Claim · model-written summary
Foliar or soil boron increased uptake and tissue concentrations of N, Ca, K and B.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- foliar and/or soil applied Be0
- Outcome
- uptake, and tissue concentrations of N, Ca, K, and Be0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“foliar and/or soil applied B similarly increased fresh-market tomato plant and root dry weight, uptake, and tissue concentrations of N, Ca, K, and B”
Title
Boron Improves Growth, Yield, Quality, and Nutrient Content of Tomato
Jeanine M. Davis; Douglas C. Sanders; Paul V. Nelson; et al. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 2003. doi:10.21273/jashs.128.3.0441
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Boron application increased tomato growth.
- Intervention effect Boron application increased tissue K, Ca and B concentrations.
- Intervention effect Boron increased field tomato nitrogen uptake.
- Intervention effect Boron did not increase tomato nitrogen uptake in hydroponics.
- Intervention effect Foliar or soil boron increased tomato plant and root dry weight.
- Intervention effect Foliar or soil boron improved fruit set.
- Intervention effect Foliar or soil boron improved total and marketable yields.
- Intervention effect Foliar or soil boron improved fruit shelf life and firmness.
- Mechanism Similar foliar and root boron responses suggest phloem translocation.
- Intervention effect Fruit from boron-treated plants contained more boron.
- Intervention effect Fruit from boron-treated plants contained more potassium.
- Mechanism The fruit nutrient response indicates boron translocation from leaves to fruit.