Claim · model-written summary
Silicon-only sprayed plants most resembled controls and showed only younger-leaf deformation.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- Si alonee0
- Outcome
- most similar to control plants, showing only deformations in the younger leavese0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“the plants sprayed with Si alone were the most similar to control plants, showing only deformations in the younger leaves.”
t0“tomato plants”
Title
Silicon spraying alleviates calcium deficiency in tomato plants, but Ca‐EDTA is toxic
Tales Arthur de Souza Alonso; Rafael Ferreira Barreto; Renato de Mello Prado; et al. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 2020. doi:10.1002/jpln.202000055
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Calcium deficiency produced smaller tomato leaves and fruits and deformed shoots.
- Intervention effect Ca-EDTA sprayed plants developed more blossoms than calcium-deficient plants.
- Intervention effect Ca-EDTA plus silicon sprayed plants developed more blossoms than calcium-deficient plants.
- Intervention effect Ca-EDTA sprays caused chlorosis and necrosis of older tomato leaves.
- Intervention effect The authors conclude that sodium silicate made MT tomatoes less sensitive to calcium deficiency.