Abstract
In 2009, an orchard with five cultivars (Mutsu, Gala, Honeycrisp, Jonagold, and Macoun) on dwarfing rootstocks was planted at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, NY, USA. In two experiments, we evaluated the benefits of biostimulants and plastic mulch on tree growth and yield over the first five years. Biostimulants did not have any effect on tree growth or yield with the exception of ‘Honeycrisp’ where cumulative growth and yield were improved. Plastic mulch increased cumulative yield but not tree growth. The positive effects of plastic mulch were greatest with ‘Honeycrisp’ and ‘Jonagold’.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Biostimulants had no effect on tree growth overall.
- Taxon
- Apple
Malus domesticat0 - Treatment
- Biostimulantse0
- Outcome
- tree growthe0
- Direction
- did not have any effecte0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Biostimulants did not have any effect on tree growth or yield”
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e1“Biostimulants did not have any effect on tree growth or yield”
e2“Plastic mulch increased cumulative yield but not tree growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Biostimulants had no effect on yield overall.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Biostimulantse0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- did not have any effecte0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Biostimulants did not have any effect on tree growth or yield”
t0“Apple”
t1“Apple”
e1“Biostimulants did not have any effect on tree growth or yield”
e2“Plastic mulch increased cumulative yield but not tree growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Biostimulants improved cumulative growth in Honeycrisp.
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- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Material
- ‘Honeycrisp’e0
- Treatment
- Biostimulantse1
- Outcome
- cumulative growthe0
- Direction
- improvede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“‘Honeycrisp’ where cumulative growth and yield were improved”
t0“Apple”
t1“Apple”
e1“Biostimulants did not have any effect on tree growth or yield”
e2“Plastic mulch increased cumulative yield but not tree growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Biostimulants improved cumulative yield in Honeycrisp.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Material
- ‘Honeycrisp’e0
- Treatment
- Biostimulantse1
- Outcome
- cumulative yielde2
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“‘Honeycrisp’ where cumulative growth and yield were improved”
t0“Apple”
t1“Apple”
e1“Biostimulants did not have any effect on tree growth or yield”
e2“Plastic mulch increased cumulative yield but not tree growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic mulch increased cumulative yield.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- cumulative yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plastic mulch increased cumulative yield but not tree growth”
t0“Apple”
t1“Apple”
e1“Biostimulants did not have any effect on tree growth or yield”
e2“Plastic mulch increased cumulative yield but not tree growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic mulch did not increase tree growth.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- tree growthe0
- Direction
- note0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plastic mulch increased cumulative yield but not tree growth”
t0“Apple”
t1“Apple”
e1“Biostimulants did not have any effect on tree growth or yield”
e2“Plastic mulch increased cumulative yield but not tree growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic mulch benefits were greatest for Honeycrisp and Jonagold.
- Taxon
- AppleMalus domesticat0
- Material
- ‘Honeycrisp’ and ‘Jonagold’e0
- Outcome
- positive effects of plastic mulche0
- Direction
- greateste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“positive effects of plastic mulch were greatest with ‘Honeycrisp’ and ‘Jonagold’”
t0“Apple”
t1“Apple”
e1“Biostimulants did not have any effect on tree growth or yield”
e2“Plastic mulch increased cumulative yield but not tree growth”
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