Abstract
Pruning is one of the most important management practices for the mango tree. It enables to control tree size, to improve fruit quality, and to obtain more regular and high yield in the long term by avoiding canopy overcrowding. However, the detailed response of the mango tree to pruning has not been much studied. The objective of this study was to quantify the local and distant effects of pruning on the subsequent vegetative growth. An experiment combining two factors, pruning intensity and pruning severity, was conducted in Reunion Island with the Floridian cultivar Cogshall. Pruning severity was defined as the depth of pruning along the axis. Three modalities were considered by pruning under the last, second to last or third growth unit of an axis. Pruning intensity was defined by the amount of removed fresh matter (leaves and wood) at the tree level. Four modalities were considered, unpruned, light, moderate and intense pruning, adjusted by different numbers of repetitions of each pruning severity within each tree. Sixteen trees were considered, four per pruning intensity. The probability of burst, the number of new growth units and the delay between pruning and burst were recorded on 30 pruned axes, 10 per pruning severity, and 30 unpruned terminal growth units per tree. Pruning intensity affected positively the probability of burst of pruned axes and unpruned growth units and synchronize burst of new growth units but did not affect their number. Light pruning stimulated vegetative growth locally, on the pruned axes, whereas intense pruning stimulated vegetative growth throughout the canopy. By contrast, pruning severity had a positive effect on both probability of burst and number of new growth units. As a next step, the impact of pruning on the reproductive processes should be studied to characterize more completely its effect on the mango growing cycle.
Abstract from the paper’s OpenAlex record, shown for indexing and research. Copyright remains with the authors or the publisher. Read at the source ↗
The text the model read, with the source record’s inline markup (italics, sub- and superscripts) rendered and its character entities decoded; quote offsets refer to the raw text.
Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning intensity positively affected the probability of burst of pruned axes and unpruned growth units in mango.
- Taxon
- mango
_from_India.jpg?width=60)
Mangifera indicat0 - Material
- Cogshalle5
- Treatment
- Pruning intensitye0
- Outcome
- probability of burste0
- Direction
- affected positivelye0
- Qualifier
- of pruned axes and unpruned growth unitse0
- Setting
- Reunion Islande5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
_from_India.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
t0“"Cogshall" mango trees”
e0“Pruning intensity affected positively the probability of burst of pruned axes and unpruned growth units and synchronize burst of new growth units but did not affect their number”
e5“An experiment combining two factors, pruning intensity and pruning severity, was conducted in Reunion Island with the Floridian cultivar Cogshall”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning intensity synchronized the burst of new growth units in mango.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicat0
- Treatment
- Pruning intensitye0
- Outcome
- burst of new growth unitse0
- Direction
- synchronizee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“"Cogshall" mango trees”
e0“Pruning intensity affected positively the probability of burst of pruned axes and unpruned growth units and synchronize burst of new growth units but did not affect their number”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning intensity did not affect the number of new growth units in mango.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicat0
- Treatment
- Pruning intensitye0
- Outcome
- number of new growth unitse1
- Direction
- did not affecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“"Cogshall" mango trees”
e0“Pruning intensity affected positively the probability of burst of pruned axes and unpruned growth units and synchronize burst of new growth units but did not affect their number”
e1“The probability of burst, the number of new growth units and the delay between pruning and burst were recorded”
Claim · model-written summary
Light pruning stimulated vegetative growth locally, on the pruned axes, in mango.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicat0
- Treatment
- Light pruninge2
- Outcome
- vegetative growthe2
- Direction
- stimulatede2
- Qualifier
- locally, on the pruned axese2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“"Cogshall" mango trees”
e2“Light pruning stimulated vegetative growth locally, on the pruned axes”
Claim · model-written summary
Intense pruning stimulated vegetative growth throughout the mango canopy.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicat0
- Treatment
- intense pruninge3
- Outcome
- vegetative growthe3
- Direction
- stimulatede3
- Qualifier
- throughout the canopye3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“"Cogshall" mango trees”
e3“whereas intense pruning stimulated vegetative growth throughout the canopy”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning severity had a positive effect on the probability of burst and the number of new growth units in mango.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicat0
- Treatment
- pruning severitye4
- Outcome
- probability of burst and number of new growth unitse4
- Direction
- positive effecte4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“"Cogshall" mango trees”
e4“pruning severity had a positive effect on both probability of burst and number of new growth units”
The same questions in other papers
pruning · growth · Mangifera indica (mango)Positive and negative results
5 papers in the same direction as this paper · 20 in the opposite direction
- positive
- positive
- positive
22 papers more in this group
See all 26 papers →Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.