Claim · model-written summary
Authors attribute enhanced growth and yield under Ni to higher photosynthesis, N concentration and nitrate reductase activity.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativuse1 - Treatment
- Ni supplementse0
- Outcome
- growth and yielde0
- Qualifier
- increase of Pn, N concentration and NR activitye0
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Verbatim
e0“Ni supplements enhanced the growth and yield of urea-fed plants by the increase of Pn, N concentration and NR activity.”
e1“The cucumber plants (Cucumis sativus cv RS189 and Vikima)”
Title
S.J. Tabatabaei Journal of Applied Horticulture 2007. doi:10.37855/jah.2007.v09i01.15
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation The highest leaf Ni concentration was 1.2 mg kg-1 DW in urea-fed plants at 1 mg L-1 Ni.
- Intervention effect Ni up to 0.5 mg L-1 did not change fruit Ni concentration under either nitrogen source.
- Intervention effect 0.5 mg L-1 Ni increased yield by 10% in urea-fed RS189.
- Intervention effect 0.5 mg L-1 Ni increased yield by 15% in urea-fed Vikima.
- Intervention effect Nitrate-fed plants had more total soluble solids than urea-fed plants.
- Intervention effect Fruit nitrate concentration was approximately 50% lower in urea-fed plants than nitrate-fed plants.
- Association Increasing Ni concentration further reduced fruit nitrate concentration.
- Association Photosynthesis increased continuously with Ni concentration in urea-fed plants.
- Observation Young-leaf N concentration was higher in urea-fed plants at 0.5 mg L-1 Ni.
- Observation Young-leaf nitrate reductase activity was higher in urea-fed plants at 0.5 mg L-1 Ni.
- Recommendation Authors conclude 0.5 mg L-1 Ni improves yield, quality and NR activity in urea-fed cucumber.