Abstract
`Empire' is a popular new apple with fruit growers in the northeastern United States, noted for producing small-sized fruit. To test the efficacy of chemical thinners and rootstocks for increasing fruit size of `Empire', three-tree plots containing trees on M.7 EMLA, MM. 111, and seedling rootstocks were chemically thinned at petal fall with 10 ppm NAA or 85 ppm 6 BA, applied as Accel. Both NAA and Accel reduced fruit set. Trees on M.7 EMLA had higher set than trees on seedling. Yield was highest on M.7 EMLA and lowest on seedling. Fruit diameter after final set in July was increased by both chemical thinners and was greater for both clonal rootstocks than for seedling. Fruit on seedling trees were delayed in maturity relative to the two clonal rootstocks. Accel increased the number of fruit 70 mm or greater in diameter, while NAA increased the number of fruit in the 64- to 69-mm-diameter class. Analysis of covariance with crop load suggested that the increase in fruit size associated with Accel was a direct effect rather than a secondary effect from thinning.
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Claims 12
Claim · model-written summary
NAA reduced Empire apple fruit set.
- Taxon
- APPLE
Malus domesticat0 - Treatment
- NAAe0
- Outcome
- fruit sete0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“`EMPIRE' APPLE”
e0“Both NAA and Accel reduced fruit set.”
Claim · model-written summary
Accel reduced Empire apple fruit set.
- Taxon
- APPLEMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Accele0
- Outcome
- fruit sete0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“`EMPIRE' APPLE”
e0“Both NAA and Accel reduced fruit set.”
Claim · model-written summary
M.7 EMLA apple trees had higher fruit set than seedling trees.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“APPLE”
e0“Trees on M.7 EMLA had higher set than trees on seedling.”
Claim · model-written summary
Apple yield was highest on M.7 EMLA rootstock.
- Taxon
- APPLEMalus domesticat0
- Material
- M.7 EMLAe0
- Outcome
- Yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“APPLE”
e0“Yield was highest on M.7 EMLA and lowest on seedling.”
Claim · model-written summary
Apple yield was lowest on seedling rootstock.
- Taxon
- APPLEMalus domesticat0
- Material
- seedlinge0
- Outcome
- Yielde0
- Direction
- loweste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“APPLE”
e0“Yield was highest on M.7 EMLA and lowest on seedling.”
Claim · model-written summary
NAA increased apple fruit diameter after final set in July.
- Taxon
- APPLEMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- Fruit diametere0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- after final set in Julye0
Not reportedTreatmentComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“APPLE”
e0“Fruit diameter after final set in July was increased by both chemical thinners”
Claim · model-written summary
Accel increased apple fruit diameter after final set in July.
- Taxon
- APPLEMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- Fruit diametere0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- after final set in Julye0
Not reportedTreatmentComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“APPLE”
e0“Fruit diameter after final set in July was increased by both chemical thinners”
Claim · model-written summary
Apple fruit diameter was greater for both clonal rootstocks than seedling.
- Taxon
- APPLEMalus domesticat0
- Material
- clonal rootstockse0
- Outcome
- greatere0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- seedlinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“APPLE”
e0“was greater for both clonal rootstocks than for seedling.”
Claim · model-written summary
Apple fruit on seedling rootstocks matured later than fruit on clonal rootstocks.
- Taxon
- APPLEMalus domesticat0
- Material
- seedlinge0
- Outcome
- maturitye0
- Direction
- delayede0
- Comparator
- two clonal rootstockse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“APPLE”
e0“Fruit on seedling trees were delayed in maturity relative to the two clonal rootstocks.”
Claim · model-written summary
Accel increased the number of apple fruit at least 70 mm in diameter.
- Taxon
- APPLEMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Accele0
- Outcome
- number of fruit 70 mm or greater in diametere0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“APPLE”
e0“Accel increased the number of fruit 70 mm or greater in diameter”
Claim · model-written summary
NAA increased the number of apple fruit in the 64- to 69-mm diameter class.
- Taxon
- APPLEMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- NAAe0
- Outcome
- number of fruit in the 64- to 69-mm-diameter classe0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“APPLE”
e0“NAA increased the number of fruit in the 64- to 69-mm-diameter class.”
Claim · model-written summary
Covariance analysis suggested Accel increased apple fruit size directly rather than through thinning.
- Taxon
- APPLEMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Accele0
- Outcome
- increase in fruit sizee0
- Qualifier
- a direct effect rather than a secondary effect from thinninge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“APPLE”
e0“Analysis of covariance with crop load suggested that the increase in fruit size associated with Accel was a direct effect rather than a secondary effect from thinning.”
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