuji’ and ‘Hongro’ Apple Trees”
e0“Multiple application of 1% lime sulfur was the most effective in thinning of ‘Hongro’”
Claim · model-written summary
Double or triple 1% lime sulfur thinned Hongro terminal or axillary fruit in year one.
- Taxon
- Apple TreesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- double or triple applications of 1% lime sulfure0
- Outcome
- thinning terminal or axillary fruite0
- Direction
- effectivee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Apple Trees”
e0“In the first year, double or triple applications of 1% lime sulfur was effective in thinning terminal or axillary fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Single 1% or 2% lime sulfur did not reduce Hongro axillary fruit in year one.
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticae0
- Material
- ‘Hongro’e0
- Treatment
- one time applications of 1% or 2% lime sulfure0
- Outcome
- axillary fruite0
- Direction
- not reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Apple Trees”
e0“one time applications of 1% or 2% lime sulfur was not reduced axillary fruit in ‘Hongro’ apple trees”
Claim · model-written summary
In year two, Hongro treatments other than a single 1% lime sulfur application reduced terminal or axillary fruit.
- Taxon
- Apple TreesMalus domesticat0
- Material
- ‘Hongro’e0
- Treatment
- all treatmentse0
- Outcome
- terminal or axillary fruite0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- single application of 1% lime sulfure0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Apple Trees”
e0“In the second season, all treatments reduced terminal or axillary fruit in ‘Hongro’ clusters, except single application of 1% lime sulfur”
Claim · model-written summary
Fish oil did not consistently improve lime sulfur thinning in Fuji or Hongro.
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- Fish oile0
- Outcome
- thinning effectse0
- Direction
- did not always improvee0
- Comparator
- lime sulfure0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Apple Trees”
e0“Fish oil did not always improve the thinning effects of lime sulfur in ‘Fuji’ or ‘Hongro’ apple trees”
Claim · model-written summary
None of the apple thinning treatments caused significant russeting.
- Taxon
- Apple TreesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- treatmentse0
- Outcome
- russetinge0
- Direction
- Nonee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Apple Trees”
e0“None of treatments caused significant russeting in the harvested fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Most apple thinning treatments had little effect on fruit weight, firmness, soluble solids or acidity.
- Taxon
- Apple TreesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- thinning treatmentse0
- Outcome
- fruit weight, firmness, soluble solids concentration or titratable aciditye0
- Direction
- little effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Apple Trees”
e0“Most of thinning treatments had little effect on ‘Fuji’ or ‘Hongro’ fruit quality in terms of fruit weight, firmness, soluble solids concentration or titratable acidity”
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