Abstract
The root distribution of peach trees [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch cv. Redhaven/Halford] as affected by six orchard floor management treatments was evaluated after 3 years of growth. Two treatments were maintained vegetation-free and four had vegetative covers in the alleyway with a 1.2-m-wide herbicide strip in the tree row. The profile wall method was used to determine root distribution. Trees maintained vegetation-free with herbicide had the most roots. Trees in the vegetation-free plots, maintained with herbicide or cultivation, produced more roots 1.2 m from the tree than trees in the vegetative covers. The number of roots, 1.2 m from the tree, was lowest in the tall fescue treatment. The number of roots were higher in the Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) or alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) than with tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea, Schreb.).
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Peach trees kept vegetation-free with herbicide had the most roots.
- Taxon
- peach trees
Prunus persicat0 - Treatment
- vegetation-free with herbicidee0
- Outcome
- rootse0
- Direction
- moste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Trees maintained vegetation-free with herbicide had the most roots.”
t0“peach trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Vegetation-free herbicide or cultivation plots produced more peach roots 1.2 m from the tree than vegetative covers.
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- herbicide or cultivatione0
- Outcome
- roots 1.2 m from the treee0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- vegetative coverse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Trees in the vegetation-free plots, maintained with herbicide or cultivation, produced more roots 1.2 m from the tree than trees in the vegetative covers.”
t0“peach trees”
Claim · model-written summary
The tall fescue treatment had the fewest peach roots 1.2 m from the tree.
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- tall fescue treatmente0
- Interactor
- tall fescue
Lolium arundinaceume0weed - Outcome
- number of roots, 1.2 m from the treee0
- Direction
- loweste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The number of roots, 1.2 m from the tree, was lowest in the tall fescue treatment.”
t0“peach trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Peach root numbers were higher under Kentucky bluegrass than under tall fescue.
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- Kentucky bluegrasse0
- Interactor
- Kentucky bluegrass
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Poa pratensise0weed - Outcome
- number of rootse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- tall fescuee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“The number of roots were higher in the Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) or alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) than with tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea, Schreb.).”
t0“peach trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Peach root numbers were higher under alfalfa than under tall fescue.
- Taxon
- peach treesPrunus persicat0
- Treatment
- alfalfae0
- Interactor
- alfalfa
Medicago sativae0weed - Outcome
- number of rootse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- tall fescuee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The number of roots were higher in the Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) or alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) than with tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea, Schreb.).”
t0“peach trees”
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