Claim · model-written summary
Calcium sulfate increased soil Ca by 20.11% versus biochar.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- calcium sulfatee0
- Outcome
- Ca content of the soile0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 20.11%e0
- Comparator
- biochare0
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Verbatim
e0“calcium sulfate increased the Ca content of the soil by 1.25%, 9.82%, 20.11%, and 704% compared to calcium nitrate, poultry manure, biochar, and the control, respectively”
t0“Tomato Growth”
Title
Impact of Calcium Sources on Soil Chemical Properties, Tomato Growth, Yield, and Quality
Aruna Olasekan Adekiya; Timothy Oyebamiji Ogunbode; Vincent Ishola Esan; et al. The Scientific World JOURNAL 2025. doi:10.1155/tswj/6653874
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Intervention effect Calcium sources improved tomato growth, yield and mineral content relative to the unfertilized treatment.
- Intervention effect Calcium sources improved soil organic matter and nutrient status.
- Intervention effect Calcium sulfate increased soil Ca by 1.25% versus calcium nitrate.
- Intervention effect Calcium sulfate increased soil Ca by 9.82% versus poultry manure.
- Intervention effect Calcium sulfate increased soil Ca by 704% versus the control.
- Intervention effect Poultry manure increased tomato plant height by 10.1% versus calcium nitrate.
- Intervention effect Poultry manure increased tomato plant height by 11.2% versus calcium sulfate.
- Intervention effect Poultry manure increased tomato plant height by 20.3% versus biochar.
- Intervention effect Poultry manure increased tomato plant height by 45.2% versus the control.
- Intervention effect Poultry manure increased tomato fruit yield by 22.5% versus calcium nitrate.
- Intervention effect Poultry manure increased tomato fruit yield by 20.16% versus calcium sulfate.
- Intervention effect Poultry manure increased tomato fruit yield by 83.4% versus biochar.
- Intervention effect Poultry manure increased tomato fruit yield by 382.5% versus the control.
- Intervention effect Calcium sulfate reduced tomato weight loss by 24.81%, 55.59%, 61.19% and 104.99% relative to calcium nitrate, poultry manure, biochar and control, respectively.
- Intervention effect Calcium sulfate increased tomato shelf life by 14.78%, 29.79%, 36.42% and 69.44% relative to calcium nitrate, poultry manure, biochar and control, respectively.
- Mechanism The authors attributed calcium sulfate’s shelf-life effect to its high calcium content.
- Recommendation The authors recommend studying poultry manure combined with calcium sulfate for tomato yield, quality and shelf life.