Abstract
With the growing demand for quality food in the world, there is a new ambition to produce high-quality apples seeking reduced cultivation costs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of agrotechnological tools on the quality of cv. Rubin apples during the harvest. The apple tree (Malus domestica Borkh.) cv. Rubin was grafted on dwarfing rootstocks P60, planted in single rows spaced 1.25 m between trees and 3.5 m between rows. Six agrotechnological tools were used—hand pruning, mechanical pruning, trunk incision, calcium-prohexadione, summer pruning and mechanical pruning one side, changing sides annually. The agrotechnical tools had no significant effect on accumulation of most sugars and elements, malic, folic and succinic acids in the fruits. Mechanical pruning resulted in significant accumulation of phenolic compounds, antioxidants, ascorbic acid, but reduced the amount of glucose compared to hand pruning. However, the trunk incision or spraying with ca-prohexadione together with mechanical pruning had no significant effect on sugar content but resulted in significantly higher amounts of phenols, antioxidants, ascorbic acid, Fe and Mn and reduced starch and citric acid.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Agrotechnical tools had no significant effect on most fruit sugars, elements, and the named acids.
- Taxon
- apple tree
Malus domesticae1 - Material
- cv. Rubine1
- Treatment
- agrotechnical toolse0
- Outcome
- accumulation of most sugars and elements, malic, folic and succinic acids in the fruitse0
- Direction
- no significant effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The agrotechnical tools had no significant effect on accumulation of most sugars and elements, malic, folic and succinic acids in the fruits.”
e1“apple tree (Malus domestica Borkh.) cv. Rubin”
Claim · model-written summary
Mechanical pruning increased fruit phenolic compounds, antioxidants and ascorbic acid relative to hand pruning.
- Taxon
- apple treeMalus domesticae1
- Material
- cv. Rubine1
- Treatment
- Mechanical pruninge0
- Outcome
- phenolic compounds, antioxidants, ascorbic acide0
- Direction
- accumulatione0
- Comparator
- hand pruninge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mechanical pruning resulted in significant accumulation of phenolic compounds, antioxidants, ascorbic acid, but reduced the amount of glucose compared to hand pruning.”
e1“apple tree (Malus domestica Borkh.) cv. Rubin”
Claim · model-written summary
Mechanical pruning reduced fruit glucose relative to hand pruning.
- Taxon
- apple treeMalus domesticae1
- Material
- cv. Rubine1
- Treatment
- Mechanical pruninge0
- Outcome
- glucosee0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- hand pruninge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mechanical pruning resulted in significant accumulation of phenolic compounds, antioxidants, ascorbic acid, but reduced the amount of glucose compared to hand pruning.”
e1“apple tree (Malus domestica Borkh.) cv. Rubin”
Claim · model-written summary
Trunk incision or ca-prohexadione with mechanical pruning did not significantly affect sugar content.
- Taxon
- apple treeMalus domesticae1
- Treatment
- trunk incision or spraying with ca-prohexadione together with mechanical pruninge0
- Outcome
- sugar contente0
- Direction
- no significant effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the trunk incision or spraying with ca-prohexadione together with mechanical pruning had no significant effect on sugar content”
e1“apple tree (Malus domestica Borkh.) cv. Rubin”
Claim · model-written summary
Those combined treatments raised phenols, antioxidants and ascorbic acid significantly.
- Taxon
- apple treeMalus domesticae1
- Treatment
- trunk incision or spraying with ca-prohexadione together with mechanical pruninge0
- Outcome
- phenols, antioxidants, ascorbic acide0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the trunk incision or spraying with ca-prohexadione together with mechanical pruning had no significant effect on sugar content but resulted in significantly higher amounts of phenols, antioxidants, ascorbic acid, Fe and Mn and reduced starch and citric acid.”
e1“apple tree (Malus domestica Borkh.) cv. Rubin”
Claim · model-written summary
Those combined treatments raised fruit Fe and Mn significantly.
- Taxon
- apple treeMalus domesticae1
- Treatment
- trunk incision or spraying with ca-prohexadione together with mechanical pruninge0
- Outcome
- Fe and Mne0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the trunk incision or spraying with ca-prohexadione together with mechanical pruning had no significant effect on sugar content but resulted in significantly higher amounts of phenols, antioxidants, ascorbic acid, Fe and Mn and reduced starch and citric acid.”
e1“apple tree (Malus domestica Borkh.) cv. Rubin”
Claim · model-written summary
Those combined treatments reduced fruit starch and citric acid.
- Taxon
- apple treeMalus domesticae1
- Treatment
- trunk incision or spraying with ca-prohexadione together with mechanical pruninge0
- Outcome
- starch and citric acide0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the trunk incision or spraying with ca-prohexadione together with mechanical pruning had no significant effect on sugar content but resulted in significantly higher amounts of phenols, antioxidants, ascorbic acid, Fe and Mn and reduced starch and citric acid.”
e1“apple tree (Malus domestica Borkh.) cv. Rubin”
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