Claim · model-written summary
Yield per hectare generally increased as plant density increased.
Phaseolus vulgarisVerbatim
t0“navy beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”
e0“Navy beans, cv. ‘Sanilac’, were grown in rows 0.2 m and 0.4 m apart, and at 48, 71, and 104 mm within rows.”
e1“Yield per ha generally increased with increasing plant density, especially with a decrease in row width”
Title
D. S. Goulden New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 1976. doi:10.1080/03015521.1976.10425865
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Seeds per pod and 100-seed weight were unaffected by spacing treatments.
- Association Pods per plant and yield per plant were inversely correlated with yield per hectare.
- Intervention effect Narrower rows especially increased yield per hectare.
- Observation Closest plant spacing in narrow rows yielded the highest yields.