Claim · model-written summary
Growth decreased comparably across axes and growth units regardless of position.
- Taxon
- apple tree
Malus domesticat0 - Organ / stage
- axes and GUse0
- Outcome
- growthe0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Verbatim
e0“the decrease in growth was comparable in magnitude for all axes and GUs, irrespective of their position.”
t0“apple tree”
Title
Exploring Within-tree Architectural Development of Two Apple Tree Cultivars Over 6 Years
E. COSTES Annals of Botany 2002. doi:10.1093/aob/mcg010
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Within-tree morphological gradients were confirmed.
- Mechanism The growth decrease resulted from fewer metamers per growth unit, modeled exponentially.
- Association Declining growth involved changes in axillary shoot number and nature.
- Observation Spur death probability was constant across years.
- Association Spur death probability differed by cultivar and bearing shoot type.
- Observation Braeburn flowering and fruiting probabilities were predictable within trees.
- Observation Fuji had alternating bearing behavior that was harder to predict.
- Mechanism Fuji alternation appeared linked to synchronized increase in floral growth units.
- Mechanism Fuji alternation appeared linked to high fruit-set probability.