Claim · model-written summary
Similar foliar and root boron responses suggest phloem translocation.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- foliar and root B applicatione0
- Outcome
- B is translocated in the phloeme0
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Verbatim
e0“The similar growth and yield responses of tomato to foliar and root B application suggests that B is translocated in the phloem in tomatoes.”
Title
Boron Improves Growth, Yield, Quality, and Nutrient Content of Tomato
Jeanine M. Davis; Douglas C. Sanders; Paul V. Nelson; et al. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 2003. doi:10.21273/jashs.128.3.0441
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Boron application increased tomato growth.
- Intervention effect Boron application increased tissue K, Ca and B concentrations.
- Intervention effect Boron increased field tomato nitrogen uptake.
- Intervention effect Boron did not increase tomato nitrogen uptake in hydroponics.
- Intervention effect Foliar or soil boron increased tomato plant and root dry weight.
- Intervention effect Foliar or soil boron increased uptake and tissue concentrations of N, Ca, K and B.
- Intervention effect Foliar or soil boron improved fruit set.
- Intervention effect Foliar or soil boron improved total and marketable yields.
- Intervention effect Foliar or soil boron improved fruit shelf life and firmness.
- Intervention effect Fruit from boron-treated plants contained more boron.
- Intervention effect Fruit from boron-treated plants contained more potassium.
- Mechanism The fruit nutrient response indicates boron translocation from leaves to fruit.