Abstract
Three soil management treatments (cultivation, herbicide, and killed sod) were established in the drive middle of a 10-year-old apple orchard removed the year prior to planting peaches. The cultivation and herbicide treatments used preplant tillage, leaving a bare soil surface, whereas the killed-sod system was untilled. Peach trees ( Prunus persica L. Batsch) were planted, and growth, yield, and soil bulk density were measured after 3 years. There were no differences in tree growth or yield for the three treatments These results were contrary to published reports that the killed-sod system increased early tree growth. The lack of growth response in the killed-sod system was attributed to the high soil bulk density remaining from the previous orchard. We concluded that truck and tractor traffic in the drive middle causes severe soil compaction, which may limit root development. The soil compaction can only be moderated by tillage.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Cultivation, herbicide and killed-sod soil management gave no difference in peach tree growth or yield
- Taxon
- Peach trees
Prunus persicae1 - Treatment
- soil management treatments (cultivation, herbicide, and killed sod)e2
- Outcome
- tree growth or yielde4
- Direction
- no differencese4
- Comparator
- cultivation and herbicide treatmentse3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Peach trees ( Prunus persica L. Batsch) were planted, and growth, yield, and soil bulk density were measured after 3 years”
e2“Three soil management treatments (cultivation, herbicide, and killed sod)”
e3“The cultivation and herbicide treatments used preplant tillage”
e4“There were no differences in tree growth or yield for the three treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
The lack of growth response in killed-sod peach plots is attributed to high soil bulk density left from the previous orchard
- Taxon
- Peach treesPrunus persicae1
- Outcome
- growth responsee5
- Qualifier
- high soil bulk densitye5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Peach trees ( Prunus persica L. Batsch) were planted, and growth, yield, and soil bulk density were measured after 3 years”
e5“The lack of growth response in the killed-sod system was attributed to the high soil bulk density remaining from the previous orchard”
Claim · model-written summary
Truck and tractor traffic in the drive middle causes severe soil compaction that may limit peach root development
- Taxon
- Peach treesPrunus persicae1
- Treatment
- truck and tractor traffice6
- Outcome
- soil compactione6
- Qualifier
- may limit root developmente6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Peach trees ( Prunus persica L. Batsch) were planted, and growth, yield, and soil bulk density were measured after 3 years”
e6“truck and tractor traffic in the drive middle causes severe soil compaction, which may limit root development”
Claim · model-written summary
Tillage is recommended to moderate soil compaction when re-establishing peach orchards
- Taxon
- PeachPrunus persicat0
- Outcome
- soil compactione7
- Qualifier
- can only be moderated by tillagee7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Re-establishing Peach Orchards”
e7“The soil compaction can only be moderated by tillage”
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