Abstract
Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia, either following paclobutrazol application to dwarf the trees, or extra nitrogen to invigorate them. Fruits were thinned uniformly. Paclobutrazol significantly reduced the competing spring shoot growth and gave earlier maturity of larger, better quality fruits. It reduced the spring, but increased the autumn root flush. Stage 2 of fruit growth was slightly longer in vigorous trees, resulting in delayed seed growth and greater dry mass of the embryos. Starch reserves were greatest in the roots, followed by the trunk, shoots and leaves. The reserves were lowest during the second half of fruit development, but rose again after the end of shoot extension growth. Leaf N, P, and K levels decreased through the season while Ca and Mg increased. There were significantly lower K and higher Ca and Mg levels in dwarfed trees.
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Claims 14
Claim · model-written summary
Paclobutrazol significantly reduced competing spring shoot growth in Flordaprince peach.
- Taxon
- peach
Prunus persicae0 - Material
- Flordaprincee0
- Treatment
- paclobutrazole1
- Outcome
- competing spring shoot growthe1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Setting
- subtropical Australiae0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia”
e1“Paclobutrazol significantly reduced the competing spring shoot growth and gave earlier maturity of larger, better quality fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Paclobutrazol gave earlier maturity of Flordaprince peach fruit.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Material
- Flordaprincee0
- Treatment
- paclobutrazole1
- Outcome
- maturitye1
- Direction
- earliere1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia”
e1“Paclobutrazol significantly reduced the competing spring shoot growth and gave earlier maturity of larger, better quality fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Paclobutrazol gave larger, better quality peach fruits.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Material
- Flordaprincee0
- Treatment
- paclobutrazole1
- Outcome
- fruitse1
- Direction
- larger, better qualitye1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia”
e1“Paclobutrazol significantly reduced the competing spring shoot growth and gave earlier maturity of larger, better quality fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Paclobutrazol increased the autumn root flush of peach trees.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Material
- Flordaprincee0
- Treatment
- paclobutrazole1
- Outcome
- autumn root flushe2
- Direction
- increasede2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia”
e1“Paclobutrazol significantly reduced the competing spring shoot growth and gave earlier maturity of larger, better quality fruits”
e2“It reduced the spring, but increased the autumn root flush”
Claim · model-written summary
Stage 2 of fruit growth was slightly longer in vigorous peach trees.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Material
- Flordaprincee0
- Treatment
- extra nitrogene2
- Outcome
- Stage 2 of fruit growthe3
- Direction
- longere3
- Qualifier
- slightlye3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia”
e3“Stage 2 of fruit growth was slightly longer in vigorous trees, resulting in delayed seed growth and greater dry mass of the embryos”
e2“following paclobutrazol application to dwarf the trees, or extra nitrogen to invigorate them”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed growth was delayed in vigorous peach trees.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Material
- Flordaprincee0
- Treatment
- extra nitrogene2
- Outcome
- seed growthe3
- Direction
- delayede3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia”
e3“Stage 2 of fruit growth was slightly longer in vigorous trees, resulting in delayed seed growth and greater dry mass of the embryos”
e2“following paclobutrazol application to dwarf the trees, or extra nitrogen to invigorate them”
Claim · model-written summary
Dry mass of the embryos was greater in vigorous peach trees.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Material
- Flordaprincee0
- Treatment
- extra nitrogene2
- Outcome
- dry mass of the embryose3
- Direction
- greatere3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia”
e3“Stage 2 of fruit growth was slightly longer in vigorous trees, resulting in delayed seed growth and greater dry mass of the embryos”
e2“following paclobutrazol application to dwarf the trees, or extra nitrogen to invigorate them”
Claim · model-written summary
Starch reserves were greatest in the roots of peach, followed by trunk, shoots and leaves.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Organ / stage
- rootse4
- Outcome
- Starch reservese4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia”
e4“Starch reserves were greatest in the roots, followed by the trunk, shoots and leaves”
Claim · model-written summary
Starch reserves of peach were lowest during the second half of fruit development.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Outcome
- reservese5
- Qualifier
- lowest during the second half of fruit developmente5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia”
e5“The reserves were lowest during the second half of fruit development, but rose again after the end of shoot extension growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Starch reserves of peach rose again after the end of shoot extension growth.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Outcome
- reservese5
- Qualifier
- rose again after the end of shoot extension growthe5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia”
e5“The reserves were lowest during the second half of fruit development, but rose again after the end of shoot extension growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf N, P and K levels of peach decreased through the season.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Outcome
- Leaf N, P, and K levelse6
- Direction
- decreasede6
- Qualifier
- through the seasone6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia”
e6“Leaf N, P, and K levels decreased through the season while Ca and Mg increased”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf Ca and Mg levels of peach increased over the season.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Outcome
- Ca and Mge6
- Direction
- increasede6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia”
e6“Leaf N, P, and K levels decreased through the season while Ca and Mg increased”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf K was significantly lower in dwarfed peach trees.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Treatment
- dwarfed treese7
- Outcome
- Ke7
- Direction
- lowere7
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia”
e7“There were significantly lower K and higher Ca and Mg levels in dwarfed trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf Ca and Mg were significantly higher in dwarfed peach trees.
- Taxon
- peachPrunus persicae0
- Treatment
- dwarfed treese7
- Outcome
- Ca and Mge7
- Direction
- highere7
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Low chill `Flordaprince' peach trees were grown in subtropical Australia”
e7“There were significantly lower K and higher Ca and Mg levels in dwarfed trees”
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