Abstract
Studies were conducted to find out the effect of pruning severity and time on fruit and yield characters of ‘Umran’ ber. Eighteen-year old trees were pruned at fortnightly intervals, i.e. on 25 April, 9 May, 23 May and 6 June with seven pruning levels, i.e. retention of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 buds and no pruning. The per cent fruit set and retention increased with decrease in the pruning severity and recorded significantly higher in the unpruned trees and lower in trees pruned by retaining 2 buds. Both fruit set and retention increased with the delay in pruning upto 9 and 23 May, respectively. Maximum fruit size and weight were recorded in trees pruned between 9 and 23 May by retaining 6 buds. Fruit yield increased significantly with the decrease in pruning severity. It was concluded that ‘Umran’ ber trees pruned on 9 May retaining 6 buds yielded fruits of superior quality.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Less severe pruning increased fruit set and retention; unpruned trees were highest.
- Taxon
- ber
Ziziphus mauritianat0 - Treatment
- decrease in the pruning severitye0
- Outcome
- fruit set and retentione0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- trees pruned by retaining 2 budse0
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Verbatim
e0“per cent fruit set and retention increased with decrease in the pruning severity and recorded significantly higher in the unpruned trees and lower in trees pruned by retaining 2 buds”
t0“ber”
Claim · model-written summary
Delaying pruning increased fruit set until 9 May.
- Taxon
- berZiziphus mauritianat0
- Treatment
- delay in pruninge0
- Outcome
- fruit sete0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- 9e0
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Verbatim
e0“fruit set and retention increased with the delay in pruning upto 9 and 23 May, respectively”
t0“ber”
Claim · model-written summary
Delaying pruning increased fruit retention until 23 May.
- Taxon
- berZiziphus mauritianat0
- Treatment
- delay in pruninge0
- Outcome
- retentione0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- 23 Maye0
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Verbatim
e0“fruit set and retention increased with the delay in pruning upto 9 and 23 May, respectively”
t0“ber”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning 9–23 May while retaining six buds maximized fruit size and weight.
- Taxon
- berZiziphus mauritianat0
- Treatment
- pruned between 9 and 23 May by retaining 6 budse0
- Outcome
- fruit size and weighte0
- Direction
- Maximume0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Maximum fruit size and weight were recorded in trees pruned between 9 and 23 May by retaining 6 buds”
t0“ber”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit yield rose significantly as pruning severity decreased.
- Taxon
- berZiziphus mauritianat0
- Treatment
- decrease in pruning severitye0
- Outcome
- Fruit yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit yield increased significantly with the decrease in pruning severity”
t0“ber”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning Umran on 9 May retaining six buds was recommended for superior fruit quality.
- Taxon
- berZiziphus mauritianae0
- Material
- ‘Umran’e0
- Outcome
- pruned on 9 May retaining 6 budse0
- Direction
- superiore0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“‘Umran’ ber trees pruned on 9 May retaining 6 buds yielded fruits of superior quality”
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