Abstract
The effects of sodium chloride (NaCl) salinity and boron (B) toxicity were investigated in greenhouse tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants grown in closed soilless culture under the typical climatic conditions occurring in the Mediterranean regions. The experiment was conducted under semi-commercial conditions. Two NaCl (2.0 and 10.0 mol m−3) and B (27.8 and 185.0 mmol m−3) concentrations were combined to produce four different types of raw water used to prepare the nutrient solutions. The fertigation treatment did not affect significantly the uptake of water and mineral elements apart from that of sodium (Na), chloride (Cl), and B. The use of B-enriched water increased the accumulation of this element in the leaves, which showed marginal chlorosis and necrosis within 35–40 days from planting. No or minor effects of NaCl and B concentrations in the irrigation water were found on leaf area development, biomass accumulation, crop yield and fruit quality.
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Claim · model-written summary
Fertigation did not significantly affect uptake of water and most mineral elements.
- Taxon
- TOMATO
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- fertigation treatmente0
- Outcome
- uptake of water and mineral elementse0
- Direction
- did not affect significantlye0
- Qualifier
- apart from that of sodium (Na), chloride (Cl), and Be0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The fertigation treatment did not affect significantly the uptake of water and mineral elements apart from that of sodium (Na), chloride (Cl), and B”
t0“TOMATO”
Claim · model-written summary
B-enriched water increased leaf boron accumulation.
- Taxon
- TOMATOSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- B-enriched watere0
- Outcome
- accumulation of this element in the leavese0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The use of B-enriched water increased the accumulation of this element in the leaves”
t0“TOMATO”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaves developed marginal chlorosis and necrosis within 35–40 days of planting under B-enriched water.
- Taxon
- TOMATOSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- B-enriched watere0
- Outcome
- marginal chlorosis and necrosise0
- Qualifier
- within 35–40 days from plantinge0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The use of B-enriched water increased the accumulation of this element in the leaves, which showed marginal chlorosis and necrosis within 35–40 days from planting”
t0“TOMATO”
Claim · model-written summary
NaCl and B concentrations had no or minor effects on leaf area, biomass, yield, and fruit quality.
- Taxon
- TOMATOSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- NaCl and B concentrations in the irrigation watere0
- Outcome
- leaf area development, biomass accumulation, crop yield and fruit qualitye0
- Direction
- No or minor effectse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“No or minor effects of NaCl and B concentrations in the irrigation water were found on leaf area development, biomass accumulation, crop yield and fruit quality”
t0“TOMATO”
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