Claim · model-written summary
Brushing begun at the first or second true leaf stage achieved significant height control in tomato.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Organ / stage
- first or second true leaf stagee5
- Treatment
- treatments were begun at the first or second true leaf stagee5
- Outcome
- height controle5
- Direction
- decreaseinferrede5
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Verbatim
e1“Brushing was applied to tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) seedlings growing at a density of 2100 plants m-2 by daily stroking with a piece of polystyrene.”
e5“Significant height control was achieved if treatments were begun at the first or second true leaf stage, but treatments begun at a later stage of development resulted in leaf damage.”
Title
COMMERCIAL ADAPTATIONS OF MECHANICAL STIMULATION FOR THE CONTROL OF TRANSPLANT GROWTH
L. Garner; F. Allen Langton; T. Björkman Acta Horticulturae 1997. doi:10.17660/actahortic.1997.435.21
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect Ten or twenty daily strokes provided significant height control in tomato seedlings without plant damage.
- Intervention effect Brushing intervals of up to 10 minutes gave the same height control in tomato as continuous brushing.
- Intervention effect Treating tomato plants at 0800 or at 1700 hours produced no differences.
- Intervention effect Brushing begun at a later stage of development caused leaf damage in tomato.
- Intervention effect Brushing before transplanting to the field significantly decreased stem elongation of tomato by about 20%.
- Intervention effect Brushed and unbrushed tomato plants showed no significant differences in long-term growth or final fruit yield after transplanting to the field.
- Observation In geranium and impatiens, reductions in plant stature were associated with significant plant damage.
- Intervention effect Brushing induced a prostrate growth habit and leaf distortion in petunia.
- Intervention effect Brushing significantly reduced leaf area and shoot dry weight of petunia.
- Intervention effect Pansy plants were undamaged by 10 or 20 brush strokes per day.
- Intervention effect Brushing significantly decreased petiole length of pansy by 17–22%.
- Intervention effect Brushing typically had no significant effects on leaf area, dry weight or days to flower of pansy.
- Recommendation Brushing is an effective method for controlling tomato and pansy transplant size without adversely affecting quality or long-term growth.