Abstract
Abstract – Introduction . Mango fruits grown under high-density planting show a progressive decline in crop yield after 14–15 years, due to overcrowding of canopies, which suggests regular canopy management is necessary. Hence, the effects of pruning treatment on fruit yield and quality of ‘Amrapali’ mango were studied in India over two consecutive years, 2010 and 2011. Materials and methods . Mango trees were subjected to pruning (removal of 50 cm of shoot from the apex) in the month of September 2009 with unpruned trees serving as control. Fruits were harvested at the commercial maturity stage and quality parameters were assessed both in fresh fruits and following ripening at room temperature [(35 ± 2) °C and (80 ± 5)% RH)]. Results and discussion . Fruit yield of pruned trees was found to decrease during the first year compared with the fruit yield of unpruned trees; later on, it increased during the second year. Pruning resulted in significantly higher fruit weight, fruit firmness, total carotenoids, antioxidant capacity and total phenolic content. Early maturity of fruits was observed from unpruned trees with faster color change, higher total soluble solids and lower titratable acidity. The fruits harvested from pruned trees showed slower ripening, and lower respiration, ethylene evolution rate and enzyme activity as compared with fruits from unpruned trees. Both anthracnose and stem-end rot disease percentage were reduced in ripe fruits from pruned trees. Conclusion . Pruning treatment appears to be an alternative strategy to obtain better yield and quality in densely populated old mango orchards.
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Claim · model-written summary
Pruned mango trees had lower fruit yield than unpruned trees during the first year.
- Taxon
- Mango trees
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Mangifera indicae1 - Treatment
- pruninge1
- Outcome
- Fruit yielde2
- Direction
- decreasee2
- Qualifier
- during the first yeare2
- Comparator
- unpruned treese1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“Mango trees were subjected to pruning (removal of 50 cm of shoot from the apex) in the month of September 2009 with unpruned trees serving as control”
e2“Fruit yield of pruned trees was found to decrease during the first year compared with the fruit yield of unpruned trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruned mango trees had higher fruit yield than unpruned trees during the second year.
- Taxon
- Mango treesMangifera indicae1
- Treatment
- pruninge1
- Outcome
- Fruit yielde2
- Direction
- increasede3
- Qualifier
- during the second yeare3
- Comparator
- unpruned treese1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Mango trees were subjected to pruning (removal of 50 cm of shoot from the apex) in the month of September 2009 with unpruned trees serving as control”
e2“Fruit yield of pruned trees was found to decrease during the first year compared with the fruit yield of unpruned trees”
e3“later on, it increased during the second year”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning significantly increased fruit weight, fruit firmness and total carotenoids compared with unpruned trees.
- Taxon
- Mango treesMangifera indicae1
- Treatment
- pruninge4
- Outcome
- fruit weight, fruit firmness, total carotenoidse4
- Direction
- highere4
- Comparator
- unpruned treese1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Mango trees were subjected to pruning (removal of 50 cm of shoot from the apex) in the month of September 2009 with unpruned trees serving as control”
e4“Pruning resulted in significantly higher fruit weight, fruit firmness, total carotenoids, antioxidant capacity and total phenolic content”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning significantly increased antioxidant capacity and total phenolic content compared with unpruned trees.
- Taxon
- Mango treesMangifera indicae1
- Treatment
- pruninge4
- Outcome
- antioxidant capacity and total phenolic contente4
- Direction
- highere4
- Comparator
- unpruned treese1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Mango trees were subjected to pruning (removal of 50 cm of shoot from the apex) in the month of September 2009 with unpruned trees serving as control”
e4“Pruning resulted in significantly higher fruit weight, fruit firmness, total carotenoids, antioxidant capacity and total phenolic content”
Claim · model-written summary
Early maturity of fruit was observed from unpruned mango trees.
- Taxon
- Mango treesMangifera indicae1
- Outcome
- Early maturity of fruitse5
- Qualifier
- from unpruned treese5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Mango trees were subjected to pruning (removal of 50 cm of shoot from the apex) in the month of September 2009 with unpruned trees serving as control”
e5“Early maturity of fruits was observed from unpruned trees with faster color change, higher total soluble solids and lower titratable acidity”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from unpruned mango trees changed colour faster.
- Taxon
- Mango treesMangifera indicae1
- Outcome
- color changee5
- Direction
- fastere5
- Qualifier
- from unpruned treese5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Mango trees were subjected to pruning (removal of 50 cm of shoot from the apex) in the month of September 2009 with unpruned trees serving as control”
e5“Early maturity of fruits was observed from unpruned trees with faster color change, higher total soluble solids and lower titratable acidity”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from unpruned mango trees had higher total soluble solids.
- Taxon
- Mango treesMangifera indicae1
- Outcome
- total soluble solidse5
- Direction
- highere5
- Qualifier
- from unpruned treese5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Mango trees were subjected to pruning (removal of 50 cm of shoot from the apex) in the month of September 2009 with unpruned trees serving as control”
e5“Early maturity of fruits was observed from unpruned trees with faster color change, higher total soluble solids and lower titratable acidity”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from unpruned mango trees had lower titratable acidity.
- Taxon
- Mango treesMangifera indicae1
- Outcome
- titratable aciditye5
- Direction
- lowere5
- Qualifier
- from unpruned treese5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Mango trees were subjected to pruning (removal of 50 cm of shoot from the apex) in the month of September 2009 with unpruned trees serving as control”
e5“Early maturity of fruits was observed from unpruned trees with faster color change, higher total soluble solids and lower titratable acidity”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from pruned mango trees ripened more slowly than fruit from unpruned trees.
- Taxon
- Mango treesMangifera indicae1
- Treatment
- pruned treese6
- Outcome
- ripeninge6
- Direction
- slowere6
- Comparator
- unpruned treese6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Mango trees were subjected to pruning (removal of 50 cm of shoot from the apex) in the month of September 2009 with unpruned trees serving as control”
e6“The fruits harvested from pruned trees showed slower ripening, and lower respiration, ethylene evolution rate and enzyme activity as compared with fruits from unpruned trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from pruned mango trees had lower respiration, ethylene evolution rate and enzyme activity than fruit from unpruned trees.
- Taxon
- Mango treesMangifera indicae1
- Treatment
- pruned treese6
- Outcome
- respiration, ethylene evolution rate and enzyme activitye6
- Direction
- lowere6
- Comparator
- unpruned treese6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Mango trees were subjected to pruning (removal of 50 cm of shoot from the apex) in the month of September 2009 with unpruned trees serving as control”
e6“The fruits harvested from pruned trees showed slower ripening, and lower respiration, ethylene evolution rate and enzyme activity as compared with fruits from unpruned trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning reduced anthracnose and stem-end rot disease percentage in ripe fruit.
- Taxon
- Mango treesMangifera indicae1
- Treatment
- pruned treese7
- Outcome
- anthracnose and stem-end rot disease percentagee7
- Direction
- reducede7
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Mango trees were subjected to pruning (removal of 50 cm of shoot from the apex) in the month of September 2009 with unpruned trees serving as control”
e7“Both anthracnose and stem-end rot disease percentage were reduced in ripe fruits from pruned trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning appears to be an alternative strategy for better yield and quality in densely populated old mango orchards.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicae4
- Treatment
- Pruning treatmente4
- Outcome
- better yield and qualitye4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“Pruning treatment appears to be an alternative strategy to obtain better yield and quality in densely populated old mango orchards”
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