Abstract
Current study was undertaken to highlight the effect of pruning on improving vigor of old orchards and increasing performance in terms of fruit yield and quality under water and nutrient stressed condition of mid hills of Eastern Himalaya. Guava was taken for the case study and all the physical and chemical properties of the fruits and other attributes of plant were evaluated using standard methods under three pruning intensities (light, moderate and severe) and no pruning. The emergence of bud was earliest in severe pruning, number of buds per shoot was highest with light pruning and cumulative lengths of new shoots were found to be highest in severe pruning. Fruit yield, size and weight were found to increase with pruning intensities and lowest in case of no pruning. Regarding chemical properties, total soluble solids and total sugar found to increase with enhanced pruning severity and least in case of no pruning. Acidity was found to be highest with no pruning and decrease with increase in pruning intensities. Overall pruning found to have rejuvenating impact on aged trees due to better light interception leading to better photosynthetic rate, better nutrient and water supply with reduced canopy and better quality yields.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Bud emergence was earliest with severe pruning.
- Taxon
- Guava
Psidium guajavat0 - Treatment
- severe pruninge0
- Outcome
- emergence of bude0
- Direction
- earlieste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The emergence of bud was earliest in severe pruning”
t0“Guava”
Claim · model-written summary
Light pruning gave the highest number of buds per shoot.
- Taxon
- GuavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- light pruninge0
- Outcome
- number of buds per shoote0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“number of buds per shoot was highest with light pruning”
t0“Guava”
Claim · model-written summary
Severe pruning gave the greatest cumulative length of new shoots.
- Taxon
- GuavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- severe pruninge0
- Outcome
- cumulative lengths of new shootse0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cumulative lengths of new shoots were found to be highest in severe pruning”
t0“Guava”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit yield, size and weight increased with pruning intensity and were lowest without pruning.
- Taxon
- GuavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- pruning intensitiese0
- Outcome
- Fruit yield, size and weighte0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- no pruninge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit yield, size and weight were found to increase with pruning intensities and lowest in case of no pruning.”
t0“Guava”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit total soluble solids and total sugar rose with pruning severity.
- Taxon
- GuavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- enhanced pruning severitye0
- Outcome
- total soluble solids and total sugare0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- no pruninge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“total soluble solids and total sugar found to increase with enhanced pruning severity and least in case of no pruning.”
t0“Guava”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit acidity decreased as pruning intensity rose and was highest without pruning.
- Taxon
- GuavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- pruning intensitiese0
- Outcome
- Aciditye0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Comparator
- no pruninge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Acidity was found to be highest with no pruning and decrease with increase in pruning intensities.”
t0“Guava”
Claim · model-written summary
Authors attribute rejuvenation after pruning to light interception, photosynthesis and nutrient and water supply.
- Taxon
- GuavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- pruninge0
- Outcome
- rejuvenating impact on aged treese0
- Qualifier
- better light interception leading to better photosynthetic rate, better nutrient and water supply with reduced canopye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Overall pruning found to have rejuvenating impact on aged trees due to better light interception leading to better photosynthetic rate, better nutrient and water supply with reduced canopy and better quality yields.”
t0“Guava”
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