Claim · model-written summary
The marketable fraction under 50% shade exceeded no shade by 7% in 2004 and 2005.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- 50% shadee1
- Outcome
- fractione3
- Direction
- greatere0
- Value
- 7%e0
- Qualifier
- 2004 and 2005e0
- Comparator
- no shadee2
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSetting
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“7% greater in 2004 and 2005”
t0“Tomato”
e1“The fraction of fruit that was marketable was greatest for plants grown under 50% shade.”
e2“This fraction was 9% greater than in a greenhouse with no shade in 2003”
e3“The fraction of fruit that was marketable was greatest for plants grown under 50% shade.”
Title
Effect of Degree and Duration of Shade on Quality of Greenhouse Tomato
Martin P.N. Gent HortScience 2007. doi:10.21273/hortsci.42.3.514
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect Total tomato yield decreased linearly with increasing shade.
- Intervention effect Marketable yield did not significantly differ among shade treatments.
- Intervention effect The marketable fruit fraction was greatest under 50% shade.
- Intervention effect The marketable fraction under 50% shade exceeded no shade by 9% in 2003.
- Observation Shade most strongly affected cracked skin among defects.
- Intervention effect In sensitive cultivars, cracked skin affected up to 35% without shade but 24% to 26% under 50% shade.
- Observation Shade density showed no consistent trend for green shoulder, blossom end rot and irregular shape fractions.
- Association Shade effects increased with shading duration.
- Intervention effect Total yield showed no effect of 50% shade within 20 days.
- Intervention effect Total yield decreased 20% 25 to 45 days after shading.
- Intervention effect Total yield decreased 30% after at least 50 days of shading in 2005.
- Intervention effect Marketable yield declined only after over 45 days of shading in cultivars insensitive to cracking or uneven ripening.
- Intervention effect Shade decreased fruit size over the entire season only in 2003.