Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Both Si fertilizers increased soluble sugar content by 4.2–4.4%.

A claim from Silicon fertilizations mitigate fruit cracking and enhancing yield and quality in reticulated melon (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus) · 2026

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Both Si fertilizers increased soluble sugar content by 4.2–4.4%.

Taxon
melonCucumis melot0
Treatment
Si fertilizerse0
Outcome
soluble sugar contente0
Direction
increasinge0
Value
4.2–4.4%e0
Comparator
no-Si controle1

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingQualifier

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Cucumis melo
Cucumis melo · TaxonUSDA photo by Scott Bauer. Image Number K7355-11. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Both Si fertilizers enhanced sucrose accumulation by upregulating sucrose phosphate synthase activity while suppressing acid invertase, increasing soluble sugar content by 4.2–4.4%”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 728–908
t0

“reticulated melon (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 82–134
e1

“no-Si control”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 451–464

Title

Silicon fertilizations mitigate fruit cracking and enhancing yield and quality in reticulated melon (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus)

Guoqiang Wang; Qing Li; Liyan Feng; et al. BMC Plant Biology 2026. doi:10.1186/s12870-026-08361-9

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Record rev-1497377ccd5e2ffe282f927b07e1ca160fbd37be46c56f7efbb02f9bacde2bf5 · schema claims-v0.9 · position 5 in the model’s answer

silicon atom · physiology: osmolytes · Cucumis melo (muskmelon)Results agree

2 papers: 2 positive, 0 negative or no effect

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  1. positive
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fertilization · physiology: osmolytes · Cucumis melo (muskmelon)Positive and negative results

4 papers: 3 positive, 1 negative or no effect

2 papers in the same direction as this claim · 1 in the opposite direction

  1. negative
  2. positive
  3. positive
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