Claim · model-written summary
Hard water decreased plant height in both crops.
- Taxon
- TOMATO
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- Hard watere0
- Outcome
- heighte0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Qualifier
- both cropse0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Hard water decreased height in both crops.”
t0“TOMATO”
Title
T. R. Gormley Irish journal of agricultural research 1972
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- Intervention effect Trickle feeding lowered soil pH compared with hose or sprayline feeding.
- Intervention effect Trickle feeding increased soil specific conductivity compared with hose or sprayline.
- Intervention effect Trickle feeding increased soil K content compared with hose or sprayline.
- Intervention effect Hard water increased soil pH compared with moderately soft water.
- Intervention effect Hard water increased soil SC compared with moderately soft water.
- Intervention effect Trickle feeding produced the tallest autumn crop plants.
- Intervention effect Trickle feeding initially produced taller spring crop plants.
- Intervention effect Sprayline feeding produced the tallest spring crop plants later.
- Intervention effect Hard water increased marketable fruit yield in spring compared with moderately soft water.
- Intervention effect Trickle feeding produced the highest yields in both crops.
- Intervention effect Trickle feeding reduced blossom-end rot in the spring crop.
- Intervention effect Trickle feeding lowered fruit acidity.
- Intervention effect Trickle feeding lowered percentage soluble solids.
- Intervention effect Trickle feeding lowered fruit K.
- Intervention effect Water type had little effect on fruit composition.