Claim · model-written summary
High temperatures, drought and reduced air humidity were associated with decreased pollination of flowers, fruit setting and yield per plant of zucchini.
- Taxon
- zucchini
Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepot0 - Treatment
- High temperatures, drought, and reduced air humiditye6
- Outcome
- pollination of flowers, fruit setting, and yield per plante6
- Direction
- decreaseinferrede6
Verbatim
t0“zucchini”
e6“High temperatures, drought, and reduced air humidity have a negative effect on pollination of flowers, fruit setting, and yield per plant”
Title
The effect of abiotic stress on the flowering and productivity of zucchini
Girek, Zdenka; Pavlović, Suzana; Ugrinović, Milan; et al. RIVeC (Institute for Vegetable Crops, Smederevska Palanka, Serbia) 2025
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Intervention effect The first female flower of zucchini appeared 22% earlier on plants growing in the greenhouse than in the open field.
- Intervention effect Fruit setting in July and August was 81% higher on zucchini plants grown in the greenhouse.
- Recommendation The authors recommend finding more resistant zucchini genotypes to abiotic stress to overcome climate change effects.