Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Polyethylene coating hastened tomato growth and development more than wax coating.

A claim from Influence of Wax-coated and Polyethylene-coated Paper Mulch on Growth and Flowering of Tomato1 · 1972

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Polyethylene coating hastened tomato growth and development more than wax coating.

Treatment
Polyethylene coatinge0
Outcome
growth and developmente0
Direction
hastenede0
Comparator
wax coatinge0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“Polyethylene coating hastened growth and development more than wax coating.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 206–281
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“Tomato”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 87–93

Title

Influence of Wax-coated and Polyethylene-coated Paper Mulch on Growth and Flowering of Tomato1

J. Vandenberg; H. Tiessen HortScience 1972. doi:10.21273/hortsci.7.5.464

Other claims from this paper (4)

Record rev-ec013fa7b7e8be4809c19120e98cdc4a1c7da7f094114cd1b6f0538b1e2082a7 · schema claims-v0.9 · position 5 in the model’s answer

storage · growth · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Positive and negative results

33 papers: 19 positive, 14 negative or no effect

18 papers in the same direction as this claim · 14 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    Control tomato seed viability and germination rate were unaffected by either storage temperature.

    The Effects of Priming and Ageing on Resistance to Deterioration of Tomato Seeds · 1989

    Opposite direction

  2. negative
    Packaging untreated tomatoes stimulated mold growth near the stem after about a week.

    Combined effects of hot water treatment (HWT) and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) on quality of tomatoes · 2003

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    Deteriorating storage reduced tomato germination rate and uniformity.

    Effects of pre-storage hydration treatments on germination performance, moisture content, DNA synthesis and controlled deterioration tolerance of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) seeds · 1996

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Tomatoes lost more weight in biodegradable than LDPE packages.

    QUALITY CHANGES IN ORGANIC TOMATOES PACKAGED IN BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC FILMS · 2001 · compared with LDPE packages

    Opposite direction

  5. no effect
    Storage temperature had no effect on tomato seed germination percentage or rate in the first study.

    Germination of Osmotically Primed Asparagus and Tomato Seeds after Storage up to Three Months · 1994

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Storage at 4°C followed by 20°C caused mealiness.

    Transcriptome Responses of Ripe Cherry Tomato Fruit Exposed to Chilling and Rewarming Identify Reversible and Irreversible Gene Expression Changes · 2021 · compared with 10°C

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    Storage of pre-germinated tomato seeds at 0°–1 °C reduced seedling emergence.

    Fluid Sowing of Tomatoes: the Effects of Exposure of Pre-Germinated Tomato Seeds to Low Temperatures on Emergence and Growth · 1981 · compared with freshly germinated, unstored seeds

    Opposite direction

  8. negative
    Packaging reduced tomato fruit weight.

    The Effects Packaging Materials on Post Harvest Quality of Tomato (Solanum Lycopersium) · 2018 · compared with wooden basket(control)

    Opposite direction

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.