Abstract
This study examines the effect of multiple spray applications of Apogee on shoot growth and whole-canopy photosynthesis (WCPn) rate in young, bearing apple trees. Apogee increased fruit numbers and reduced shoot growth and inconsistently reduced leaf area but the reduction in photosynthetic area did not result in reduced WCPn or a detrimental effect on the fruit number:fruit size relationship. Since WCPn was not affected when leaf area was reduced by Apogee treatment, it suggests a greater photosynthetic efficiency of leaves on Apogee treated trees due to reduced shading. The use of Apogee for canopy management may produce a side-effect of increasing fruit set, which may be managed through a crop thinning program.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Apogee sprays increased apple fruit numbers.
- Taxon
- apple trees
Malus domesticae1 - Treatment
- multiple spray applications of Apogeee1
- Outcome
- fruit numberse2
- Direction
- increasede2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“multiple spray applications of Apogee on shoot growth and whole-canopy photosynthesis (WCPn) rate in young, bearing apple trees”
e2“Apogee increased fruit numbers”
Claim · model-written summary
Apogee sprays reduced apple shoot growth.
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticae1
- Treatment
- multiple spray applications of Apogeee1
- Outcome
- shoot growthe3
- Direction
- reducede3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“multiple spray applications of Apogee on shoot growth and whole-canopy photosynthesis (WCPn) rate in young, bearing apple trees”
e2“Apogee increased fruit numbers”
e3“reduced shoot growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Apogee sprays inconsistently reduced apple leaf area.
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticae1
- Treatment
- multiple spray applications of Apogeee1
- Outcome
- leaf areae4
- Direction
- inconsistently reducede4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“multiple spray applications of Apogee on shoot growth and whole-canopy photosynthesis (WCPn) rate in young, bearing apple trees”
e4“inconsistently reduced leaf area”
Claim · model-written summary
The reduction in photosynthetic area under Apogee did not reduce whole-canopy photosynthesis (WCPn).
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticae1
- Treatment
- multiple spray applications of Apogeee1
- Outcome
- WCPne5
- Direction
- did not result in reducede5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“multiple spray applications of Apogee on shoot growth and whole-canopy photosynthesis (WCPn) rate in young, bearing apple trees”
e2“Apogee increased fruit numbers”
e5“the reduction in photosynthetic area did not result in reduced WCPn or a detrimental effect on the fruit number:fruit size relationship”
Claim · model-written summary
The reduction in photosynthetic area under Apogee had no detrimental effect on the fruit number:fruit size relationship.
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticae1
- Treatment
- multiple spray applications of Apogeee1
- Outcome
- fruit number:fruit size relationshipe5
- Direction
- did not result ine5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“multiple spray applications of Apogee on shoot growth and whole-canopy photosynthesis (WCPn) rate in young, bearing apple trees”
e2“Apogee increased fruit numbers”
e5“the reduction in photosynthetic area did not result in reduced WCPn or a detrimental effect on the fruit number:fruit size relationship”
Claim · model-written summary
Apogee treated apple trees appear to have greater photosynthetic efficiency of leaves because of reduced shading.
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticae1
- Treatment
- Apogee treatmente6
- Outcome
- photosynthetic efficiency of leavese6
- Direction
- greatere6
- Qualifier
- due to reduced shadinge6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“multiple spray applications of Apogee on shoot growth and whole-canopy photosynthesis (WCPn) rate in young, bearing apple trees”
e6“Since WCPn was not affected when leaf area was reduced by Apogee treatment, it suggests a greater photosynthetic efficiency of leaves on Apogee treated trees due to reduced shading”
Claim · model-written summary
Apogee use may increase apple fruit set as a side-effect.
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticae1
- Treatment
- Apogeee7
- Outcome
- fruit sete7
- Direction
- increasinge7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“multiple spray applications of Apogee on shoot growth and whole-canopy photosynthesis (WCPn) rate in young, bearing apple trees”
e7“The use of Apogee for canopy management may produce a side-effect of increasing fruit set”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend managing the Apogee-induced fruit set increase with a crop thinning program.
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticae1
- Outcome
- crop thinning programe2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“multiple spray applications of Apogee on shoot growth and whole-canopy photosynthesis (WCPn) rate in young, bearing apple trees”
e2“which may be managed through a crop thinning program”
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