Abstract
The effect of reproductive shoot pruning (after harvesting) on the vegetative growth of peach trees was studied. After the harvest period, one group of plants was left unpruned; however, a second group of plants was pruned by heading back or thinning out their bearing shoots. Summer pruning improved the rejuvenation of wood and enhanced the growth of basal shoots thus increasing the proportion of shoots that arose on older wood or directly from the scaffold (+15%). Summer pruning was shown to affect branch regrowth, leaf restoration and radial expansion of the trunk; the leaf area removed was completely restored in 80 days by the increase of new branches (+108%) in the remaining shoots; however, the annual expansion of the trunk cross‐sectional area was significantly reduced (−37.4%). Summer pruning also reduced the plant size from −7% to −26% and delayed autumn leaf fall (+10 days).
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Summer pruning improved the rejuvenation of wood in peach trees
- Taxon
- peach trees
Prunus persicae0 - Treatment
- Summer pruninge2
- Outcome
- rejuvenation of woode2
- Direction
- improvede2
- Comparator
- unprunede1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“peach tree in response to reproductive shoot pruning”
e0“The effect of reproductive shoot pruning (after harvesting) on the vegetative growth of peach trees was studied”
e1“After the harvest period, one group of plants was left unpruned”
e2“Summer pruning improved the rejuvenation of wood and enhanced the growth of basal shoots thus increasing the proportion of shoots that arose on older wood or directly from the scaffold (+15%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Summer pruning enhanced the growth of basal shoots in peach trees
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicae0
- Treatment
- Summer pruninge2
- Outcome
- growth of basal shootse2
- Direction
- enhancede2
- Comparator
- unprunede1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“peach tree in response to reproductive shoot pruning”
e0“The effect of reproductive shoot pruning (after harvesting) on the vegetative growth of peach trees was studied”
e1“After the harvest period, one group of plants was left unpruned”
e2“Summer pruning improved the rejuvenation of wood and enhanced the growth of basal shoots thus increasing the proportion of shoots that arose on older wood or directly from the scaffold (+15%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Summer pruning increased the proportion of shoots arising on older wood or directly from the scaffold by 15%
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicae0
- Treatment
- Summer pruninge2
- Outcome
- proportion of shoots that arose on older wood or directly from the scaffolde2
- Direction
- increasinge2
- Value
- +15%e2
- Comparator
- unprunede1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“peach tree in response to reproductive shoot pruning”
e0“The effect of reproductive shoot pruning (after harvesting) on the vegetative growth of peach trees was studied”
e1“After the harvest period, one group of plants was left unpruned”
e2“Summer pruning improved the rejuvenation of wood and enhanced the growth of basal shoots thus increasing the proportion of shoots that arose on older wood or directly from the scaffold (+15%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Summer pruning completely restored the removed leaf area in peach trees within 80 days
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicae0
- Treatment
- Summer pruninge3
- Outcome
- leaf area removede3
- Direction
- completely restorede3
- Value
- in 80 dayse3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“peach tree in response to reproductive shoot pruning”
e0“The effect of reproductive shoot pruning (after harvesting) on the vegetative growth of peach trees was studied”
e3“Summer pruning was shown to affect branch regrowth, leaf restoration and radial expansion of the trunk; the leaf area removed was completely restored in 80 days by the increase of new branches (+108%) in the remaining shoots”
Claim · model-written summary
Summer pruning increased new branch growth in peach trees by 108%
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicae0
- Treatment
- Summer pruninge3
- Outcome
- new branchese3
- Direction
- increasee3
- Value
- +108%e3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“peach tree in response to reproductive shoot pruning”
e0“The effect of reproductive shoot pruning (after harvesting) on the vegetative growth of peach trees was studied”
e3“Summer pruning was shown to affect branch regrowth, leaf restoration and radial expansion of the trunk; the leaf area removed was completely restored in 80 days by the increase of new branches (+108%) in the remaining shoots”
Claim · model-written summary
Summer pruning significantly reduced the annual expansion of the trunk cross-sectional area by 37.4%
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicae0
- Treatment
- Summer pruninge5
- Outcome
- annual expansion of the trunke4
- Direction
- significantly reducede4
- Value
- −37.4%e4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“peach tree in response to reproductive shoot pruning”
e0“The effect of reproductive shoot pruning (after harvesting) on the vegetative growth of peach trees was studied”
e4“the annual expansion of the trunk cross‐sectional area was significantly reduced (−37.4%)”
e5“Summer pruning also reduced the plant size from −7% to −26% and delayed autumn leaf fall (+10 days)”
Claim · model-written summary
Summer pruning reduced plant size in peach trees by 7% to 26%
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicae0
- Treatment
- Summer pruninge5
- Outcome
- plant sizee5
- Direction
- reducede5
- Value
- −7% to −26%e5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“peach tree in response to reproductive shoot pruning”
e0“The effect of reproductive shoot pruning (after harvesting) on the vegetative growth of peach trees was studied”
e5“Summer pruning also reduced the plant size from −7% to −26% and delayed autumn leaf fall (+10 days)”
Claim · model-written summary
Summer pruning delayed autumn leaf fall in peach trees by 10 days
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicae0
- Treatment
- Summer pruninge5
- Outcome
- autumn leaf falle5
- Direction
- delayede5
- Value
- +10 dayse5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“peach tree in response to reproductive shoot pruning”
e0“The effect of reproductive shoot pruning (after harvesting) on the vegetative growth of peach trees was studied”
e5“Summer pruning also reduced the plant size from −7% to −26% and delayed autumn leaf fall (+10 days)”
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