Abstract
ABstract Irrigation of ‘Golden Delicious’ apple trees on the Moutere Hills Nelson, has resulted in a 5‐year cumulative yield increase of 16% and 9% for treatments applied at 80% or 20% available soil moisture respectively. Significant yield increases were obtained in only 2 of the 5 years, and fruit size was increased in 3 of the 5 years. Trees tended towards a biennial bearing production pattern which was accentuated by irrigation. Trunk and shoot growth were also increased by irrigation. These preliminary results suggest that on these soil types, the critical soil moisture deficit for mature Golden Delicious apple trees is tcached when the soil dries to approximately 30% available moisture.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation at 80% available soil moisture increased five-year cumulative yield by 16%.
- Taxon
- apple trees
Malus domesticae0 - Material
- ‘Golden Delicious’e0
- Treatment
- 80%e0
- Outcome
- 5‐year cumulative yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 16%e0
- Setting
- Moutere Hills Nelsone0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Irrigation of ‘Golden Delicious’ apple trees on the Moutere Hills Nelson, has resulted in a 5‐year cumulative yield increase of 16% and 9% for treatments applied at 80% or 20% available soil moisture respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation at 20% available soil moisture increased five-year cumulative yield by 9%.
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticae0
- Material
- ‘Golden Delicious’e0
- Treatment
- 20% available soil moisturee0
- Outcome
- 5‐year cumulative yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 9%e0
- Setting
- Moutere Hills Nelsone0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Irrigation of ‘Golden Delicious’ apple trees on the Moutere Hills Nelson, has resulted in a 5‐year cumulative yield increase of 16% and 9% for treatments applied at 80% or 20% available soil moisture respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Yield increases were significant in two of five years.
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- yield increasese0
- Direction
- increasese0
- Value
- 2 of the 5 yearse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Significant yield increases were obtained in only 2 of the 5 years”
t0“apple trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation increased apple fruit size in three of five years.
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Irrigationt0
- Outcome
- fruit sizee0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 3 of the 5 yearse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“fruit size was increased in 3 of the 5 years”
t0“Irrigation of apple trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation accentuated a tendency toward biennial bearing.
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- irrigatione0
- Outcome
- biennial bearing production patterne0
- Direction
- accentuatede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Trees tended towards a biennial bearing production pattern which was accentuated by irrigation”
t0“apple trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation increased trunk and shoot growth.
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- irrigatione0
- Outcome
- Trunk and shoot growthe0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Trunk and shoot growth were also increased by irrigation”
t0“apple trees”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest a critical moisture deficit near 30% available moisture for mature Golden Delicious trees on these soils.
- Taxon
- apple treesMalus domesticae0
- Material
- Golden Deliciouse0
- Outcome
- critical soil moisture deficite0
- Value
- approximately 30% available moisturee0
- Qualifier
- on these soil typese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“These preliminary results suggest that on these soil types, the critical soil moisture deficit for mature Golden Delicious apple trees is tcached when the soil dries to approximately 30% available moisture”
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