Claim · model-written summary
Silicic acid at 0.3% increased number of fruits per tomato plant to 49.68.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- Silicon as silicic acid (0.3%)e1
- Outcome
- number of fruits per plante2
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 49.68e2
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“The present investigation was carried out in tomato under protected culture”
e1“Silicon as silicic acid (0.3%) recorded higher leaf area at final harvest (593.35 cm2)”
e2“number of fruits per plant (49.68)”
Title
Interactive Effects of Silicic Acid and NOVEL on Tomato Performance under Protected Conditions
R. Patel Jesal; Sanjeev Kumar; A. K. Pandey; et al. Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology 2020. doi:10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4631171
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Intervention effect Silicic acid had a significant individual effect on most traits of tomato under protected conditions.
- Intervention effect NOVEL effect on tomato was limited to few characters.
- Intervention effect The silicic acid and NOVEL interaction effect was non-significant for all tomato traits except leaf miner incidence.
- Observation Plant height, days to 50% flowering and days to first picking were not significantly affected in tomato.
- Observation Average fruit weight of tomato was not significantly affected.
- Intervention effect Silicic acid at 0.3% increased leaf area of tomato at final harvest to 593.35 cm2.
- Intervention effect Silicic acid at 0.3% increased fruit set percentage of tomato to 59.86.
- Intervention effect Silicic acid at 0.3% increased days to last picking of tomato to 186.16 days.
- Intervention effect Silicic acid at 0.3% increased marketable yield per tomato plant to 3.76 kg.
- Intervention effect Silicic acid at 0.3% increased total yield per tomato plant to 3.99 kg.
- Intervention effect Silicic acid at 0.3% increased marketable yield per m2 of tomato to 10.82 kg.
- Intervention effect Silicic acid at 0.3% increased total yield per m2 of tomato to 11.48 kg.
- Intervention effect Different NOVEL levels significantly influenced the number of tomato pickings.
- Intervention effect 1.5% NOVEL gave the maximum number of tomato pickings, 29.92.
- Intervention effect The combination of silicic acid and NOVEL (0.1% + 1.0%) gave the minimum leaf miner incidence, 2.79%.
- Recommendation Silicon at 0.3% silicic acid is a potential treatment for tomato to maximize leaf area, fruit set, fruit number, yield and cropping span.
- Mechanism Silicic acid and NOVEL (0.1% + 1.0%) are interpreted to strengthen tomato defence against leaf miner infestation.