Claim · model-written summary
At 1 g/kg, calcium nitrate restored Ca and N levels to control-like values under salt stress.
- Taxon
- CUCUMBER
Cucumis sativust0 - Treatment
- Ca(NO3)2 at 1 g kg−1e0
- Outcome
- Ca and N levelse0
- Direction
- similare0
- Comparator
- controlse0
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Verbatim
e0“supplementing the soil with Ca(NO3)2 at 1 g kg−1 resulted in Ca and N levels similar to these of the controls.”
t0“CUCUMBER”
Title
CALCIUM NITRATE AS A REMEDY FOR SALT-STRESSED CUCUMBER PLANTS
Cengiz Kaya; David Higgs Journal of Plant Nutrition 2002. doi:10.1081/pln-120002965
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect High NaCl reduced dry matter, fruit yield and chlorophyll relative to control.
- Intervention effect Supplemental calcium nitrate at 0.5 g per kg improved dry matter, yield and chlorophyll under salt stress.
- Intervention effect Supplemental calcium nitrate at 1 g per kg improved dry matter, yield and chlorophyll under salt stress.
- Intervention effect High NaCl increased membrane permeability.
- Intervention effect Supplemental calcium nitrate maintained membrane permeability.
- Intervention effect Elevated NaCl increased sodium concentration in leaves and roots.
- Intervention effect High salt lowered leaf calcium and nitrogen concentrations.