Abstract
The objectives of the paper were to study the pattern of root growth (measured by minirhizotrons) in relation to trunk, fruit and shoot growth and the effects of crop load on tree growth and yield in peach trees. Two crop load (commercial and low) treatments were applied in a mature early-maturing peach tree orchard growing in Mediterranean conditions. Root growth dynamics were measured using minirhizotrons during one growing season. Shoot, trunk and fruit growth were also measured. At harvest, all fruits were weighed, counted and sized. Roots grew throughout the year but at lower rates during the active fruit growth phase. Root growth was asynchronous with shoot growth, while root and trunk growth rates were highest after harvest, when the canopy was big enough to allocate the photo-assimilates to organs that would ensure the following season’s yield. Shoot and fruit growth was greater in the low crop load treatment and was accompanied by a non-significant increase in root growth. High level of fruit thinning decreased the current yield but the fruits were more marketable because of their greater size.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Peach roots grew year round but more slowly during active fruit growth.
- Taxon
- peach trees
Prunus persicae1 - Organ / stage
- active fruit growth phasee0
- Outcome
- Roots grewe0
- Direction
- lower ratese0
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Verbatim
e0“Roots grew throughout the year but at lower rates during the active fruit growth phase”
e1“peach trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Root growth was asynchronous with shoot growth.
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicae1
- Outcome
- Root growth was asynchronous with shoot growthe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Root growth was asynchronous with shoot growth”
e1“peach trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Root and trunk growth rates were highest after harvest.
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicae1
- Outcome
- root and trunk growth ratese0
- Direction
- higheste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“root and trunk growth rates were highest after harvest”
e1“peach trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Low crop load increased shoot and fruit growth.
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicae1
- Treatment
- low crop load treatmente0
- Outcome
- Shoot and fruit growthe0
- Direction
- greatere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Shoot and fruit growth was greater in the low crop load treatment”
e1“peach trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Low crop load produced a non-significant increase in root growth.
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicae1
- Treatment
- low crop load treatmente0
- Outcome
- root growthe0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Shoot and fruit growth was greater in the low crop load treatment and was accompanied by a non-significant increase in root growth”
e1“peach trees”
Claim · model-written summary
High fruit thinning decreased current yield.
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicae1
- Treatment
- High level of fruit thinninge0
- Outcome
- current yielde0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“High level of fruit thinning decreased the current yield”
e1“peach trees”
Claim · model-written summary
High fruit thinning increased fruit marketability through greater size.
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicae1
- Treatment
- High level of fruit thinninge0
- Outcome
- more marketablee0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Qualifier
- greater sizee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“High level of fruit thinning decreased the current yield but the fruits were more marketable because of their greater size”
e1“peach trees”
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