Abstract
Experiments were designed to assess the effects of defoliation and bending back petioles on the head mass of cauliflower ( Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis Alef. subvar. cauliflora, cv. Matra) in the Central Ebro Valley of Spain. Treatments were applied at seven different stages during the growth cycle. Defoliation reduced final head mass, the amount of the reduction increasing with level of defoliation. Bending back the petioles produced a loss in head mass intermediate between that caused by 33% and 66% defoliation. In all four trials, mass loss was highest when defoliation occurred at a head diameter between 20 and 38 mm. Neither defoliation nor bending of the petioles appeared to influence head induction or length of the production cycle. Maximum loss of head mass (85.4% to 64.9%) occurred when cauliflower was totally defoliated at a head diameter of 20—25 mm.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Defoliation reduced cauliflower head mass, increasingly at greater defoliation levels.
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e0“Defoliation reduced final head mass, the amount of the reduction increasing with level of defoliation.”
Claim · model-written summary
Bending back petioles caused an intermediate head mass loss relative to 33% and 66% defoliation.
- Treatment
- Bending back the petiolese0
- Outcome
- head masse0
- Direction
- losse0
- Comparator
- 33% and 66% defoliatione0
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e0“Bending back the petioles produced a loss in head mass intermediate between that caused by 33% and 66% defoliation.”
Claim · model-written summary
Head mass loss was highest when defoliation occurred at 20 to 38 mm head diameter.
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e0“In all four trials, mass loss was highest when defoliation occurred at a head diameter between 20 and 38 mm.”
Claim · model-written summary
Neither defoliation nor bending petioles appeared to alter head induction or production cycle length.
- Taxon
- Cauliflower
Brassica oleracea var. botrytist0 - Treatment
- defoliation nor bending of the petiolese0
- Outcome
- head induction or length of the production cyclee0
- Direction
- Neithere0
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Verbatim
t0“Cauliflower”
e0“Neither defoliation nor bending of the petioles appeared to influence head induction or length of the production cycle.”
Claim · model-written summary
Total defoliation at 20—25 mm head diameter caused maximum head mass loss of 85.4% to 64.9%.
- Taxon
- cauliflowerBrassica oleracea var. botrytise0
- Treatment
- totally defoliatede0
- Outcome
- loss of head masse0
- Direction
- Maximum losse0
- Value
- 85.4% to 64.9%e0
- Qualifier
- head diameter of 20—25 mme0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Maximum loss of head mass (85.4% to 64.9%) occurred when cauliflower was totally defoliated at a head diameter of 20—25 mm.”
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