Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest 75% ETc irrigation would reduce high-value grades and modestly reduce yield while preserving flavor and nutrition.
- Taxon
- Onion
Allium cepat0 - Outcome
- deficit irrigation at 75% ETc ratee0
Verbatim
e0“deficit irrigation at 75% ETc rate) would result in a decrease of high-value bulb grades and modest losses in yield but not flavor or nutritional components”
t0“Onion”
Title
Daniel I. Leskovar; Shinsuke Agehara; Kilsun Yoo; et al. HortScience 2012. doi:10.21273/hortsci.47.1.31
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Planting density did not significantly affect leaf fresh weight.
- Intervention effect Deficit irrigation at 50% ETc reduced leaf fresh weight.
- Intervention effect Higher planting density reduced average bulb size by 12%.
- Intervention effect Higher planting density increased marketable bulb number by 21% to 33%.
- Intervention effect Higher planting density increased marketable yield by 7% to 14%.
- Intervention effect Deficit irrigation tended to reduce bulb number and bulb size.
- Intervention effect At 75% ETc, yield fell by 8% to 13%.
- Intervention effect At 50% ETc, yield fell by 19% to 27%.
- Intervention effect Planting density and deficit irrigation had no significant effect on soluble solids, pungency or quercetin.
- Recommendation Growers could adjust planting densities to target high-value bulb sizes.