Summary of Research

1999	Dr. Gary Bender	Increase	Entire block total
Block 200
Control	197 lbs
P4 treatment	275 lbs	40%	N/A
2000
Block 105
Control	792 lbs		42.86 lbs/tree
P4 treatment	1,069 lbs	35%	68.57 lbs/tree 60%
Block 200
Control	3,839 lbs		36,729 lbs
P4 treatment	4,487 lbs	16.8%	43,061 lbs 17.2%
2001
Block 105
Control	241 lbs		134 lbs/tree
P4 treatment	300 lbs	24%	194 lbs/tree 45%
Strip pick after Bender harvest
Control	2,405 lbs
P4 treatment	3,002 lbs	25%	N/A
2002
Block 105
Control	176 lbs		19.5 lbs/tree
P4 treatment (avg of 2 treatments)	625 lbs	350%	25.8 lbs/tree 32%
Block 200
Control	2,404 lbs		26,187 lbs
P4 treatment	3,263 lbs	36%	29,735 lbs 14%

Average increase over three years: 32%
(taking out the highest & lowest, then averaging) 31%

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