Abstract
The present investigation entitled “Effect of pruning intensity on growth, yield and fruit quality characteristics of ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) cv. Gola” was carried out at the Main Experiment Station, Department of Horticulture, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Narendra Nagar (Kumarganj), Faizabad (U.P.) during the year 2009–2010. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with four treatments and replicated in four times. The maximum plant height and plant spread was measured with 50% pruning intensity, but differences were found non-significant, while number of sprouted shoots per branch and shoot length varied significantly due to various pruning intensities. The various maximum yield attributing characters were obtained with 50% pruning intensity. The maximum (109.21 kg per plant) fruit yield has been achieved by employing 50% severity of pruning. The highest (75%) severity of pruning has been adjudged as supra-optimal level of pruning severity (negative effect) in increasing fruit yield. Significantly higher total soluble solids (T.S.S.) and vitamin-c has been analyzed in fruits with 50% severity of pruning followed by 25% pruning intensity and lowest noted in control, while acidity of fruits varied non-significantly. The highest reducing and non-reducing sugars, and total sugar of fruits have been analyzed by 50% pruning intensity and lowest one in control but variations were found non-significant in above all biochemical parameters. The maximum plant growth achieved through devised more open tree canopy mechanism which paved the way for significant enhancement of yield attributing characters (fruit set and fruit retention with bold-fruit size and weight) and ultimately better yield having improved quality of fruits have been achieved by employing moderate severity of pruning (50%) under optimum pruning time condition (3rd week of May).
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Claim · model-written summary
Plant height and plant spread of ber were maximum with 50% pruning intensity, but differences were non-significant.
- Taxon
- ber
Ziziphus mauritianat0 - Treatment
- 50% pruning intensitye0
- Outcome
- plant height and plant spreade0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) cv. Gola”
e0“The maximum plant height and plant spread was measured with 50% pruning intensity, but differences were found non-significant”
Claim · model-written summary
Number of sprouted shoots per branch and shoot length of ber varied significantly with pruning intensity.
- Taxon
- berZiziphus mauritianat0
- Treatment
- various pruning intensitiese0
- Outcome
- number of sprouted shoots per branch and shoot lengthe0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) cv. Gola”
e0“number of sprouted shoots per branch and shoot length varied significantly due to various pruning intensities”
Claim · model-written summary
The maximum fruit yield of ber, 109.21 kg per plant, was achieved with 50% severity of pruning.
- Taxon
- berZiziphus mauritianat0
- Treatment
- 50% severity of pruninge0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 109.21 kg per plante0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) cv. Gola”
e0“The maximum (109.21 kg per plant) fruit yield has been achieved by employing 50% severity of pruning”
Claim · model-written summary
The various yield attributing characters of ber were maximum with 50% pruning intensity.
- Taxon
- berZiziphus mauritianat0
- Treatment
- 50% pruning intensitye0
- Outcome
- yield attributing characterse0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) cv. Gola”
e0“The various maximum yield attributing characters were obtained with 50% pruning intensity”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest pruning severity of 75% was judged supra-optimal, with a negative effect on increasing fruit yield.
- Taxon
- berZiziphus mauritianat0
- Treatment
- highest (75%) severity of pruninge0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- negative effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) cv. Gola”
e0“The highest (75%) severity of pruning has been adjudged as supra-optimal level of pruning severity (negative effect) in increasing fruit yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Total soluble solids and vitamin C in ber fruits were significantly higher with 50% pruning, followed by 25%, and lowest in the control.
- Taxon
- berZiziphus mauritianat0
- Treatment
- 50% severity of pruninge0
- Outcome
- total soluble solids (T.S.S.) and vitamin-ce0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) cv. Gola”
e0“Significantly higher total soluble solids (T.S.S.) and vitamin-c has been analyzed in fruits with 50% severity of pruning followed by 25% pruning intensity and lowest noted in control”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit acidity of ber varied non-significantly with pruning.
- Taxon
- berZiziphus mauritianat0
- Outcome
- acidity of fruitse0
Not reportedTreatmentComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) cv. Gola”
e0“acidity of fruits varied non-significantly”
Claim · model-written summary
Reducing sugars, non-reducing sugars and total sugar of ber fruits were highest with 50% pruning and lowest in the control, but variations were non-significant.
- Taxon
- berZiziphus mauritianat0
- Treatment
- 50% pruning intensitye0
- Outcome
- reducing and non-reducing sugars, and total sugar of fruitse0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) cv. Gola”
e0“The highest reducing and non-reducing sugars, and total sugar of fruits have been analyzed by 50% pruning intensity and lowest one in control but variations were found non-significant in above all biochemical parameters”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors attribute the maximum plant growth to a more open tree canopy that led to significant enhancement of yield attributing characters.
- Taxon
- berZiziphus mauritianat0
- Outcome
- yield attributing characterse0
- Qualifier
- more open tree canopy mechanisme0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) cv. Gola”
e0“The maximum plant growth achieved through devised more open tree canopy mechanism which paved the way for significant enhancement of yield attributing characters”
Claim · model-written summary
Moderate pruning severity (50%) at the optimum pruning time (3rd week of May) is recommended for better yield and improved fruit quality.
- Taxon
- berZiziphus mauritianat0
- Outcome
- moderate severity of pruning (50%) under optimum pruning time condition (3rd week of May)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) cv. Gola”
e0“employing moderate severity of pruning (50%) under optimum pruning time condition (3rd week of May)”
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