Claim · model-written summary
Si application significantly promoted shoot accumulation of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in soil-cultured tomato in the greenhouse.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- Si application (45 kg ha⁻¹ Na₂SiO₃)e1
- Outcome
- accumulation of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassiume1
- Direction
- promotede1
- Setting
- greenhousee1
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Verbatim
e1“Si application (45 kg ha⁻¹ Na₂SiO₃) significantly promoted accumulation of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and Si in the shoot of soil-cultured tomato in the greenhouse”
Title
Silicon application improves tomato yield and nutritional quality
Boyi He; Yuxuan Wei; Yongqi Wang; et al. BMC Plant Biology 2025. doi:10.1186/s12870-025-06249-8
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect Si application significantly promoted shoot Si accumulation in soil-cultured tomato in the greenhouse.
- Intervention effect Si application increased plant height by 11.34% compared with the control.
- Intervention effect Si application increased stem diameter by 53.57% compared with the control.
- Intervention effect Si application increased single fruit weight by 62.12% compared with the control.
- Intervention effect Si application increased tomato yield by 33.81% compared with the control.
- Intervention effect Si application increased catalase and superoxide dismutase activities in tomato fruit.
- Intervention effect Si application lowered the concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and malondialdehyde in tomato fruit.
- Intervention effect Si upregulated expression of phytoene synthase and carotenoid isomerase in tomato.
- Intervention effect Si enhanced the enzyme activities corresponding to phytoene synthase and carotenoid isomerase in tomato.
- Intervention effect Si application resulted in higher lycopene concentrations in tomato fruit.
- Intervention effect Si stimulated expression of GDP-D-mannose-3, 5-isomerase and GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase genes in tomato.
- Intervention effect Si stimulated expression of dehydroascorbate reductase and monodehydroascorbate reductase genes in tomato.
- Intervention effect Si application resulted in higher levels of vitamin C accumulation in tomato.