Abstract
Soil-applied reflective materials significantly improved the red color development, fruit size, and early harvestability of `Fuji' apple grown under hot climate conditions of the the San Joaquin Valley of California. Red surface color was significantly improved from 7.35% in the control to 14.27% where 60-inch-wide silver polypropylene o 48-inch-wide crinkled foil on cloth backing were applied to the soil between rows of `Fuji' apple grown on a Lincoln trellis. The weight per apple was also significantly increase where the reflective materials were used. There was no significant difference in soluble solids, acidity, pH, pounds firmness, or starch content. Packinghouse records showed a 33% increase in first harvest pack-out where the reflective materials were used. Total pack-out in the larger sizes was improved in the extra-fancy and US#1 grades, while the utility-grade fruit was reduced by using these materials. Ground color was shifted from green to yellow where the reflective materials were used.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Reflective materials significantly improved red color from 7.35% to 14.27%.
- Taxon
- Apple
Malus domesticat0 - Treatment
- 60-inch-wide silver polypropylene o 48-inch-wide crinkled foil on cloth backinge0
- Outcome
- Red surface colore0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Value
- 14.27%e0
- Qualifier
- 7.35%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Red surface color was significantly improved from 7.35% in the control to 14.27% where 60-inch-wide silver polypropylene o 48-inch-wide crinkled foil on cloth backing were applied to the soil”
t0“Improvement of `Fuji' Apple Color”
e1“Soil-applied reflective materials significantly improved the red color development, fruit size, and early harvestability of `Fuji' apple grown under hot climate conditions of the the San Joaquin Valley of California.”
Claim · model-written summary
Reflective materials significantly increased apple weight.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- reflective materialse0
- Outcome
- weight per applee0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The weight per apple was also significantly increase where the reflective materials were used”
t0“Improvement of `Fuji' Apple Color”
e1“Soil-applied reflective materials significantly improved the red color development, fruit size, and early harvestability of `Fuji' apple grown under hot climate conditions of the the San Joaquin Valley of California.”
Claim · model-written summary
Reflective materials improved early harvestability, with 33% more first harvest pack-out.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- reflective materialse0
- Outcome
- first harvest pack-oute0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 33%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Packinghouse records showed a 33% increase in first harvest pack-out where the reflective materials were used”
t0“Improvement of `Fuji' Apple Color”
e1“Soil-applied reflective materials significantly improved the red color development, fruit size, and early harvestability of `Fuji' apple grown under hot climate conditions of the the San Joaquin Valley of California.”
Claim · model-written summary
Reflective materials did not significantly change soluble solids, acidity or pH.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- reflective materialse1
- Outcome
- soluble solids, acidity, pHe0
- Direction
- no significant differencee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There was no significant difference in soluble solids, acidity, pH, pounds firmness, or starch content”
t0“Improvement of `Fuji' Apple Color”
e1“Soil-applied reflective materials significantly improved the red color development, fruit size, and early harvestability of `Fuji' apple grown under hot climate conditions of the the San Joaquin Valley of California.”
Claim · model-written summary
Reflective materials did not significantly change firmness or starch content.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- reflective materialse1
- Outcome
- pounds firmness, or starch contente0
- Direction
- no significant differencee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There was no significant difference in soluble solids, acidity, pH, pounds firmness, or starch content”
t0“Improvement of `Fuji' Apple Color”
e1“Soil-applied reflective materials significantly improved the red color development, fruit size, and early harvestability of `Fuji' apple grown under hot climate conditions of the the San Joaquin Valley of California.”
Claim · model-written summary
Reflective materials improved pack-out of larger fruit in extra-fancy and US#1 grades.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- reflective materialse1
- Outcome
- Total pack-out in the larger sizese0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Qualifier
- extra-fancy and US#1 gradese0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Total pack-out in the larger sizes was improved in the extra-fancy and US#1 grades”
t0“Improvement of `Fuji' Apple Color”
e1“Soil-applied reflective materials significantly improved the red color development, fruit size, and early harvestability of `Fuji' apple grown under hot climate conditions of the the San Joaquin Valley of California.”
Claim · model-written summary
Reflective materials reduced utility-grade fruit.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- these materialse0
- Outcome
- utility-grade fruite0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the utility-grade fruit was reduced by using these materials”
t0“Improvement of `Fuji' Apple Color”
e1“Soil-applied reflective materials significantly improved the red color development, fruit size, and early harvestability of `Fuji' apple grown under hot climate conditions of the the San Joaquin Valley of California.”
Claim · model-written summary
Reflective materials shifted ground color from green to yellow.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- reflective materialse0
- Outcome
- Ground colore0
- Direction
- shiftede0
- Qualifier
- yellowe0
- Comparator
- greene0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Ground color was shifted from green to yellow where the reflective materials were used”
t0“Improvement of `Fuji' Apple Color”
e1“Soil-applied reflective materials significantly improved the red color development, fruit size, and early harvestability of `Fuji' apple grown under hot climate conditions of the the San Joaquin Valley of California.”
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