Abstract
Influence on growth, yield and quality attributes of 10-years-old apple trees as influenced by different mulching treatments were studied. The dry grass and black polythene mulches were observed to be equally effective in producing the maximum annual extension growth, whereas the effect of mulching on bloom density and initial fruit set were found to be non significant. The final fruit retention and subsequent yield were recorded the highest from the tree receiving the dry grass mulch, while the minimum fruit yield and maximum fruit drop were observed under clean cultivation. The application of organic mulches gave relatively low T.S.S. and high acidity than black polythene mulching and clean cultivation. The poor aeration, non-decomposable nature and high cost are the constraints of using black polythene as a mulch material. In view of the superiority over other organic muIches and clean cuItivation, the use of dry grass as the mulch material for increasing the productivity of apple orchards is recommended under humid temperate mid hill conditions of Uttaranchal.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Dry grass and black polythene produced equally maximum annual extension growth.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticat0 - Treatment
- dry grass and black polythene mulchese0
- Outcome
- annual extension growthe0
- Direction
- maximume0
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e0“The dry grass and black polythene mulches were observed to be equally effective in producing the maximum annual extension growth”
t0“apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching showed no significant difference in bloom density and initial fruit set.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- mulchinge0
- Outcome
- bloom density and initial fruit sete0
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Verbatim
e0“the effect of mulching on bloom density and initial fruit set were found to be non significant”
t0“apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Dry grass mulch gave the highest final fruit retention and yield.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- dry grass mulche0
- Outcome
- final fruit retention and subsequent yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
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Verbatim
e0“The final fruit retention and subsequent yield were recorded the highest from the tree receiving the dry grass mulch”
t0“apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Clean cultivation yielded the least fruit.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- clean cultivatione0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- minimume0
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Verbatim
e0“the minimum fruit yield and maximum fruit drop were observed under clean cultivation”
t0“apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Clean cultivation caused maximum fruit drop.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- clean cultivatione0
- Outcome
- fruit drope0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“the minimum fruit yield and maximum fruit drop were observed under clean cultivation”
t0“apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Organic mulches gave lower T.S.S. than black polythene and clean cultivation.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- organic mulchese0
- Outcome
- T.S.S.e0
- Direction
- relatively lowe0
- Comparator
- black polythene mulching and clean cultivatione0
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Verbatim
e0“The application of organic mulches gave relatively low T.S.S. and high acidity than black polythene mulching and clean cultivation”
t0“apple”
Claim · model-written summary
Organic mulches gave higher acidity than black polythene and clean cultivation.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- organic mulchese0
- Outcome
- aciditye0
- Direction
- highe0
- Comparator
- black polythene mulching and clean cultivatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The application of organic mulches gave relatively low T.S.S. and high acidity than black polythene mulching and clean cultivation”
t0“apple”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend dry grass mulch to increase apple orchard productivity in humid temperate mid hills of Uttaranchal.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticae0
- Outcome
- the use of dry grass as the mulch material for increasing the productivity of apple orchardse0
- Setting
- humid temperate mid hill conditions of Uttaranchale0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the use of dry grass as the mulch material for increasing the productivity of apple orchards is recommended under humid temperate mid hill conditions of Uttaranchal”
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