Abstract
Abstract Six consecutive, single, annual applications of succinic acid–2,2-dimethylhydrazide (SADH) were applied, commencing with 2-year-old trees, in mid-July (51-67 days after full bloom) or mid-August at rates of 1000, 2000 or 4000 ppm. Other trees in the same block received 3 consecutive annual applications of 500 or 1000 ppm SADH in mid-June (31-40 days after full bloom) or mid-July. All SADH treatments delayed fruit flesh softening and reduced the severity of watercore and pre-harvest drop, but had no effect on trunk circumference increase, amount of bloom and fruit set. There was no terminal growth suppression of practical significance. With the exception of 500 ppm in mid-June or mid-July, all SADH treatments depressed fruit size. SADH suppressed rate of fruit growth and induced the formation of flatter fruits with shortened, thickened stems.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
All SADH treatments delayed fruit flesh softening.
- Taxon
- Apple Trees
Malus domesticat0 - Treatment
- SADH treatmentse0
- Outcome
- fruit flesh softeninge0
- Direction
- delayede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“All SADH treatments delayed fruit flesh softening and reduced the severity of watercore and pre-harvest drop”
t0“Apple Trees”
Claim · model-written summary
All SADH treatments reduced watercore severity.
- Taxon
- Apple TreesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- SADH treatmentse0
- Outcome
- severity of watercoree0
- Direction
- reducede0
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Verbatim
e0“All SADH treatments delayed fruit flesh softening and reduced the severity of watercore and pre-harvest drop”
t0“Apple Trees”
Claim · model-written summary
All SADH treatments reduced preharvest drop.
- Taxon
- Apple TreesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- SADH treatmentse0
- Outcome
- pre-harvest drope0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“All SADH treatments delayed fruit flesh softening and reduced the severity of watercore and pre-harvest drop”
t0“Apple Trees”
Claim · model-written summary
SADH had no effect on trunk circumference increase, bloom or fruit set.
- Taxon
- Apple TreesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- SADH treatmentse0
- Outcome
- trunk circumference increase, amount of bloom and fruit sete0
- Direction
- no effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“All SADH treatments delayed fruit flesh softening and reduced the severity of watercore and pre-harvest drop, but had no effect on trunk circumference increase, amount of bloom and fruit set.”
t0“Apple Trees”
Claim · model-written summary
Terminal growth suppression was not practically significant.
- Taxon
- Apple TreesMalus domesticat0
- Outcome
- terminal growth suppressione0
- Direction
- noe0
- Qualifier
- of practical significancee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There was no terminal growth suppression of practical significance.”
t0“Apple Trees”
Claim · model-written summary
All SADH treatments except 500 ppm in mid-June or mid-July reduced fruit size.
- Taxon
- Apple TreesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- SADH treatmentse0
- Outcome
- fruit sizee0
- Direction
- depressede0
- Qualifier
- With the exception of 500 ppm in mid-June or mid-Julye0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“With the exception of 500 ppm in mid-June or mid-July, all SADH treatments depressed fruit size.”
t0“Apple Trees”
Claim · model-written summary
SADH reduced fruit growth rate.
- Taxon
- Apple TreesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- SADHe0
- Outcome
- rate of fruit growthe0
- Direction
- suppressede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“SADH suppressed rate of fruit growth and induced the formation of flatter fruits with shortened, thickened stems.”
t0“Apple Trees”
Claim · model-written summary
SADH produced flatter fruits with shortened, thickened stems.
- Taxon
- Apple TreesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- SADHe0
- Outcome
- flatter fruits with shortened, thickened stemse0
- Direction
- inducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“SADH suppressed rate of fruit growth and induced the formation of flatter fruits with shortened, thickened stems.”
t0“Apple Trees”
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