Abstract
During strawberry transplant establishment, the standard practice is the use of sprinklers delivering water at 4.5 gal/min. This activity is highly inefficient due to the use of large volumes of water with only an estimated 3% of the water ending up in the planting holes. The objective of these studies was to determine the effects of using foliar and root-dip crop protectants on strawberry transplant establishment growth, early marketable yield, and water savings. Two studies were conducted to assess the effect of foliar and root-dip crop protectants as alternatives to reduce water volumes used during this crop stage. For the first study, treatments were: 1) 10 days of sprinkler irrigation (DSI) as a control, 2) 7 DSI, 3) kaolin clay, 4) aluminum silicate, and 5) calcium carbonate. The crop protectants were applied on the plant canopy during the morning after 7 DSI. There was non-significant difference among the treatments with yield of 6 tons/acre and 226,000 fruits, except for the treatment with 7 days of sprinkler irrigation, which had the lowest yield (4.7 tons/acre and 187,930 fruits). For the second study, a water absorbent polymer and a biofungicide as root-dip crop protectants were compared with 10 and 7 DSI. Both crop protectants were applied at transplanting and were followed by 7 DSI. There were no significant differences among the treatments in yield, averaging 4.3 tons/acre, except for the 7 DSI control, which was 16% lower than the rest of the treatments. Crop protectants are suitable alternatives to reduce water usage during transplant establishment.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Only an estimated 3% of sprinkler water reached planting holes.
- Taxon
- Strawberry
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Fragaria ×ananassat0 - Outcome
- water ending up in the planting holese0
- Value
- 3%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“only an estimated 3% of the water ending up in the planting holes”
t0“Strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
First study treatments other than seven days of irrigation did not differ significantly in yield, around 6 tons per acre.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- treatmentse0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Value
- 6 tons/acree0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Strawberry”
e0“There was non-significant difference among the treatments with yield of 6 tons/acre and 226,000 fruits, except for the treatment with 7 days of sprinkler irrigation, which had the lowest yield (4.7 tons/acre and 187,930 fruits)”
Claim · model-written summary
Seven days of sprinkler irrigation gave the lowest first-study yield, 4.7 tons per acre.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- 7 days of sprinkler irrigatione0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 4.7 tons/acree0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Strawberry”
e0“the treatment with 7 days of sprinkler irrigation, which had the lowest yield (4.7 tons/acre and 187,930 fruits)”
Claim · model-written summary
Seven days of sprinkler irrigation gave the lowest first-study fruit count, 187,930 fruits.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- 7 days of sprinkler irrigatione0
- Outcome
- fruitse0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 187,930 fruitse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Strawberry”
e0“the treatment with 7 days of sprinkler irrigation, which had the lowest yield (4.7 tons/acre and 187,930 fruits)”
Claim · model-written summary
Second-study yields did not differ significantly among protectant treatments, averaging 4.3 tons per acre.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- treatmentse0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Value
- 4.3 tons/acree0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Strawberry”
e0“There were no significant differences among the treatments in yield, averaging 4.3 tons/acre, except for the 7 DSI control, which was 16% lower than the rest of the treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
The seven-day irrigation control yielded 16% less than other second-study treatments.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- 7 DSI controle0
- Outcome
- 7 DSI controle0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Value
- 16%e0
- Comparator
- rest of the treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Strawberry”
e0“the 7 DSI control, which was 16% lower than the rest of the treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors considered crop protectants suitable for reducing water use during establishment.
- Taxon
- StrawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Outcome
- reduce water usage during transplant establishmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Strawberry”
e0“Crop protectants are suitable alternatives to reduce water usage during transplant establishment”
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