Abstract
Due to rapid increase in population and limited available resources, world trend is moving towards high density plantation for proper utilization of land and resources. The present experiment was planned to investigate the effects of pruning on plant yield and fruit quality of ‘Kinnow’ mandarin grown under high density plantation. Plants were pruned by three different ways i.e. i) pruning of one side’s branches, (ii) pruning of both sides’ branches and (iii) pruning of top branches. Overall results revealed that all the pruning treatments were effective but the plants pruned from both sides performed better in terms of improved yield (greater number of fruits and higher total fruit yield per plant) and fruit quality (increased fruit size, higher juice weight, lower peel weight, lower juice TA, greater TSS:TA ratio, and higher total phenolic content (TPC) and total antioxidants). Keeping in view the above results, it is concluded that ‘Kinnow’ plants grown under high density plantation should be pruned from both side of canopy to obtain better yield and fruit quality.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning both sides of the canopy gave a greater number of fruits per Kinnow mandarin plant than the other pruning treatments.
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e1“Overall results revealed that all the pruning treatments were effective but the plants pruned from both sides performed better in terms of improved yield (greater number of fruits and higher total fruit yield per plant)”
e2“mandarin grown under high density plantation”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning both sides gave higher total fruit yield per plant than the other pruning treatments.
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e1“Overall results revealed that all the pruning treatments were effective but the plants pruned from both sides performed better in terms of improved yield (greater number of fruits and higher total fruit yield per plant)”
e2“mandarin grown under high density plantation”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning both sides increased fruit size compared with the other pruning treatments.
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e1“Overall results revealed that all the pruning treatments were effective but the plants pruned from both sides performed better in terms of improved yield (greater number of fruits and higher total fruit yield per plant)”
e2“mandarin grown under high density plantation”
e4“increased fruit size, higher juice weight, lower peel weight, lower juice TA, greater TSS:TA ratio, and higher total phenolic content (TPC) and total antioxidants”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning both sides gave higher juice weight than the other pruning treatments.
Verbatim
e1“Overall results revealed that all the pruning treatments were effective but the plants pruned from both sides performed better in terms of improved yield (greater number of fruits and higher total fruit yield per plant)”
e2“mandarin grown under high density plantation”
e4“increased fruit size, higher juice weight, lower peel weight, lower juice TA, greater TSS:TA ratio, and higher total phenolic content (TPC) and total antioxidants”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning both sides gave lower peel weight than the other pruning treatments.
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e1“Overall results revealed that all the pruning treatments were effective but the plants pruned from both sides performed better in terms of improved yield (greater number of fruits and higher total fruit yield per plant)”
e2“mandarin grown under high density plantation”
e4“increased fruit size, higher juice weight, lower peel weight, lower juice TA, greater TSS:TA ratio, and higher total phenolic content (TPC) and total antioxidants”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning both sides gave lower juice TA than the other pruning treatments.
Verbatim
e1“Overall results revealed that all the pruning treatments were effective but the plants pruned from both sides performed better in terms of improved yield (greater number of fruits and higher total fruit yield per plant)”
e2“mandarin grown under high density plantation”
e4“increased fruit size, higher juice weight, lower peel weight, lower juice TA, greater TSS:TA ratio, and higher total phenolic content (TPC) and total antioxidants”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning both sides gave a greater TSS:TA ratio than the other pruning treatments.
Verbatim
e1“Overall results revealed that all the pruning treatments were effective but the plants pruned from both sides performed better in terms of improved yield (greater number of fruits and higher total fruit yield per plant)”
e2“mandarin grown under high density plantation”
e4“increased fruit size, higher juice weight, lower peel weight, lower juice TA, greater TSS:TA ratio, and higher total phenolic content (TPC) and total antioxidants”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning both sides gave higher total phenolic content and total antioxidants than the other pruning treatments.
Verbatim
e1“Overall results revealed that all the pruning treatments were effective but the plants pruned from both sides performed better in terms of improved yield (greater number of fruits and higher total fruit yield per plant)”
e2“mandarin grown under high density plantation”
e4“increased fruit size, higher juice weight, lower peel weight, lower juice TA, greater TSS:TA ratio, and higher total phenolic content (TPC) and total antioxidants”
Claim · model-written summary
Kinnow plants under high density plantation should be pruned from both sides of the canopy.
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e2“mandarin grown under high density plantation”
e3“should be pruned from both side of canopy to obtain better yield and fruit quality”
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