Claim · model-written summary
High night EC increased optimally sized fruits in Naomi.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Material
- Naomie0
- Treatment
- high EC in the night hourse0
- Outcome
- number of fruits within optimal size valuese0
- Direction
- highere0
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Verbatim
t0“tomato”
e0“in the cherry tomato type (`Naomi') the number of fruits within optimal size values (<40.mm), which is of crucial importance for their marketability, was higher with high EC in the night hours.”
Title
Effect of night salinity level on water use, physiological responses, yield and quality of tomato
P Santamaria; V Cantore; G Conversa; et al. The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 2004. doi:10.1080/14620316.2004.11511737
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Intervention effect High night EC did not modify plant growth.
- Intervention effect Nutrient solution EC did not modify daily water consumption.
- Observation Night water consumption averaged 9±19% of daily uptake.
- Intervention effect High night and low day EC decreased stomatal conductance by 13%.
- Intervention effect High night and low day EC decreased leaf net CO2 assimilation by 8%.
- Intervention effect Nutrient EC did not influence yield or fruit mass.
- Intervention effect Low day and high night EC raised soluble solids in Naomi.
- Intervention effect Low day and high night EC raised soluble solids in Diana.