Claim · model-written summary
Magnesium or calcium nitrate, with or without borax, did not affect potassium, magnesium, phosphorus or nitrogen in fruit cortex.
- Taxon
- apple
Malus domesticat0 - Treatment
- Magnesium or calcium nitrate, with or without boraxe0
- Outcome
- potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, or nitrogen content of the fruit cortexe0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
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Verbatim
e0“Magnesium or calcium nitrate, with or without borax, did not affect the potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, or nitrogen content of the fruit cortex.”
t0“apple variety Cleopatra”
Title
Bitter pit in the apple variety Cleopatra in Tasmania in relation to calcium and magnesium
D Martin; TL Lewis; J Cerny Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 1960. doi:10.1071/ar9600742
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Magnesium nitrate sprays increased bitter pit incidence.
- Intervention effect Calcium nitrate sprays decreased bitter pit incidence.
- Intervention effect Borax may have reduced the effectiveness of calcium nitrate against bitter pit.
- Intervention effect Calcium nitrate increased fruit calcium content in 1959.
- Intervention effect Magnesium nitrate did not affect calcium content in 1959.
- Observation Fruit cortex potassium, magnesium and phosphorus content did not differ significantly between 1958 and 1959.
- Observation Calcium content was 3.3 times higher in 1958 than in 1959.
- Observation Bitter pit incidence was low in 1958 and high in 1959.
- Observation The four measured mineral contents did not differ significantly between sound and pitted fruit.