Claim · model-written summary
The 0.6 g/l saffron extract level significantly improved tomato plant height and antioxidant content.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum L.
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- 0.6 g/l of saffron extracte5
- Outcome
- plant height and antioxidant contente5
- Direction
- significant improvemente5
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Verbatim
t0“Saffron extract stimulates growth, improves the antioxidant components of Solanum lycopersicum L., and has an antifungal effect”
e5“The level of 0.6 g/l of saffron extract contributed to a significant improvement, and to plant height and antioxidant content of tomato”
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 Saffron extract at varying concentrations significantly improved carotenoids and °Brix in tomato compared with control.
- Intervention effect The saffron extract showed an antifungal effect against Phytophthora infestans.