Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Combined CaCl_2 and borax gave maximum total soluble solids (6.10%).

A claim from Foliar application of calcium chloride and borax influences plant growth, yield, and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) fruit · 2012

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Combined CaCl_2 and borax gave maximum total soluble solids (6.10%).

Treatment
Foliar application of CaCl_2 (0.6%) + borax (0.2%)e0
Outcome
total soluble solidse0
Direction
maximume0
Value
6.10%e0

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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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“Foliar application of CaCl_2 (0.6%) + borax (0.2%) resulted in the maximum plant height (86.60 cm), branches per plant (7.21), flowers per cluster (32.36), fruits per plant (96.37), fruit weight (96.33 g), yield (21.33 t ha^{-1}), fruit firmness (3.46 kg cm^{-2}), and total soluble solids (6.10%) and the lowest blossom end rot incidence (6.25%)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 862–1208
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“tomato”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 96–102

Title

Foliar application of calcium chloride and borax influences plant growth, yield, and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) fruit

ABDUR RAB; IHSAN-UL HAQ TURKISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY 2012. doi:10.3906/tar-1112-7

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borax · quality: sugar starch · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Results agree

4 papers: 4 positive, 0 negative or no effect

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application · quality: sugar starch · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Positive and negative results

53 papers: 50 positive, 3 negative or no effect

49 papers in the same direction as this claim · 3 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive
  4. no effect
  5. no effect
  6. negative
  7. positive
  8. positive

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