Abstract
Abstract Three cultivars (early, midseason, late), two ground covers (clean cultivation followed by temporary cover vs. permanent sod strips), and trickle vs. no irrigation were studied in a high-density (633 trees/ha) experimental peach orchard established in 1980 on Fox sand. Growth rate in the first 5 years was similar for all three cultivars. It was retarded up to 12% by permanent sod relative to temporary cover and enhanced up to 30% by trickle irrigation vs. no irrigation. Total marketable yields and that of large-sized fruit (>6.3 cm) were significantly influenced by cultivars in the first and second, but not the third year of production. Ground cover treatments did not influence total marketable yields, but did affect the yield of large fruit in one year. Irrigation increased total marketable yields each year and also increased the yield of large fruit. Yields were up to 30.7% higher in trickle vs. non-irrigated plots. Cold hardiness of flower buds and shoot xylem in 1982 was significantly influenced by cultivar and irrigation treatments, but not by ground cover treatments; In 1984, each of these factors affected cold hardiness. Foliation in 1984 was affected by ground cover and irrigation treatments but not by cultivars. The best treatment combination across cultivars for management of the orchard floor consisted of permanent sod strips of creeping red fescue ( Festuca rubra L.) in the row middles combined with trickle irrigation in the tree row.
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Claims 14
Claim · model-written summary
Growth rate was similar across three peach cultivars during the first five years.
- Taxon
- peach
Prunus persicat0 - Material
- three cultivarse0
- Outcome
- Growth ratee0
- Direction
- similare0
- Value
- first 5 yearse0
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Verbatim
e0“Growth rate in the first 5 years was similar for all three cultivars”
t0“Peaches”
Claim · model-written summary
Permanent sod reduced growth by up to 12% relative to temporary cover.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- permanent sode0
- Outcome
- Growth ratee0
- Direction
- retardede0
- Value
- up to 12%e0
- Comparator
- temporary covere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Growth rate in the first 5 years was similar for all three cultivars. It was retarded up to 12% by permanent sod relative to temporary cover”
t0“Peaches”
Claim · model-written summary
Trickle irrigation enhanced growth by up to 30% over no irrigation.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- trickle irrigatione0
- Outcome
- Growth ratee0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Value
- up to 30%e0
- Comparator
- no irrigatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Growth rate in the first 5 years was similar for all three cultivars. It was retarded up to 12% by permanent sod relative to temporary cover and enhanced up to 30% by trickle irrigation vs. no irrigation”
t0“Peaches”
Claim · model-written summary
Cultivar significantly affected total marketable and large fruit yields in production years one and two, but not three.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Material
- cultivarse0
- Outcome
- Total marketable yields and that of large-sized fruite0
Not reportedTreatmentComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Total marketable yields and that of large-sized fruit (>6.3 cm) were significantly influenced by cultivars in the first and second, but not the third year of production”
t0“Peaches”
Claim · model-written summary
Ground cover did not affect total marketable yield.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- Ground cover treatmentse0
- Outcome
- total marketable yieldse0
- Direction
- did not influencee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Ground cover treatments did not influence total marketable yields”
t0“Peaches”
Claim · model-written summary
Ground cover affected large fruit yield in one year.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- Ground covere0
- Outcome
- yield of large fruite0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Ground cover treatments did not influence total marketable yields, but did affect the yield of large fruit in one year”
t0“Peaches”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation increased total marketable yield every year.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- Irrigatione0
- Outcome
- total marketable yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Irrigation increased total marketable yields each year”
t0“Peaches”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation increased yield of large fruit.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- Irrigatione0
- Outcome
- yield of large fruite0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Irrigation increased total marketable yields each year and also increased the yield of large fruit”
t0“Peaches”
Claim · model-written summary
Trickle irrigation increased yields up to 30.7% compared with no irrigation.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- tricklee0
- Outcome
- Yieldse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- up to 30.7%e0
- Comparator
- non-irrigated plotse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yields were up to 30.7% higher in trickle vs. non-irrigated plots”
t0“Peaches”
Claim · model-written summary
Cultivar and irrigation significantly influenced flower bud and shoot xylem cold hardiness in 1982.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- irrigation treatmentse0
- Outcome
- Cold hardiness of flower buds and shoot xyleme0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Cold hardiness of flower buds and shoot xylem in 1982 was significantly influenced by cultivar and irrigation treatments”
t0“Peaches”
Claim · model-written summary
Ground cover did not influence cold hardiness in 1982.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- ground cover treatmentse0
- Outcome
- Cold hardinesse0
- Direction
- note0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cold hardiness of flower buds and shoot xylem in 1982 was significantly influenced by cultivar and irrigation treatments, but not by ground cover treatments”
t0“Peaches”
Claim · model-written summary
Cultivar, ground cover, and irrigation affected cold hardiness in 1984.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Outcome
- cold hardinesse0
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Verbatim
e0“In 1984, each of these factors affected cold hardiness”
t0“Peaches”
Claim · model-written summary
Ground cover and irrigation affected foliation in 1984, but cultivars did not.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Outcome
- Foliatione0
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Verbatim
e0“Foliation in 1984 was affected by ground cover and irrigation treatments but not by cultivars”
t0“Peaches”
Claim · model-written summary
The recommended orchard floor combination was permanent red fescue sod with trickle irrigation.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicat0
- Interactor
- creeping red fescuee0weed
- Outcome
- permanent sod strips of creeping red fescuee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The best treatment combination across cultivars for management of the orchard floor consisted of permanent sod strips of creeping red fescue ( Festuca rubra L.) in the row middles combined with trickle irrigation in the tree row”
t0“Peaches”
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