Abstract
Mature `Sharpblue' southern highbush and `Beckyblue' rabbiteye blueberry plants were mechanically pruned at two heights on three dates after fruit harvest during the 1994 growing season. No pruning had occurred for at least 3 years (`Sharpblue') or 5 years (`Beckyblue') before initiating experiment. Pruning heights were 45 and 85 cm and nonpruned for `Sharpblue' and 45 and 95 cm and nonpruned for `Beckyblue'. Pruning dates were 3, 6, and 9 weeks after peak harvest for each cultivar. Regrowth was measured in Mar. 1995 before initiation of spring growth. Pruning `Sharpblue' bushes to 45 cm increased new shoot number and mean and total shoot length but decreased fruit yield compared to the 90-cm pruning treatment. No difference in yield occurred between the 90-cm pruning treatment and the nonpruned control. As time between fruit harvest and pruning increased, new shoot number, mean and total shoot length, plant height, canopy volume, and fruit yield decreased. There was no difference in yield between the earliest pruning treatment and the control. For `Beckyblue', mean and total shoot length of regrowth and flower bud density decreased with increasing time from harvest to pruning. Yield data for `Beckyblue' were not collected in 1995 because of gall midge infestation.
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Claim · model-written summary
Pruning Sharpblue to 45 cm increased new shoot number and mean and total shoot length compared with the 90-cm treatment.
Verbatim
e0“Pruning `Sharpblue' bushes to 45 cm increased new shoot number and mean and total shoot length but decreased fruit yield compared to the 90-cm pruning treatment.”
t0“Blueberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning Sharpblue to 45 cm decreased fruit yield compared with the 90-cm treatment.
Verbatim
e0“Pruning `Sharpblue' bushes to 45 cm increased new shoot number and mean and total shoot length but decreased fruit yield compared to the 90-cm pruning treatment.”
t0“Blueberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Sharpblue yield did not differ between 90-cm pruning and no pruning.
Verbatim
e0“No difference in yield occurred between the 90-cm pruning treatment and the nonpruned control.”
t0“Blueberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Later pruning after harvest reduced Sharpblue new shoot number, mean and total shoot length, height, canopy volume and yield.
Verbatim
e0“As time between fruit harvest and pruning increased, new shoot number, mean and total shoot length, plant height, canopy volume, and fruit yield decreased.”
t0“Blueberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Later pruning after harvest reduced Sharpblue fruit yield.
Verbatim
e0“As time between fruit harvest and pruning increased, new shoot number, mean and total shoot length, plant height, canopy volume, and fruit yield decreased.”
t0“Blueberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Earliest Sharpblue pruning did not change yield relative to the control.
Verbatim
e0“There was no difference in yield between the earliest pruning treatment and the control.”
t0“Blueberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Longer delay to pruning reduced Beckyblue mean and total regrowth shoot length and flower bud density.
Verbatim
e0“For `Beckyblue', mean and total shoot length of regrowth and flower bud density decreased with increasing time from harvest to pruning.”
t0“Blueberry”
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