Claim · model-written summary
Perennial-part dry weight tended to decline as defoliation increased.
Verbatim
e0“dry weights in perennial parts tended to decrease as percent defoliation increased.”
t0“Young Fuyu Persimmon”
Title
Soo-Jeong Park Horticultural Science and Technology 2002
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Defoliation did not significantly affect dry weights of roots, old wood and shoots by November.
- Intervention effect Complete defoliation yielded smaller fruit than 0% and 50% defoliation.
- Intervention effect Complete defoliation yielded less sweet fruit.
- Intervention effect Complete defoliation yielded poorly colored fruit.
- Association Nonstructural carbohydrates in roots, old wood and shoots tended to fall with greater defoliation.
- Intervention effect Undefoliated roots had more than 1.9-fold the soluble sugars of fully defoliated roots.
- Intervention effect Undefoliated roots had 2.2-fold more starch than fully defoliated roots.
- Association New shoot growth in the following year fell as defoliation increased.
- Observation Root dry weight declined 33% to 63% during growth the following year.