pruning · Yield · Fragaria ×ananassa (strawberry)

Results differ18 papers: 5 positive, 13 negative or no effect · 3 pairs of papers confirmed to differ

29 claims from these papers; 4 citations between them.

Papers whose results differ, checked claim by claim 3

3 pairs of papers on this question report results that differ: an effect in one paper, the opposite effect or no effect in the other. Two model reviewers reading both claims accepted each pair.

How these papers cite each other

4 citations between these papers: 0 on the same side, 4 across the two sides.

Positive resultNegative result or no effect19801990200020102020
  • Positive result
  • Negative result or no effect
  • Citation, pointing to the cited paper
  • Citation across the two sides
  • Larger circle: more citations overall

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Papers reporting a positive result 5

  1. Effect of Planting Date and Defoliation on Three Strawberry Cultivars · 1985

    cited by 2 papers here

  2. Effects of hydroponic solution composition, electrical conductivity and plant spacing on yield and quality of strawberries · 1994

  3. Effect of plant spacing, nitrogen fertilisation, post-harvest defoliation and finger harrowing in the control of Botrytis cinerea Pers. in strawberry · 2003

    cited by 2 papers here

  4. Temperature Has a Greater Effect on Fruit Growth than Defoliation or Fruit Thinning in Strawberries in the Subtropics · 2019

  5. Effect of Fruit Pruning and Potassium Application on Growth and Production of Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis). · 2023

Papers reporting a negative result or no effect 13

  1. Influence of Defoliation at Transplanting on Strawberry Growth and Fruiting Response1 · 1972

  2. Effects of Mechanical Harvest and Defoliation on Subsequent Performance of Three Strawberry Cultivars1 · 1982

  3. Training Systems for Second-year Production of Fall-planted Strawberries · 1987

  4. THE EFFECT OF DEFOLIATION ON STRAWBERRY FRUITING RESPONSE · 1990

  5. THE EFFECT OF DEFOLIATION ON STRAWBERRY FRUITING RESPONSE · 1990

  6. A Revolution in New England: New Hampshire Develops an Annual Strawberry Production System · 1998

  7. A Revolution in New England: New Hampshire Develops an Annual Strawberry Production System · 1998

  8. 577 Strawberry Runner Plant Root Pruning and Subsequent Growth and Yield in California · 1999

  9. Severe Root Pruning of Strawberry Bare Root Transplants Is Yield Neutral · 2002

  10. Effect of post-harvest flame-defoliation on strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) growth and fruit biochemical composition · 2015

    cites 2 papers here

  11. Pruning inflorescences reduces the yield of neutral-day strawberry cultivars · 2024

  12. Foliage mowing in June-bearing strawberry ( Fragaria × ananassa ) ‘Polka’ after harvest has variable effects on floral development in the northern climate · 2025

    cites 2 papers here

  13. Early Prediction of Fruit Size Based on Flower Characteristics of Strawberry · 2026

A paper is on the positive side when any of its claims here is positive. Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. Claims that compare genotypes are left out; a claim about lacking a nutrient counts the other way round in that nutrient’s question. “Results differ” marks a question where two model reviewers, reading both claims, accepted at least one pair of papers whose results differ.

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