Abstract
A systems approach that included production and economic aspects was used to assess broccoli potential as an alternate enterprise for eastern Virginia. Broccoli yield and head quality were improved with 96,400 plants/ha compared to 64,500 plants/ ha. While target populations for the early harvest were achieved with either transplants or direct seeding, plant establishment was significantly reduced for direct-seeding in the main-season harvest (85% vs. 95% for transplants). Increased cost of production with transplants resulted in reduced enterprise profit (before taxes) in the early harvest, while improved plant establishment and increased yield with transplants resulted in increased enterprise profit in the main-season harvest. The systems approach assessed market price risk through estimated revenue and yield risk, providing the information needed by growers for risk management decisions associated with broccoli as an alternate enterprise.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Broccoli yield and head quality improved with 96,400 plants/ha compared with 64,500 plants/ha.
- Taxon
- Broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italicae0 - Treatment
- 96,400 plants/hae0
- Outcome
- yield and head qualitye0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- 64,500 plants/ hae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Broccoli yield and head quality were improved with 96,400 plants/ha compared to 64,500 plants/ ha”
Claim · model-written summary
Target plant populations for the early harvest were achieved with either transplants or direct seeding.
- Taxon
- BroccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicae0
- Treatment
- transplants or direct seedinge1
- Outcome
- target populations for the early harveste1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Broccoli yield and head quality were improved with 96,400 plants/ha compared to 64,500 plants/ ha”
e1“While target populations for the early harvest were achieved with either transplants or direct seeding”
Claim · model-written summary
Plant establishment was significantly reduced for direct-seeding compared with transplants in the main-season harvest (85% vs. 95%).
- Taxon
- BroccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicae0
- Treatment
- direct-seedinge2
- Outcome
- plant establishmente2
- Direction
- reducede2
- Value
- 85% vs. 95%e2
- Qualifier
- main-season harveste2
- Comparator
- transplantse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Broccoli yield and head quality were improved with 96,400 plants/ha compared to 64,500 plants/ ha”
e2“plant establishment was significantly reduced for direct-seeding in the main-season harvest (85% vs. 95% for transplants)”
Claim · model-written summary
Increased cost of production with transplants reduced enterprise profit before taxes in the early harvest.
- Taxon
- BroccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicae0
- Treatment
- transplantse3
- Outcome
- enterprise profit (before taxes)e3
- Direction
- reducede3
- Qualifier
- early harveste3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Broccoli yield and head quality were improved with 96,400 plants/ha compared to 64,500 plants/ ha”
e3“Increased cost of production with transplants resulted in reduced enterprise profit (before taxes) in the early harvest”
Claim · model-written summary
Improved plant establishment and increased yield with transplants increased enterprise profit in the main-season harvest.
- Taxon
- BroccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicae0
- Treatment
- transplantse4
- Outcome
- enterprise profite4
- Direction
- increasede4
- Qualifier
- main-season harveste4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Broccoli yield and head quality were improved with 96,400 plants/ha compared to 64,500 plants/ ha”
e4“improved plant establishment and increased yield with transplants resulted in increased enterprise profit in the main-season harvest”
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