Paper · 1998

Foliar Application of Uniconazole (Sunny) to Avocado Trees to Improve Fruit Size and Yield and to Change Fruit Shape

H. D. Erasmus; William H. Brooks

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Abstract

Foliar sprays of Uniconazole on Fuerte avocados led to substantial increases in yield but fruit size in general was not affected. Sprays were made at an early flowering stage at concentrations of 1.0-1.5%. On cultivar Hass a general increase in yield and fruit size was observed resulting in higher percentages of the prime fruit counts 12, 14, 16 and 18. Applications were made at full bloom at 1.0% concentration. Pinkerton gave similar results to Fuerte. Fruit shape was changed on all cultivars from long, necky fruit to shorter, rounder fruit.

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Claims 6

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Foliar uniconazole sprays increased avocado yield in the Fuerte cultivar.

Taxon
avocadoPersea americanat0
Material
Fuertee1
Treatment
Foliar sprays of Uniconazolee1
Outcome
yielde1
Direction
increasese1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Persea americana
Persea americana · TaxonB.navez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Avocado Trees”

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e1

“Foliar sprays of Uniconazole on Fuerte avocados led to substantial increases in yield but fruit size in general was not affected”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Foliar uniconazole sprays did not affect fruit size in general in the Fuerte cultivar.

Taxon
avocadoPersea americanat0
Material
Fuertee1
Treatment
Foliar sprays of Uniconazolee1
Outcome
fruit sizee1
Direction
not affectede1
Qualifier
in generale1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Persea americana
Persea americana · TaxonB.navez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

t0

“Avocado Trees”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 45–58 · show in text ↑
e1

“Foliar sprays of Uniconazole on Fuerte avocados led to substantial increases in yield but fruit size in general was not affected”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Foliar uniconazole sprays generally increased yield and fruit size of the Hass cultivar.

Taxon
avocadoPersea americanat0
Material
Hasse2
Treatment
Foliar sprays of Uniconazolee0
Outcome
yield and fruit sizee2
Direction
increasee2

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Persea americana
Persea americana · TaxonB.navez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Avocado Trees”

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“Foliar sprays of Uniconazole”

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“On cultivar Hass a general increase in yield and fruit size was observed resulting in higher percentages of the prime fruit counts 12, 14, 16 and 18”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Foliar uniconazole sprays raised the percentages of prime fruit counts 12, 14, 16 and 18 in the Hass cultivar.

Taxon
avocadoPersea americanat0
Material
Hasse2
Treatment
Foliar sprays of Uniconazolee0
Outcome
percentages of the prime fruit counts 12, 14, 16 and 18e2
Direction
highere2

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Persea americana
Persea americana · TaxonB.navez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Avocado Trees”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 45–58 · show in text ↑
e0

“Foliar sprays of Uniconazole”

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“On cultivar Hass a general increase in yield and fruit size was observed resulting in higher percentages of the prime fruit counts 12, 14, 16 and 18”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 206–354 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Pinkerton avocado gave results similar to Fuerte after uniconazole sprays.

Taxon
avocadoPersea americanat0
Material
Pinkertone3
Treatment
Foliar sprays of Uniconazolee0
Outcome
resultse3
Direction
no_changeinferrede3
Qualifier
similare3
Comparator
Fuertee3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Persea americana
Persea americana · TaxonB.navez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Avocado Trees”

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“Foliar sprays of Uniconazole”

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“Pinkerton gave similar results to Fuerte”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Foliar uniconazole sprays changed avocado fruit shape on all cultivars, from long, necky fruit to shorter, rounder fruit.

Taxon
avocadoPersea americanat0
Material
all cultivarse4
Treatment
Foliar sprays of Uniconazolee0
Outcome
Fruit shapee4
Direction
changede4
Qualifier
shorter, rounder fruite4
Comparator
long, necky fruite4

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Persea americana
Persea americana · TaxonB.navez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Avocado Trees”

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“Foliar sprays of Uniconazole”

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“Fruit shape was changed on all cultivars from long, necky fruit to shorter, rounder fruit”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 458–547 · show in text ↑

uniconazole · yield · Persea americana (avocado)Positive and negative results

2 papers: 1 positive, 1 negative or no effect

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application · yield · Persea americana (avocado)Positive and negative results

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  1. no effect
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