Abstract
Abstract Defoliation of transplants of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) at planting delayed plant development (including fruit maturity), but leaf areas of defoliated and nondefoliated plants were equal at fruit maturity. Defoliation at first bloom, full bloom, or 2.5-cm fruit diameter resulted in progressively less leaf area at harvest as the degree of defoliation increased. Defoliation of 80% at the above 3 stages of flower/fruit development resulted in reduced yield. Defoliation of 25% or 50% prior to or at full bloom had no apparent influence on yield. However, 25% or 50% defoliation when fruits were near 2.5-cm diameter resulted in yield reduction. Defoliation had no apparent influence on fruit size at harvest. Soluble solids in the fruit were reduced progressively with each successive increase in defoliation, while titratable acidity and pH were not affected. Defoliation increased photosynthesis in remaining leaves 4 and 14 days after treatment but had no effect on transpiration.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Defoliation of transplants delayed plant development, including fruit maturity.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentum
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- Defoliation of transplantse1
- Outcome
- plant developmente1
- Direction
- delayede1
- Qualifier
- including fruit maturitye1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Defoliation of transplants of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) at planting delayed plant development (including fruit maturity)”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf area at fruit maturity was equal in defoliated and nondefoliated tomato plants.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- defoliatede2
- Outcome
- leaf arease2
- Direction
- equale2
- Qualifier
- at fruit maturitye2
- Comparator
- nondefoliatede2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Defoliation of transplants of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) at planting delayed plant development (including fruit maturity)”
e2“leaf areas of defoliated and nondefoliated plants were equal at fruit maturity”
Claim · model-written summary
Defoliation of 80% at flower and fruit development stages reduced tomato yield.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicume1
- Organ / stage
- flower/fruit developmente4
- Treatment
- Defoliation of 80%e4
- Outcome
- yielde4
- Direction
- reducede4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Defoliation of transplants of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) at planting delayed plant development (including fruit maturity)”
e4“Defoliation of 80% at the above 3 stages of flower/fruit development resulted in reduced yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf area at harvest decreased progressively as the degree of defoliation increased.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- degree of defoliatione3
- Outcome
- leaf area at harveste3
- Direction
- progressively lesse3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Defoliation of transplants of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) at planting delayed plant development (including fruit maturity)”
e3“Defoliation at first bloom, full bloom, or 2.5-cm fruit diameter resulted in progressively less leaf area at harvest as the degree of defoliation increased”
Claim · model-written summary
Defoliation of 25% or 50% before or at full bloom had no apparent influence on tomato yield.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicume1
- Organ / stage
- full bloome5
- Treatment
- Defoliation of 25% or 50%e5
- Outcome
- yielde5
- Direction
- no apparent influencee5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Defoliation of transplants of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) at planting delayed plant development (including fruit maturity)”
e5“Defoliation of 25% or 50% prior to or at full bloom had no apparent influence on yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Defoliation of 25% or 50% when fruits were near 2.5-cm diameter reduced tomato yield.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicume1
- Organ / stage
- fruits were near 2.5-cm diametere6
- Treatment
- 25% or 50% defoliatione6
- Outcome
- yielde6
- Direction
- reductione6
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Defoliation of transplants of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) at planting delayed plant development (including fruit maturity)”
e6“25% or 50% defoliation when fruits were near 2.5-cm diameter resulted in yield reduction”
Claim · model-written summary
Defoliation had no apparent effect on fruit size at harvest.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- Defoliatione7
- Outcome
- fruit sizee7
- Direction
- no apparent influencee7
- Qualifier
- at harveste7
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Defoliation of transplants of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) at planting delayed plant development (including fruit maturity)”
e7“Defoliation had no apparent influence on fruit size at harvest. Soluble solids in the fruit were reduced progressively with each successive increase in defoliation, while titratable acidity and pH were not affected”
Claim · model-written summary
Soluble solids were progressively reduced as defoliation increased.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- each successive increase in defoliatione7
- Outcome
- Soluble solidse7
- Direction
- reducede7
- Qualifier
- progressivelye7
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Defoliation of transplants of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) at planting delayed plant development (including fruit maturity)”
e7“Soluble solids in the fruit were reduced progressively with each successive increase in defoliation, while titratable acidity and pH were not affected”
Claim · model-written summary
Titratable acidity and pH were not affected by increasing defoliation.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- increase in defoliatione7
- Outcome
- titratable acidity and pHe7
- Direction
- not affectede7
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Defoliation of transplants of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) at planting delayed plant development (including fruit maturity)”
e7“Soluble solids in the fruit were reduced progressively with each successive increase in defoliation, while titratable acidity and pH were not affected”
Claim · model-written summary
Defoliation increased photosynthesis in remaining tomato leaves 4 and 14 days after treatment.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- Defoliatione0
- Outcome
- photosynthesis in remaining leavese0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- 4 and 14 days after treatmente0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Defoliation of transplants of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) at planting delayed plant development (including fruit maturity)”
e0“Defoliation increased photosynthesis in remaining leaves 4 and 14 days after treatment but had no effect on transpiration”
Claim · model-written summary
Defoliation had no effect on transpiration of tomato.
- Taxon
- Lycopersicon esculentumSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- Defoliatione0
- Outcome
- transpiratione0
- Direction
- no effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Defoliation of transplants of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) at planting delayed plant development (including fruit maturity)”
e0“Defoliation increased photosynthesis in remaining leaves 4 and 14 days after treatment but had no effect on transpiration”
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