Claim · model-written summary
Saffron extract at varying concentrations significantly improved carotenoids and °Brix in tomato compared with control.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum L.
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- varying concentrations of the aqueous saffron extracte4
- Outcome
- carotenoids, and °Brixe4
- Direction
- significant improvemente4
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
t0“Saffron extract stimulates growth, improves the antioxidant components of Solanum lycopersicum L., and has an antifungal effect”
e0“Five concentrations of aqueous saffron extract used as foliar treatment determined: 0.05 g/l, 0.4 g/l, 0.6 g/l, 1 g/l, and 2 g/l, with control”
e4“The contents of polyphenols, flavonoids, anthocyanins, flavanols, condensed tannins, lycopene, carotenoids, and °Brix showed significant improvement (p ≤ 0.05) in response to varying concentrations of the aqueous saffron extract”
Title
Amine Khoulati; Sabir Ouahhoud; Samira Mamri; et al. Annals of Agricultural Sciences 2019. doi:10.1016/j.aoas.2019.10.002
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Plant height was significantly improved by the applied aqueous saffron extract treatments compared with control in an open field trial.
- Intervention effect The highest saffron extract concentration (2 g/l) negatively influenced tomato plant height.
- Intervention effect Saffron extract at varying concentrations significantly improved polyphenols, flavonoids and anthocyanins in tomato compared with control.
- Intervention effect Saffron extract at varying concentrations significantly improved flavanols, condensed tannins and lycopene in tomato compared with control.
- Intervention effect The 0.6 g/l saffron extract level significantly improved tomato plant height and antioxidant content.
- Intervention effect The saffron extract showed an antifungal effect against Phytophthora infestans.