Abstract
The southern highbush blueberry cultivars `Blueridge', `Cape Fear', `Georgiagem' and `O'Neal' were evaluated for their response to sawdust/woodchip mulch for five years at Clarksville, Arkansas on a Linker fine sandy loam soil. Mulched plants produced higher yields and larger plant volumes than non-mulched. Berry weight was similar for mulch treatment except for the first fruiting year. All cultivars responded to mulch, although `Blueridge' and 'Cape Fear' produced the higher yields. General response of these cultivars of southern highbush was similar to that of northern highbush in previous mulch studies in Arkansas.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Mulched southern highbush blueberry plants had higher yields than non-mulched plants.
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t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e0“Mulched plants produced higher yields and larger plant volumes than non-mulched.”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulched southern highbush blueberry plants had larger plant volumes than non-mulched plants.
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t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e0“Mulched plants produced higher yields and larger plant volumes than non-mulched.”
Claim · model-written summary
Berry weight was similar with and without mulch except in the first fruiting year.
- Taxon
- SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRYt0
- Treatment
- mulch treatmente0
- Outcome
- Berry weighte0
- Direction
- similare0
- Qualifier
- except for the first fruiting yeare0
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Verbatim
t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e0“Berry weight was similar for mulch treatment except for the first fruiting year.”
Claim · model-written summary
All cultivars responded to mulch.
Verbatim
t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e0“All cultivars responded to mulch”
Claim · model-written summary
Blueridge and Cape Fear produced the higher yields among the cultivars.
Verbatim
t0“SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY”
e0“`Blueridge' and 'Cape Fear' produced the higher yields”
Claim · model-written summary
The response of southern highbush cultivars resembled northern highbush responses in earlier Arkansas mulch studies.
Verbatim
e0“General response of these cultivars of southern highbush was similar to that of northern highbush in previous mulch studies in Arkansas.”
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