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Surface mulching had significant effects on soil temperature.

Taxon: appleMalus domesticat0
Treatment: Surface mulchinge3
Outcome: soil temperaturee3
Direction: significant effectse3

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“apple orchard”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 106–119

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“Surface mulching had significant effects on soil temperature, and generally resulted in a decrease in the maximum soil temperature”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 574–704

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[Effects of different patterns surface mulching on soil properties and fruit trees growth and yield in an apple orchard].

Yi Zhang; Yong-Sheng Xie; Ming-De Hao; et al. PubMed 2010

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Intervention effect Gravel mulch gave the highest soil moisture content in the apple tree root zone.
Intervention effect Grass cover induced the lowest differentiation of the soil moisture profile.
Intervention effect Gravel mulch induced the highest differentiation of the soil moisture profile.
Intervention effect Surface mulching generally decreased the maximum soil temperature.
Intervention effect Plastic film mulch let summer soil temperature exceed the maximum allowable temperature for continuous root growth and physiological function.
Intervention effect Surface mulching, other than plastic film mulch, increased soil CO2 flux.
Intervention effect Grass cover gave the highest soil CO2 flux.
Intervention effect Gravel mulch gave the highest proportion of medium-sized branches and fruit yield.
Intervention effect Grass cover gave the lowest fruit yield.
Recommendation Gravel mulch is the most suitable surface mulch for apple orchards in the gully region of the Loess Plateau.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Removing 25% of canopy leaves had no measured effects.

Taxon: oranget0
Treatment: removing 25% of leavese0
Outcome: no measured effectse0
Direction: no measured effectse0

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“There were no measured effects of removing 25% of leaves from tree canopies”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 789–864

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“Orange Tree”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 76–87

Title

Partial Defoliation Can Decrease Average Leaf Size but Has Little Effect on Orange Tree Growth, Fruit Yield and Juice Quality

Rongcai Yuan; Fernando Alferez; Igor Kostenyuk; et al. HortScience 2005. doi:10.21273/hortsci.40.7.2011

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Intervention effect Up to 50% leaf removal did not change Hamlin yield, fruit number or fruit size.
Intervention effect Up to 50% leaf removal did not change Hamlin soluble solids yield or juice measures.
Intervention effect Removing 50% of Valencia leaves decreased fruit yield and soluble solids yield.
Intervention effect Removing 50% of Valencia leaves did not affect Brix or Brix-to-acid ratio.
Intervention effect Removing 50% of leaves reduced new-flush leaf size in both cultivars.
Intervention effect Removing 50% of leaves had little effect on canopy size.
Association Fruit weight increased with leaf area per fruit.

Method / resourceauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

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An aerial photograph image analysis method was proposed for accessible decline diagnosis.

Taxon: grapevineVitist0
Outcome: image-analysis methodology using aerial photographse0

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“an image-analysis methodology using aerial photographs were proposed as easy-to-obtain indicators of grapevine decline”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1901–2019

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“grapevine”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 23–32

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A systemic approach to grapevine decline diagnosed using three key indicators: plant mortality, yield loss and vigour decrease

Anne MEROT; Guillaume Coulouma; Nathalie Smits; et al. OENO One 2023. doi:10.20870/oeno-one.2023.57.1.5575

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Association Farmers’ perceptions agreed with field measures of decline.
Observation Vine mortality spread progressively over years.
Association The survey and historical analysis found no direct link between decline and yield loss.
Observation Yield fluctuated annually without systematically declining.
Method / resource Mortality rate was an earlier indicator of decline than yield loss.
Method / resource NDVI was an earlier indicator of decline than yield loss.
Method / resource Ground based NDVI indicators were proposed for accessible decline diagnosis.
Association NDVI indicators correlated linearly with yield achievement ratio.
Association NDVI indicators correlated linearly with mortality rate.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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CPPU treated fruit showed no firmness difference at 30+5.

Taxon: blueberryt0
Treatment: CPPU-treated-fruitt1
Outcome: differencee0
Direction: no differencee0
Qualifier: 30+5e0

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“but no difference at 30+5”
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“blueberry”
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“CPPU-treated-fruit had a slower decrease in firmness”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1349–1401

Title

Repeated applications of CPPU on highbush blueberry cv. Duke increase yield and enhance fruit quality at harvest and during postharvest

Jorge B Retamales; Gustavo A Lobos; Sebastián Romero; et al. Chilean journal of agricultural research 2014. doi:10.4067/s0718-58392014000200005

