Abstract
The objective of this study was to examine the effect of calcium humate, boron humate, and humic acid solutions on growth, yield, quality, and calcium and boron uptake of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) and cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), as well as changes in soil nutrient status after crop harvest. Four different concentrations (500, 1000, 3000, and 5000 mg kg-1) of calcium humate (12% CaO, 15% humic and fulvic acid), boron humate (10% BOH4, 15% humic and fulvic acid), and humic acid (15% humic and fulvic acid) were used in this research. The results revealed that Ca humate, B humate, and humic acid treatments applied at different rates positively affected the total marketable yield, average fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit length, and leaf dry matter of tomato and cucumber plants. However, no statistically significant differences were observed among the treatments in terms of total soluble solids, fruit dry matter, chlorophyll, and plant length. The highest tomato yield (159,682 kg ha-1) was obtained from 2936 mg kg-1 Ca humate application, while the highest cucumber yield (172,992 kg ha-1) was obtained from 2910 mg kg-1 Ca humate application. In addition, the macro- and micronutrient concentration in leaves and fruits also increased significantly with these applications. Translocations of Ca and B from leaf to fruit were also affected positively by the Ca and B humate applications. Leaf Ca/fruit Ca ratio in tomato and cucumber decreased from 20.55 to 2.42 and from 10.70 to 1.37, respectively, while leaf B/fruit B ratio decreased from 15.80 to 1.82 in tomato and from 14.31 to 2.64 in cucumber. The applications also upgraded soil health by modifying the chemical characteristics of the soil and enhancing its nutrient status. The results showed that Ca and B humate nutrient sources should be used as an economical and simple application for tomato and cucumber plants without Ca and B deficiency during the plant growth period.
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Claim · model-written summary
Ca humate, B humate and humic acid treatments positively affected total marketable yield, average fruit weight and fruit diameter of tomato.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- Ca humate, B humate, and humic acid treatments applied at different ratese1
- Outcome
- total marketable yield, average fruit weight, fruit diametere1
- Direction
- positively affectede1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“The results revealed that Ca humate, B humate, and humic acid treatments applied at different rates positively affected the total marketable yield, average fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit length, and leaf dry matter of tomato and cucumber plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Ca humate, B humate and humic acid treatments positively affected fruit length and leaf dry matter of tomato.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- Ca humate, B humate, and humic acid treatments applied at different ratese1
- Outcome
- fruit length, and leaf dry mattere1
- Direction
- positively affectede1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“The results revealed that Ca humate, B humate, and humic acid treatments applied at different rates positively affected the total marketable yield, average fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit length, and leaf dry matter of tomato and cucumber plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Ca humate, B humate and humic acid treatments positively affected total marketable yield, average fruit weight and fruit diameter of cucumber.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativuse1 - Treatment
- Ca humate, B humate, and humic acid treatments applied at different ratese1
- Outcome
- total marketable yield, average fruit weight, fruit diametere1
- Direction
- positively affectede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The results revealed that Ca humate, B humate, and humic acid treatments applied at different rates positively affected the total marketable yield, average fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit length, and leaf dry matter of tomato and cucumber plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Ca humate, B humate and humic acid treatments positively affected fruit length and leaf dry matter of cucumber.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Treatment
- Ca humate, B humate, and humic acid treatments applied at different ratese1
- Outcome
- fruit length, and leaf dry mattere1
- Direction
- positively affectede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The results revealed that Ca humate, B humate, and humic acid treatments applied at different rates positively affected the total marketable yield, average fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit length, and leaf dry matter of tomato and cucumber plants”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest tomato yield (159,682 kg ha-1) was obtained from 2936 mg kg-1 Ca humate application.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- 2936 mg kg-1 Ca humate applicatione1
- Outcome
- tomato yielde1
- Direction
- higheste1
- Value
- 159,682 kg ha-1e1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“The highest tomato yield (159,682 kg ha-1) was obtained from 2936 mg kg-1 Ca humate application”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest cucumber yield (172,992 kg ha-1) was obtained from 2910 mg kg-1 Ca humate application.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Treatment
- 2910 mg kg-1 Ca humate applicatione1
- Outcome
- cucumber yielde1
- Direction
- higheste1
- Value
- 172,992 kg ha-1e1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“the highest cucumber yield (172,992 kg ha-1) was obtained from 2910 mg kg-1 Ca humate application”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf Ca/fruit Ca ratio in tomato decreased from 20.55 to 2.42.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Outcome
- Leaf Ca/fruit Ca ratioe1
- Direction
- decreasede1
- Value
- from 20.55 to 2.42e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Leaf Ca/fruit Ca ratio in tomato and cucumber decreased from 20.55 to 2.42 and from 10.70 to 1.37”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf Ca/fruit Ca ratio in cucumber decreased from 10.70 to 1.37.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Outcome
- Leaf Ca/fruit Ca ratioe1
- Direction
- decreasede1
- Value
- from 10.70 to 1.37e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Leaf Ca/fruit Ca ratio in tomato and cucumber decreased from 20.55 to 2.42 and from 10.70 to 1.37”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf B/fruit B ratio in tomato decreased from 15.80 to 1.82.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Outcome
- leaf B/fruit B ratioe1
- Direction
- decreasede1
- Value
- from 15.80 to 1.82e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“while leaf B/fruit B ratio decreased from 15.80 to 1.82 in tomato and from 14.31 to 2.64 in cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf B/fruit B ratio in cucumber decreased from 14.31 to 2.64.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Outcome
- leaf B/fruit B ratioe1
- Direction
- decreasede1
- Value
- from 14.31 to 2.64e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“while leaf B/fruit B ratio decreased from 15.80 to 1.82 in tomato and from 14.31 to 2.64 in cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Ca and B humate applications increased macro- and micronutrient concentrations in leaves and fruits of tomato and cucumber.
