Abstract
The impact of alternative farming systems on fruit quality of orchard crops has been rarely examined. This study compared the effect of two management regimes with or without effective microorganisms (EMs) on fruit quality of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L. cultivar Sweetheart). After 4 years, EMs had no effect on quality; however, fruit from regime 2 based on organic amendments and no herbicide had higher total soluble solids and malic acid concentration but reduced size, compression firmness, and stem retention force than fruit from regime 1, which was based on current conventional fertigation and herbicide practices. Fruit quality of all treatments was of export standard.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Effective microorganisms had no effect on sweet cherry fruit quality after 4 years.
- Taxon
- sweet cherry
Prunus aviume0 - Material
- Sweethearte0
- Treatment
- effective microorganisms (EMs)e0
- Outcome
- qualitye1
- Direction
- no effecte1
- Qualifier
- After 4 yearse1
- Comparator
- without effective microorganisms (EMs)e0
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Verbatim
e1“After 4 years, EMs had no effect on quality”
e0“This study compared the effect of two management regimes with or without effective microorganisms (EMs) on fruit quality of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L. cultivar Sweetheart)”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from regime 2 had higher total soluble solids and malic acid concentration than fruit from regime 1.
- Taxon
- sweet cherryPrunus aviume0
- Treatment
- regime 2 based on organic amendments and no herbicidee2
- Outcome
- total soluble solids and malic acid concentratione2
- Direction
- highere2
- Comparator
- regime 1e2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e2“fruit from regime 2 based on organic amendments and no herbicide had higher total soluble solids and malic acid concentration but reduced size, compression firmness, and stem retention force than fruit from regime 1”
e0“This study compared the effect of two management regimes with or without effective microorganisms (EMs) on fruit quality of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L. cultivar Sweetheart)”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from regime 2 had reduced size, compression firmness and stem retention force compared with fruit from regime 1.
- Taxon
- sweet cherryPrunus aviume0
- Treatment
- regime 2 based on organic amendments and no herbicidee2
- Outcome
- size, compression firmness, and stem retention forcee2
- Direction
- reducede2
- Comparator
- regime 1e2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e2“fruit from regime 2 based on organic amendments and no herbicide had higher total soluble solids and malic acid concentration but reduced size, compression firmness, and stem retention force than fruit from regime 1”
e0“This study compared the effect of two management regimes with or without effective microorganisms (EMs) on fruit quality of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L. cultivar Sweetheart)”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit quality of all treatments was of export standard.
- Taxon
- sweet cherryPrunus aviume0
- Outcome
- Fruit qualitye3
- Qualifier
- of export standarde3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“Fruit quality of all treatments was of export standard”
e0“This study compared the effect of two management regimes with or without effective microorganisms (EMs) on fruit quality of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L. cultivar Sweetheart)”
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