Claim · model-written summary
Adding side shoots at low density gave about 5% less yield than high density, from 33% fewer plants.
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e0“the yield of glasshouse-grown tomatoes”
e7“The addition of side shoots at low density produced fruit of more uniform size throughout the year and the yield of grade D fruit was almost as high as from plants grown at high density throughout”
e6“These benefits were accompanied by a 5% loss of yield but from 33% fewer plants, relative to the high density treatment”
Title
Regulation of tomato fruit size by plant density and truss thinning
K. E. Cockshull; L. C. Ho Journal of Horticultural Science 1995. doi:10.1080/14620316.1995.11515309
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Intervention effect Removing 30% of the fruit from the first three trusses increased the average weight of the remaining fruit.
- Intervention effect Removing 30% of the fruit from the first three trusses greatly reduced the yield of small fruit (grade E).
- Intervention effect Truss thinning reduced the total yield from the three thinned trusses by 16%.
- Intervention effect Truss thinning significantly increased the yield from higher trusses, almost completely compensating for the earlier loss of yield.
- Intervention effect High planting density gave about 8% greater early yield than low density.
- Intervention effect High planting density gave about 15% greater final yield than low density.
- Intervention effect High planting density lowered mean fruit weight (Class I) compared with low density.
- Intervention effect High planting density lowered the yield of large fruit (grade C) compared with low density.
- Intervention effect High planting density raised the yield of grade E fruit compared with low density.
- Intervention effect Taking side shoots lowered early marketable yields.
- Intervention effect Taking side shoots increased the number of fruit produced per m2.
- Intervention effect Taking side shoots increased the final yield of marketable fruit, but only at low density.
- Intervention effect Adding side shoots lowered mean fruit weight.
- Intervention effect Adding side shoots reduced the month-to-month variation in mean fruit weight.
- Intervention effect Adding side shoots reduced the yield of larger fruit and their proportion of Class I yield.
- Intervention effect Adding side shoots at low density produced fruit of more uniform size throughout the year.
- Intervention effect Adding side shoots at low density gave grade D yield almost as high as high-density plants.