Abstract
SummarySix irrigation treatments were applied to an apple orchard. The treatments consisted of replenishing the soil water deficit at the 0-60 and 0-120 cm layers according to predetermined available water content. The seasonal patterns of trunk and fruit growth and of fruit drop were studied. It was found that the final volume of fruit was linearly related to the number of days to which the trees were subjected to above and below 30% available water in the 0-60 cm layer. Fruit firmness and soluble solids content were reduced by frequent irrigation. These reductions were found to be due both to a direct effect and to an indirect effect through the increase in fruit size due to frequent irrigation.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Final apple fruit volume was linearly related to days above and below 30% available soil water.
- Taxon
- Apple
Malus domesticat0 - Outcome
- final volume of fruite0
- Qualifier
- above and below 30% available watere0
- Setting
- 0-60 cm layere0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the final volume of fruit was linearly related to the number of days to which the trees were subjected to above and below 30% available water in the 0-60 cm layer”
t0“Apple Trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Frequent irrigation reduced apple fruit firmness.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- frequent irrigatione0
- Outcome
- Fruit firmnesse0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit firmness and soluble solids content were reduced by frequent irrigation.”
t0“Apple Trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Frequent irrigation reduced apple fruit soluble solids content.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- frequent irrigatione0
- Outcome
- soluble solids contente0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit firmness and soluble solids content were reduced by frequent irrigation.”
t0“Apple Trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Frequent irrigation increased apple fruit size.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- frequent irrigatione0
- Outcome
- fruit sizee0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“increase in fruit size due to frequent irrigation”
t0“Apple Trees”
Claim · model-written summary
The reductions in apple firmness and soluble solids were attributed partly to a direct irrigation effect.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- frequent irrigatione0
- Outcome
- Fruit firmness and soluble solids contente1
- Qualifier
- a direct effecte0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“These reductions were found to be due both to a direct effect and to an indirect effect through the increase in fruit size due to frequent irrigation.”
e1“Fruit firmness and soluble solids content were reduced by frequent irrigation.”
t0“Apple Trees”
Claim · model-written summary
The reductions in apple firmness and soluble solids were attributed partly to increased fruit size under frequent irrigation.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- frequent irrigatione0
- Outcome
- Fruit firmness and soluble solids contente1
- Qualifier
- an indirect effect through the increase in fruit sizee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“These reductions were found to be due both to a direct effect and to an indirect effect through the increase in fruit size due to frequent irrigation.”
e1“Fruit firmness and soluble solids content were reduced by frequent irrigation.”
t0“Apple Trees”
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