Abstract
The influence of root pruning on growth and fruiting of five sweet cherry cultivars ‘Earlise’, ‘Bigarreau Burlat’, ‘Merchand’, ‘Kordia’, ‘Regina’), under the pedoclimatic conditions of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 2014-2015, was studied. The trees were grafted on Gisela 5 roottock, trained as Zahn Spindel and the orchard had a density of 1666 trees/ha. Root were cut twice, at 50 cm distance from the trunk, in an angle of 450 and 30 cm depth, as followed: first time, to the autumn , in fall leaves time, on one side of the row and the second time, in spring, at blooming time, at the other side of the row. The treatments influenced the shoot growth, height of the trees, cumulative yield, trunk cross sectional area, the ratio of the yield to a trunk sectional area, with differences statistically assured. Root pruning reduced the average length of shoots. The longest shoots, in mean values, gave unpruned root variant (96.7 cm). Root pruning decrease the average length of annual growth (49.6 cm). The biggest average trunks cross sectional area with the unpruned root system were obtained (45.2 cm2). Also root pruning influenced the height of the trees. The best cumulative yield was obtained in variant of root pruning system (26.12 t/ha) followed by unpruned root system (20.0 t/ha). Finally root pruning increased productivity. The biggest value ‘Regina’ in root pruned variant has registered (0.17 kg/cm2). The lowest value of productivity index in unpruned system variant was obtained.
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Claim · model-written summary
Root pruning significantly influenced shoot growth, tree height, cumulative yield, trunk area and yield per trunk area.
- Taxon
- SWEET CHERRY
Prunus aviumt0 - Treatment
- root pruninge1
- Outcome
- shoot growth, height of the trees, cumulative yield, trunk cross sectional area, the ratio of the yield to a trunk sectional areae0
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e0“The treatments influenced the shoot growth, height of the trees, cumulative yield, trunk cross sectional area, the ratio of the yield to a trunk sectional area, with differences statistically assured”
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e1“Root pruning reduced the average length of shoots”
Claim · model-written summary
Root pruning reduced average shoot length.
- Taxon
- SWEET CHERRYPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- Root pruninge0
- Outcome
- average length of shootse0
- Direction
- reducede0
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e0“Root pruning reduced the average length of shoots”
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e1“Root pruning reduced the average length of shoots”
Claim · model-written summary
Unpruned trees had the longest shoots, averaging 96.7 cm.
- Taxon
- SWEET CHERRYPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- unpruned root variante0
- Outcome
- longest shootse0
- Direction
- longeste0
- Value
- 96.7 cme0
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e0“The longest shoots, in mean values, gave unpruned root variant (96.7 cm)”
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e1“Root pruning reduced the average length of shoots”
Claim · model-written summary
Root pruning decreased average annual growth length to 49.6 cm.
- Taxon
- SWEET CHERRYPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- Root pruninge0
- Outcome
- average length of annual growthe0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Value
- 49.6 cme0
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e0“Root pruning decrease the average length of annual growth (49.6 cm)”
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e1“Root pruning reduced the average length of shoots”
Claim · model-written summary
Unpruned trees had the largest average trunk cross-sectional area, 45.2 cm2.
- Taxon
- SWEET CHERRYPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- unpruned root systeme0
- Outcome
- average trunks cross sectional areae0
- Direction
- biggeste0
- Value
- 45.2 cm2e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The biggest average trunks cross sectional area with the unpruned root system were obtained (45.2 cm2)”
t0“SWEET CHERRY”
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e1“Root pruning reduced the average length of shoots”
Claim · model-written summary
Root pruning affected tree height.
- Taxon
- SWEET CHERRYPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- root pruninge0
- Outcome
- height of the treese0
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e0“root pruning influenced the height of the trees”
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e1“Root pruning reduced the average length of shoots”
Claim · model-written summary
Root-pruned trees yielded 26.12 t/ha, exceeding the 20.0 t/ha for unpruned trees.
- Taxon
- SWEET CHERRYPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- root pruning systeme0
- Outcome
- cumulative yielde0
- Direction
- beste0
- Value
- 26.12 t/hae0
- Qualifier
- 20.0 t/hae0
- Comparator
- unpruned root systeme0
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e0“The best cumulative yield was obtained in variant of root pruning system (26.12 t/ha) followed by unpruned root system (20.0 t/ha)”
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e1“Root pruning reduced the average length of shoots”
Claim · model-written summary
Root pruning increased productivity.
- Taxon
- SWEET CHERRYPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- root pruninge0
- Outcome
- productivitye0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Finally root pruning increased productivity”
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e1“Root pruning reduced the average length of shoots”
Claim · model-written summary
Root-pruned Regina had the highest productivity index, 0.17 kg/cm2.
- Taxon
- SWEET CHERRYPrunus aviumt0
- Material
- ‘Regina’e0
- Treatment
- root pruned variante0
- Outcome
- biggest valuee0
- Direction
- biggeste0
- Value
- 0.17 kg/cm2e0
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e0“The biggest value ‘Regina’ in root pruned variant has registered (0.17 kg/cm2)”
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e1“Root pruning reduced the average length of shoots”
Claim · model-written summary
Unpruned trees had the lowest productivity index.
- Taxon
- SWEET CHERRYPrunus aviumt0
- Treatment
- unpruned system variante0
- Outcome
- productivity indexe0
- Direction
- loweste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The lowest value of productivity index in unpruned system variant was obtained”
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e1“Root pruning reduced the average length of shoots”
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