Abstract
The influence of flower or fruit hand-thinning methods on fruit quality was estimated in the experiment conducted from 1997 to 1999, at the commercial orchard near Lublin in Poland. The experiment was carried out on 'Sampion' trees/M.26 planted in a bed system at 1 x 2 x 4 m spacing. The study was a complete randomized block design with a single-tree plot replicated eight times. In 1999, during the vegetative period, the dynamics of fruitlet growth were also observed. Fruitlets on trees subjected to flower thinning towards the end of the flowering period, were characterized as having a fast rate of growth in all separated subperiods. However, the control fruits, despite having quite a fast rate of growth in the first separated subperiod, showed the slowest rate of growth in the following two subperiods. Flower thinning at the pink bud stage, and towards the end of flowering had a beneficial influence on yield of fruit > 70 mm in diameter and mean fruit mass. The control trees gave the smallest yield of fruit > 70 mm in diameter. The control fruits were characterized as having a lower mean fruit mass. Fruits from trees subjected to flower thinning at the pink bud stage had the biggest P and K content, but tended to have the smallest Ca content and the biggest K/Ca ratio. The control fruits had the great Ca content and tended to have the lowest K/Ca ratio.
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Claims 14
Claim · model-written summary
Flower thinning near the end of flowering produced fast fruitlet growth in all separated subperiods.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticat0 - Organ / stage
- Fruitletse0
- Treatment
- flower thinning towards the end of the flowering periode0
- Outcome
- fast rate of growthe0
- Direction
- faste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruitlets on trees subjected to flower thinning towards the end of the flowering period, were characterized as having a fast rate of growth in all separated subperiods.”
t0“'Sampion' apple fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Control fruitlets had the slowest growth in the two later subperiods.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Material
- 'Sampion't0
- Outcome
- rate of growthe0
- Direction
- sloweste0
- Qualifier
- following two subperiodse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the control fruits, despite having quite a fast rate of growth in the first separated subperiod, showed the slowest rate of growth in the following two subperiods.”
t0“'Sampion' apple fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Pink bud stage flower thinning improved yield of fruit over 70 mm.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Flower thinning at the pink bud stagee0
- Outcome
- yield of fruit > 70 mm in diametere0
- Direction
- beneficiale0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Flower thinning at the pink bud stage, and towards the end of flowering had a beneficial influence on yield of fruit > 70 mm in diameter and mean fruit mass.”
t0“'Sampion' apple fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Flower thinning near the end of flowering improved yield of fruit over 70 mm.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- towards the end of floweringe0
- Outcome
- yield of fruit > 70 mm in diametere0
- Direction
- beneficiale0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Flower thinning at the pink bud stage, and towards the end of flowering had a beneficial influence on yield of fruit > 70 mm in diameter and mean fruit mass.”
t0“'Sampion' apple fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Pink bud stage flower thinning improved mean fruit mass.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Flower thinning at the pink bud stagee0
- Outcome
- mean fruit masse0
- Direction
- beneficiale0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Flower thinning at the pink bud stage, and towards the end of flowering had a beneficial influence on yield of fruit > 70 mm in diameter and mean fruit mass.”
t0“'Sampion' apple fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Flower thinning near the end of flowering improved mean fruit mass.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- towards the end of floweringe0
- Outcome
- mean fruit masse0
- Direction
- beneficiale0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Flower thinning at the pink bud stage, and towards the end of flowering had a beneficial influence on yield of fruit > 70 mm in diameter and mean fruit mass.”
t0“'Sampion' apple fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Control trees gave the smallest yield of fruit over 70 mm.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- yield of fruit > 70 mm in diametere0
- Direction
- smalleste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The control trees gave the smallest yield of fruit > 70 mm in diameter.”
t0“'Sampion' apple fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Control fruit had lower mean fruit mass.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- mean fruit masse0
- Direction
- lowere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The control fruits were characterized as having a lower mean fruit mass.”
t0“'Sampion' apple fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from pink bud thinning had the greatest P content.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- flower thinning at the pink bud stagee0
- Outcome
- Pe0
- Direction
- biggeste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruits from trees subjected to flower thinning at the pink bud stage had the biggest P and K content”
t0“'Sampion' apple fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from pink bud thinning had the greatest K content.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- flower thinning at the pink bud stagee0
- Outcome
- K contente0
- Direction
- biggeste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruits from trees subjected to flower thinning at the pink bud stage had the biggest P and K content”
t0“'Sampion' apple fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from pink bud thinning tended toward the smallest Ca content.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- flower thinning at the pink bud stagee1
- Outcome
- Ca contente0
- Direction
- smalleste0
- Qualifier
- tendede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tended to have the smallest Ca content and the biggest K/Ca ratio.”
e1“flower thinning at the pink bud stage”
t0“'Sampion' apple fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from pink bud thinning had the greatest K/Ca ratio.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- flower thinning at the pink bud stagee1
- Outcome
- K/Ca ratioe0
- Direction
- biggeste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tended to have the smallest Ca content and the biggest K/Ca ratio.”
e1“flower thinning at the pink bud stage”
t0“'Sampion' apple fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Control fruit had great Ca content.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- Ca contente0
- Direction
- greate0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The control fruits had the great Ca content and tended to have the lowest K/Ca ratio.”
t0“'Sampion' apple fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Control fruit tended toward the lowest K/Ca ratio.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- K/Ca ratioe0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Qualifier
- tendede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The control fruits had the great Ca content and tended to have the lowest K/Ca ratio.”
t0“'Sampion' apple fruits”
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