Claim · model-written summary
Combined Zn+K spray increased total fruit yield by 46.7 % over the control.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- combined (Zn+K)e6
- Outcome
- total fruit yielde6
- Direction
- increasee6
- Value
- 46.7e6
- Comparator
- controle6
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Verbatim
e1“tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) cv. hybrid (Super Strain B), grown under soil salinity conditions”
e6“The combined (B+K) spray was significantly better than either the combined (Zn+K) or (Zn+B), as they achieved percentages of increase in total fruit yield by 51.2, 46.7 and 37.0 %, over the control, respectively”
Title
Journal of Biological Chemistry and Environmental Sciences 2015. doi:10.21608/bces.2015.474438
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Intervention effect Foliar nutrient applications substantially enhanced chlorophyll (a+b) content in tomato leaves compared with the control.
- Intervention effect Foliar nutrient applications enhanced fruit set, fruit number and yield per plant compared with the control.
- Intervention effect Triple foliar spraying of Zn, B and K increased total fruit yield by 65.2 % over the control.
- Intervention effect Combined B+K spray increased total fruit yield by 51.2 % over the control and was significantly better than Zn+K or Zn+B.
- Intervention effect Combined Zn+B spray increased total fruit yield by 37.0 % over the control.
- Intervention effect Solely applied K, B and Zn sprays recorded 32.2, 30.2 and 20.9 % increases in total fruit yield.
- Intervention effect K- and B-spray markedly surpassed Zn-spray on most of these parameters, with no significant difference between K and B.
- Intervention effect All foliar nutrient applications improved pH, TSS and soluble reduced sugar in tomato fruits.
- Intervention effect All foliar nutrient applications improved macronutrient (N, P and K) content in tomato fruits.
- Intervention effect All foliar nutrient applications improved Zn, B, Fe and Mn concentrations in tomato fruits.
- Intervention effect The triple Zn+B+K combination gave the highest fruit characteristics.
- Association The highest leaf Na concentration (1.03%) was associated with the control.
- Association The lowest leaf K concentration (0.713%) was associated with the control.
- Intervention effect Triple Zn+B+K foliar application increased leaf K concentration by 69.3 % over the control.
- Intervention effect Triple Zn+B+K foliar application alleviated leaf Na by 43.0 % relative to the control.
- Mechanism Combined foliar nutrients may reduce the negative effect of salinity on tomato by decreasing Na ion uptake.