- Taxon
- tomato and cucumberCucumis sativusSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- these applicationse2
- Outcome
- macro- and micronutrient concentration in leaves and fruitse2
- Direction
- increasede2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“The results revealed that Ca humate, B humate, and humic acid treatments applied at different rates positively affected the total marketable yield, average fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit length, and leaf dry matter of tomato and cucumber plants”
e2“In addition, the macro- and micronutrient concentration in leaves and fruits also increased significantly with these applications”
Claim · model-written summary
Ca and B humate applications positively affected translocation of Ca and B from leaf to fruit in tomato and cucumber.
- Taxon
- tomato and cucumberCucumis sativusSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- Ca and B humate applicationse2
- Outcome
- Translocations of Ca and B from leaf to fruite2
- Direction
- affected positivelye2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The results revealed that Ca humate, B humate, and humic acid treatments applied at different rates positively affected the total marketable yield, average fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit length, and leaf dry matter of tomato and cucumber plants”
e2“Translocations of Ca and B from leaf to fruit were also affected positively by the Ca and B humate applications”
Claim · model-written summary
Ca and B humate applications upgraded soil health in the tomato and cucumber trial.
- Taxon
- tomato and cucumberCucumis sativusSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- The applicationse2
- Outcome
- soil healthe2
- Direction
- upgradede2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The results revealed that Ca humate, B humate, and humic acid treatments applied at different rates positively affected the total marketable yield, average fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit length, and leaf dry matter of tomato and cucumber plants”
e2“The applications also upgraded soil health by modifying the chemical characteristics of the soil and enhancing its nutrient status”
Claim · model-written summary
Ca and B humate nutrient sources should be used as an economical and simple application for tomato and cucumber plants without Ca and B deficiency.
- Taxon
- tomato and cucumber plantsCucumis sativusSolanum lycopersicume1
- Outcome
- economical and simple applicatione1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The results showed that Ca and B humate nutrient sources should be used as an economical and simple application for tomato and cucumber plants without Ca and B deficiency during the plant growth period”
Claim · model-written summary
Ca humate, B humate and humic acid treatments did not significantly change total soluble solids, fruit dry matter or chlorophyll of tomato and cucumber.
- Taxon
- tomato and cucumberCucumis sativusSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- the treatmentse2
- Outcome
- total soluble solids, fruit dry matter, chlorophylle2
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The results revealed that Ca humate, B humate, and humic acid treatments applied at different rates positively affected the total marketable yield, average fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit length, and leaf dry matter of tomato and cucumber plants”
e2“However, no statistically significant differences were observed among the treatments in terms of total soluble solids, fruit dry matter, chlorophyll, and plant length”
Claim · model-written summary
Ca humate, B humate and humic acid treatments did not significantly change plant length of tomato and cucumber.
- Taxon
- tomato and cucumberCucumis sativusSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- the treatmentse2
- Outcome
- plant lengthe2
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The results revealed that Ca humate, B humate, and humic acid treatments applied at different rates positively affected the total marketable yield, average fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit length, and leaf dry matter of tomato and cucumber plants”
e2“However, no statistically significant differences were observed among the treatments in terms of total soluble solids, fruit dry matter, chlorophyll, and plant length”
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