Pruning to control tree size, flowering and production of litchi

Olesen, Trevor; Menzel, C. M.; McConchie, C. A.; Wiltshire, Neil

doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2013.03.013

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“…As a result, plants undergoing the less intensive pruning regimen for spheroidal canopies are much weaker than plants with a cubic canopy. Our results are consistent with previous ndings for litchi (Olesen et al 2013) and blueberry (Lee et al 2015), which indicate that different pruning strategies may redistribute the trade-off between vegetative and reproductive growth in many species.…”

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Pruning from spheroidal to cubic canopy induced aphid outbreak by altering the plant performance in Box tree

Chen

Liu

Xuan

et al. 2020

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Backgrounds: Plant-animal interactions comprise the fundamental relationships of ecological research, and are sensitive to environmental change. However, The effects of pruning on animal-plant interactions have rarely been studied. Methods: We conducted field experiments to examine the impact of artificially-pruned shapes (e.g. cubic and spheroidal canopy) on the performance of the Box tree and the resulting aphid abundance at three sites; on a university campus, at a road green belt, and in a residential area. The differences of aphid abundance and plant morphology were determined with ANOVAs and paired-sample tests. Relationships between the investigated parameters were detected with simple regression and structural equation modelResult: Abundance was higher in plants with a cubic canopy than with a spheroidal canopy. Plants with a cubic canopy had lower leaf dry mass content and inflorescence numbers, but greater fresh twig length than the plants with a spheroidal canopy. The aphid abundance was negatively correlated with the leaf dry mass content and inflorescence numbers, and positively correlated with the fresh twig length. Conclusion: Our findings have proven that pruning shape can significantly affect the abundance of herbivores on the pruned plants. The results can provide data support for human actives can alter plant performance, and thereby to change insect preference.

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Pruning from spheroidal to cubic canopy induced aphid outbreak by altering the plant performance in Box tree

Chen

Liu

Xuan

et al. 2020

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“…As a result, plants undergoing the less intensive pruning regimen for spheroidal canopies are much weaker than plants with a cubic canopy. Our results are consistent with previous findings for litchi (Olesen et al 2013) and blueberry (Lee et al 2015), which indicate that different pruning strategies may redistribute the trade-off between vegetative and reproductive growth in many species.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Pruning from spheroidal to cubic canopy induced aphid outbreak by altering the plant performance in spindle tree

Liu

Xuan

Chen

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The effects of pruning on animal-plant interactions have rarely been studied. We thus conducted field experiments to examine the impact of artificially-pruned shapes (e.g. cubic and spheroidal canopy) on the performance of the spindle tree and the resulting aphid abundance at three sites; on a university campus, at a road green belt, and in a residential area. The results showed aphid abundance was 89.9 times higher in plants with a cubic canopy than with a spheroidal canopy. Plants with a cubic canopy had lower leaf dry mass content and inflorescence numbers, but greater fresh twig length than the plants with a spheroidal canopy. The aphid abundance was negatively correlated with the leaf dry mass content and inflorescence numbers, and positively correlated with the fresh twig length. The results can provide data support for human actives can alter plant performance, and thereby to change insect preference.

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“…Moreover, trees and shrubs should be kept clear of the buildings and deeprooted plants or trees could interfere with the performance of the perimeter drainage system or slab drainage system (Wong, 2014). On-going maintenance for plants also involves pruning, which is done to maintain the health of trees and shrubs and to keep it to a specific size or shape (Olesen et al, 2013).…”

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A literature review of routine maintenance in high-rise residential buildings

Au-Yong

Ali

Chua

2019

JFM

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Purpose Facilities management plays a significant role in the housing industry to support human daily routine and enhancing the productivity of the activities in and around the residential. Nonetheless, facilities management has not been readily encouraged or adopted by the Government in Malaysia in any structured way. The maintenance approaches adopted are mostly corrective which resulting poor service delivery, poor user satisfaction and endless maintenance backlogs. Thus, this paper aims to review the implementation of preventive maintenance and importance of routine maintenance frequency for the building facilities and services in high-rise residential buildings. Design/methodology/approach An extensive literature review published in between 1987 to 2016 has been carried out on the implementation of preventive maintenance strategy specifically routine maintenance. The building facilities and services which are divided into essential and value-added were identified and tabulated systematically to further form a theoretical framework to demonstrate the association between routine maintenance of building facilities and services and maintenance outcome. Findings The findings of the study argued that the routine maintenance might affect the maintenance performance. Future research is proposed to investigate the optimal frequency of routine maintenance to enhance maintenance performance. Originality/value This study identified the importance of routine maintenance by providing the classification of facilities and services, which fundamentally support future research to improve the maintenance management of high-rise residential building.

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Pruning to control tree size, flowering and production of litchi

Cited by 20 publications

References 23 publications

Pruning from spheroidal to cubic canopy induced aphid outbreak by altering the plant performance in Box tree

Pruning from spheroidal to cubic canopy induced aphid outbreak by altering the plant performance in Box tree

Pruning from spheroidal to cubic canopy induced aphid outbreak by altering the plant performance in spindle tree

A literature review of routine maintenance in high-rise residential buildings

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