Abstract
The major strawberry production area in Florida is undergoing water source competition with neighboring residents during production season. In order to relief the water consumption issue, several water management practices were examined during transplant establishment, crop maintenance, and freeze protection. During establishment, bare-root transplants were used with 10 days of sprinkler irrigation (SI) without foliar application of kaolin clay (control), and 8, 6 and 4 days of SI with or without kaolin clay application on the 9th, 7th and 5th day. The results showed that the irrigation volumes could be reduced up to 40% with application of kaolin clay on the 7th day without affecting plant establishment and early yield. The performance of strawberry cultivars growing inside and outside high tunnels (4.9-m high) was evaluated for the high tunnel study over three years. The results indicated that early and total fruit weight increased by 28 and 55%, respectively, across cultivars and no additional freeze protection was needed. The freeze protection study was conducted with practices of reduced sprinkler irrigation, heavy covers, light covers, and high tunnels in comparison of standard sprinkler irrigation. The data showed early to total yield were higher with heavy covers, light covers, and high tunnels than with regular or reduced sprinkler irrigation, which might enable growers to save about 300 m3 of water per freezing or near freezing event.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Kaolin clay applied on day 7 of establishment could reduce irrigation volumes by up to 40% relative to sprinkler irrigation without kaolin clay.
- Taxon
- strawberry
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Fragaria ×ananassae0 - Treatment
- application of kaolin clay on the 7th daye1
- Outcome
- irrigation volumese1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Value
- 40%e1
- Comparator
- controle2
- Setting
- Floridae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“The major strawberry production area in Florida”
e1“irrigation volumes could be reduced up to 40% with application of kaolin clay on the 7th day without affecting plant establishment and early yield”
e2“without foliar application of kaolin clay (control)”
Claim · model-written summary
Kaolin clay applied on day 7 did not affect plant establishment or early yield of strawberry.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
- Treatment
- application of kaolin clay on the 7th daye1
- Outcome
- plant establishment and early yielde1
- Direction
- without affectinge1
- Comparator
- controle2
- Setting
- Floridae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The major strawberry production area in Florida”
e1“irrigation volumes could be reduced up to 40% with application of kaolin clay on the 7th day without affecting plant establishment and early yield”
e2“without foliar application of kaolin clay (control)”
Claim · model-written summary
Early fruit weight of strawberry cultivars increased by 28% when grown inside high tunnels rather than outside.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae3
- Material
- strawberry cultivarse3
- Treatment
- high tunnelse3
- Outcome
- early and total fruit weighte4
- Direction
- increasede4
- Value
- 28e4
- Qualifier
- over three yearse3
- Comparator
- outside high tunnelse3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“The performance of strawberry cultivars growing inside and outside high tunnels (4.9-m high) was evaluated for the high tunnel study over three years”
e4“early and total fruit weight increased by 28 and 55%, respectively, across cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Total fruit weight of strawberry cultivars increased by 55% when grown inside high tunnels rather than outside.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae3
- Material
- strawberry cultivarse3
- Treatment
- high tunnelse3
- Outcome
- total fruit weighte4
- Direction
- increasede4
- Value
- 55%e4
- Qualifier
- over three yearse3
- Comparator
- outside high tunnelse3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“The performance of strawberry cultivars growing inside and outside high tunnels (4.9-m high) was evaluated for the high tunnel study over three years”
e4“early and total fruit weight increased by 28 and 55%, respectively, across cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Heavy covers gave higher early-to-total strawberry yield than regular or reduced sprinkler irrigation during freeze protection.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
- Treatment
- heavy coverse5
- Outcome
- early to total yielde5
- Direction
- highere5
- Comparator
- regular or reduced sprinkler irrigatione5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The major strawberry production area in Florida”
e5“early to total yield were higher with heavy covers, light covers, and high tunnels than with regular or reduced sprinkler irrigation”
Claim · model-written summary
Light covers gave higher early-to-total strawberry yield than regular or reduced sprinkler irrigation during freeze protection.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
- Treatment
- light coverse5
- Outcome
- early to total yielde5
- Direction
- highere5
- Comparator
- regular or reduced sprinkler irrigatione5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The major strawberry production area in Florida”
e5“early to total yield were higher with heavy covers, light covers, and high tunnels than with regular or reduced sprinkler irrigation”
Claim · model-written summary
High tunnels gave higher early-to-total strawberry yield than regular or reduced sprinkler irrigation during freeze protection.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
- Treatment
- high tunnelse5
- Outcome
- early to total yielde5
- Direction
- highere5
- Comparator
- regular or reduced sprinkler irrigatione5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The major strawberry production area in Florida”
e5“early to total yield were higher with heavy covers, light covers, and high tunnels than with regular or reduced sprinkler irrigation”
Claim · model-written summary
Freeze-protection practices might let growers save about 300 m3 of water per freezing or near-freezing event.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
- Outcome
- watere6
- Value
- 300 m3e6
- Qualifier
- mighte6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The major strawberry production area in Florida”
e6“which might enable growers to save about 300 m3 of water per freezing or near freezing event”
Claim · model-written summary
Across cultivars in the high-tunnel trial, no additional freeze protection was needed.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
- Outcome
- additional freeze protectione7
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The major strawberry production area in Florida”
e7“no additional freeze protection was needed”
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