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Intervention effect In year one, 10 mL L -1 CPPU at 3+17 DAFB raised yield 32.5% above control.
Intervention effect In year one, 10 mL L -1 CPPU at 10 DAFB gave the highest fruit diameter.
Intervention effect In year one, 10 mL L -1 CPPU at 3+17 DAFB gave the highest fruit diameter.
Intervention effect In year one, 10 mL L -1 CPPU at 17 DAFB gave the highest soluble solids.
Intervention effect In year one, 10 mL L -1 CPPU at 3+10+17 DAFB gave the highest soluble solids.
Recommendation For year one, 10 mL L -1 CPPU at 3+17 DAFB was judged the best treatment.
Intervention effect At 3+17 DAFB, soluble solids were similar to control.
Intervention effect At 3+17 DAFB, postharvest weight loss was similar to control.
Intervention effect In year two, 10 mL L -1 CPPU reduced fruit coloration.
Intervention effect In year two, 10 mL L -1 CPPU reduced soluble solids.
Intervention effect In year two, 10 mL L -1 CPPU did not reduce firmness at harvest.
Intervention effect At harvest, 10 mL L -1 CPPU increased berry weight by 24.2%.
Intervention effect At harvest, 10 mL L -1 CPPU increased fruit wax coverage by 59%.
Association Fruit wax coverage increased with CPPU rate at harvest and postharvest.
Intervention effect CPPU reduced fruit rotting to 15% at the 45+5 evaluation.
Intervention effect CPPU treated fruit had a slower firmness decrease at 30+1, with 30.5% less than control.
Intervention effect CPPU treated fruit usually had higher postharvest soluble solids.
Intervention effect 10 mL L -1 CPPU delayed color evolution at harvest and 30+1.
Intervention effect 10 mL L -1 CPPU did not delay color evolution at 30+5, 40+1 or 40+5.

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Temporal variation in pollinator community significantly altered longan pollination efficiency.

Taxon: longanDimocarpus longane0
Interactor: pollinator communitye0pollinator
Outcome: pollination efficiencye0
Qualifier: temporal variatione0

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“We show that temporal variation in the pollinator community significantly alters the pollination efficiency of longan crops.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 983–1107

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Insufficient native pollinators during artificially induced early flowering decrease yield and long‐term economic viability of a tropical fruit crop

Tuanjit Sritongchuay; Kanuengnit Wayo; Michael C. Orr; et al. Journal of Applied Ecology 2020. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13787

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

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GA3 at 50 ppm significantly increased fruit yield to 50.67 kg/tree.

Taxon: Mango cv. AmrapaliMangifera indicat0
Treatment: GA3 at 50 ppme0
Outcome: fruit yielde0
Direction: moree0
Value: 50.67 kg/treee0

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“Plants sprayed with the GA3 at 50 ppm results significantly more fruit yield (50.67 kg/tree) of fruits having more polar (9.11 cm) and equatorial diameter (7.39 cm), more pulp (74.56%), pulp: stone ratio (7.12) with decrease in peel (14.94%) and stone per cent (10.51%).”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1011–1281

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“Mango cv. Amrapali”
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Effect of pre-harvest application of GA3, Naphthalene acetic acid and borax on fruit drop, yield and quality of Mango cv. Amrapali

PK Maurya; VK Tripathi; Shubham Gupta Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2020. doi:10.22271/phyto.2020.v9.i6ae.13275

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Intervention effect GA3 at 25 ppm significantly decreased fruit drop to 85.77%.
Intervention effect GA3 at 25 ppm increased fruit retention to 14.23%.
Intervention effect GA3 at 25 ppm increased fruits per panicle to 6.43.
Intervention effect GA3 at 50 ppm increased polar fruit diameter to 9.11 cm.
Intervention effect GA3 at 50 ppm increased equatorial diameter to 7.39 cm.
Intervention effect GA3 at 50 ppm increased pulp proportion to 74.56%.
Intervention effect GA3 at 50 ppm increased pulp to stone ratio to 7.12.
Intervention effect GA3 at 50 ppm decreased peel proportion to 14.94%.
Intervention effect GA3 at 50 ppm decreased stone proportion to 10.51%.
Intervention effect GA3 at 75 ppm increased fruit weight to 244.59 g.
Intervention effect GA3 at 75 ppm increased fruit volume to 255.43 cc.
Intervention effect GA3 at 75 ppm increased specific gravity to 1.09 g/cc.
Intervention effect GA3 at 75 ppm increased total soluble solids to 18.36 0Brix.
Intervention effect GA3 at 75 ppm increased total sugars to 17.75%.
Intervention effect GA3 at 75 ppm increased ascorbic acid to 37.60 mg/100g.
Intervention effect GA3 at 75 ppm reduced titratable acidity to 0.50%.

Associationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Under salinity-alkalinity stress, grapes of both varieties showed an increase in Apparent Quantum Yield.

Taxon: Grape Varietiest0
Treatment: salinity-alkalinity stresse0
Outcome: Apparent Quantum Yielde4
Direction: increasee4

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“Influence of Salinity-alkalinity Stress on the Photosynthetic Characteristics of Two Grape Varieties”
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“three different salinity-alkalinity stresses:low grade salinity-alkalinity stress,moderate salinity-alkalinity stress and severe salinity-alkalinity stress under field conditions were treated”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 56–247

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“by the increase of Apparent Quantum Yield(AQY),the decrease of Dark Respiratory Rate(Rd)and the increase of the value of chlorophyll a/b”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 909–1045

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Influence of Salinity-alkalinity Stress on the Photosynthetic Characteristics of Two Grape Varieties

Gong Ting-tin Northern Horticulture 2013

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Intervention effect Salinity-alkalinity stress enhanced the quality of Moldova grapes.
Intervention effect Salinity-alkalinity stress had a bad effect on the quality of Centennial seedless grapes.
Intervention effect Salinity-alkalinity stress reduced the photosynthetic efficiency of Centennial seedless grapes.
Intervention effect Salinity-alkalinity stress reduced the photosynthetic efficiency of Moldova grapes.
Association Under salinity-alkalinity stress, grapes of both varieties showed a decrease in Dark Respiratory Rate.
Association Under salinity-alkalinity stress, grapes of both varieties showed an increase in chlorophyll a/b value.
Intervention effect Moldova had stronger salinity-alkalinity adaptive capacity than Centennial seedless.

Associationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Chlorosis increased with increasing soil pH up to 6.5.

Taxon: Rabbiteye blueberrye0
Treatment: increasing pH up to 6.5e3
Outcome: chlorosise3
Direction: increasee3

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“Rabbiteye blueberry plants ( Vaccinium ashei Reade)”
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“Observed growth appeared to decrease and chlorosis increase with increasing pH up to 6.5”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 517–605

Title

Influence of Soil pH on Soil Nutrients, Leaf Elements, and Yield of Young Rabbiteye Blueberries

Max E. Austin; T. Powell Gaines; Robert E. Moss HortScience 1986. doi:10.21273/hortsci.21.3.443

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Association Yields of two rabbiteye cultivars decreased as soil pH increased from 5.1 to 6.3.
Association Delite plants had good growth and foliage color at soil pH 5.0 to 5.5.
Association Observed growth decreased with increasing soil pH up to 6.5.
Association Growth of Tifblue differed little among the soil pH treatments.
Association Higher yields were obtained from Tifblue than from Delite.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Iron-deficient peach fruit was smaller.

Taxon: peachPrunus persicae0
Treatment: Fe-deficiente0
Outcome: sizee0
Direction: smallere0

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“Fruits from Fe-deficient peach trees had a smaller size, resulting in a large decrease in the percentage of commercially acceptable fruits, whereas fruit firmness was unaffected.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 277–455

Title

Effects of Fe Deficiency Chlorosis on Yield and Fruit Quality in Peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch)

Ana Álvarez-Fernández; Pilar Paniagua; Javier Abadía; et al. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2003. doi:10.1021/jf034402c

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Intervention effect Iron deficiency decreased fruit fresh weight per tree in both peach cultivars.
Intervention effect Iron deficiency decreased fruit number per tree in both peach cultivars.
Intervention effect Iron deficiency decreased the commercially acceptable fruit percentage.
Intervention effect Fruit firmness was unaffected by iron deficiency.
Intervention effect Iron deficiency decreased Babygold fruit skin redness.
Association The authors associate some iron-deficiency effects with delayed fruit ripening.
Intervention effect Matched iron-deficient fruit had higher concentrations of organic anions, vitamin C and phenolic compounds.
Intervention effect Matched iron-deficient fruit had lower total sugar to organic acid ratios.
Observation The authors suggest iron deficiency may decrease peach eating quality.
Observation The authors suggest iron deficiency may slightly improve peach nutritional value.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Removing fewer main leaves reduced Cys-3MH concentration by 6%.

Taxon: Vitis viniferaVitis viniferae1
Treatment: removing fewer main leavese0
Outcome: Cys-3MH concentratione0
Direction: decreaseinferrede0
Value: ‒6 %e0

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“removing fewer main leaves (‒24 % in yield potential and ‒6 % in Cys-3MH concentration)”
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“Swiss white cultivar Vitis vinifera Petite Arvine”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 87–136

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Exploring grapevine canopy management: effects of removing main leaves or lateral shoots before flowering

Thibaut Verdenal; Vivian Zufferey; Ágnès Dienes-Nagy; et al. OENO One 2024. doi:10.20870/oeno-one.2024.58.4.8175

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Intervention effect Removing lateral shoots and all main leaves reduced yield potential by 47%.
Intervention effect Removing lateral shoots and all main leaves tended to reduce must Cys-3MH by 21%.
Intervention effect Removing fewer main leaves reduced yield potential by 24%.
Association Climate conditions primarily influenced yield and grape composition.
Intervention effect Removing main leaves alone raised leaf area by 15% relative to removing lateral shoots alone.
Intervention effect Removing main leaves alone lowered yield potential by 12% relative to removing lateral shoots alone.
Intervention effect Removing main leaves alone produced fewer berries per cluster.
Intervention effect Removing main leaves alone raised must malic acid by 12%.
Intervention effect Removing main leaves alone raised must yeast-assimilable nitrogen by 10%.
Intervention effect Removing main leaves alone raised must glutathione by 8%.
Intervention effect Leaf removal showed no significant trends in TSS, pH or Cys-3MH.
Intervention effect Leaf removal showed no significant trend in Folin index.
Intervention effect Overall pre-flowering leaf removal had negligible effects on wine composition.
Recommendation The authors advise cautious use of pre-flowering leaf removal based on environmental resilience.

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