Methods for high density planting of rubus plants
AssigneePairwise Plants Services, Inc.
InventorsAnabel Rivas, Andrew Fister
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Abstract
This invention relates to methods for increasing yield per acre, harvesting efficiency, and the quality of the fruit produced by Rubus plants, or decreasing water and/or nitrogen use in fruit production in Rubus plants, comprising planting Rubus plants at a high density, wherein the Rubus plants comprise at least one mutation in an endogenous gene and exhibit a compact density and the ability to be planted at a high density.
Claims21
A method of cultivating Rubus plants to improve agronomic performance, comprising planting Rubus plants at a high density, wherein the Rubus plants comprise at least one mutation in one or more endogenous genes associated with plant architecture and exhibit a compact growth habit resulting in an increased in yield per acre and improved agronomic efficiency as compared to control Rubus plants.
A crop production system comprising:
- (a) a population of Rubus plants having a compact growth habit and comprising at least one mutation in one or more endogenous genes that associated with plant architecture;
- and (b) the population of Rubus plants is planted at a density of at least 4,000 plants per acre, wherein the system provides improved yield per unit area and reduced resource usage per pound of marketable fruit relative to a system comprising control Rubus plants.
A method of improving at least one agronomic trait in a Rubus plant, comprising planting compact Rubus plants at a high density, wherein the compact Rubus plants comprise at least one mutation in one or more endogenous genes associated with plant architecture and exhibit increased apical dominance (increased determinacy), reduced height, reduced cane length, increased cane number, reduced lateral branching and/or reduced time to flowering, thereby resulting in at least one improved agronomic trait as compared to a control Rubus plant (devoid of the at least one mutation in the endogenous gene and does not exhibit compact growth).
A method of improving at least one agronomic trait in a Rubus plant, comprising planting Rubus plants at a high density, wherein the Rubus plants comprise at least one mutation in an endogenous TERMINAL FLOWER (TFL) gene encoding a TFL polypeptide, and exhibit a compact growth habit resulting in an improvement of at least one agronomic trait as compared to a control Rubus plant (devoid of the at least one mutation in the TFL gene and does not exhibit compact growth).
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