Abstract
Abstract The objective of the study was to determine the effect of foliar and soil fertilization with humic acid (HA) on quality, growth and yield of tomato under greenhouse conditions in 2004 and 2005. Tomato plants were treated with soil and foliar HA applications at different concentrations (0 ml/l, 10 ml/l and 20 ml/l). Three weeks after planting HA was sprayed four times during the vegetation period at 10-day intervals. Furthermore, 0, 10 and 20 ml/l HA solutions were applied as a drench to the plant root area four times during the vegetation period at 10-day intervals three weeks after planting. HA treatments had no effect on pH and titratable acidity (TA) of tomato. Total soluble solids (TSS) increased with both foliar and soil HA treatments. Foliar 20 ml/l HA application resulted in the highest ascorbic acid (AA) content. Foliar applications of HA led to higher leaf and stem dry matter contents than the control. Both foliar and soil HA treatments positively affected fruit characteristics including fruit diameter, fruit height, mean fruit weight and fruit number per plant. Similarly, HA treatments increased the early yield of tomato compared to control. The yield of tomato was significantly influenced by soil and foliar HA applications. The highest yield occurred in foliar 20 ml/l HA treatment. The study shows that 20 ml/l concentration of HA sprays could be successfully used to obtain better growth and yield in tomato.
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Claim · model-written summary
Humic acid treatments had no effect on tomato pH or titratable acidity.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume2 - Treatment
- HA treatmentse2
- Outcome
- pH and titratable acidity (TA)e2
- Direction
- no effecte2
- Setting
- greenhouse conditionse1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“The objective of the study was to determine the effect of foliar and soil fertilization with humic acid (HA) on quality, growth and yield of tomato under greenhouse conditions in 2004 and 2005”
e2“HA treatments had no effect on pH and titratable acidity (TA) of tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Total soluble solids of tomato increased with foliar and soil HA treatments.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- foliar and soil HA treatmentse3
- Outcome
- Total soluble solids (TSS)e3
- Direction
- increasede3
- Setting
- greenhouse conditionse1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“The objective of the study was to determine the effect of foliar and soil fertilization with humic acid (HA) on quality, growth and yield of tomato under greenhouse conditions in 2004 and 2005”
e3“Total soluble solids (TSS) increased with both foliar and soil HA treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar 20 ml/l HA application gave the highest ascorbic acid content in tomato.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- Foliar 20 ml/l HA applicatione4
- Outcome
- ascorbic acid (AA) contente4
- Direction
- higheste4
- Setting
- greenhouse conditionse1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“The objective of the study was to determine the effect of foliar and soil fertilization with humic acid (HA) on quality, growth and yield of tomato under greenhouse conditions in 2004 and 2005”
e4“Foliar 20 ml/l HA application resulted in the highest ascorbic acid (AA) content”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar HA applications raised leaf and stem dry matter content of tomato relative to the control.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- Foliar applications of HAe5
- Outcome
- leaf and stem dry matter contentse5
- Direction
- highere5
- Comparator
- the controle5
- Setting
- greenhouse conditionse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“The objective of the study was to determine the effect of foliar and soil fertilization with humic acid (HA) on quality, growth and yield of tomato under greenhouse conditions in 2004 and 2005”
e5“Foliar applications of HA led to higher leaf and stem dry matter contents than the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar and soil HA treatments positively affected tomato fruit diameter, fruit height and mean fruit weight.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- Both foliar and soil HA treatmentse6
- Outcome
- fruit diameter, fruit height, mean fruit weighte6
- Direction
- positively affectede6
- Setting
- greenhouse conditionse1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“The objective of the study was to determine the effect of foliar and soil fertilization with humic acid (HA) on quality, growth and yield of tomato under greenhouse conditions in 2004 and 2005”
e6“Both foliar and soil HA treatments positively affected fruit characteristics including fruit diameter, fruit height, mean fruit weight and fruit number per plant. Similarly, HA treatments increased the early yield of tomato compared to control”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar and soil HA treatments positively affected fruit number per tomato plant.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- Both foliar and soil HA treatmentse6
- Outcome
- fruit number per plante6
- Direction
- positively affectede6
- Setting
- greenhouse conditionse1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“The objective of the study was to determine the effect of foliar and soil fertilization with humic acid (HA) on quality, growth and yield of tomato under greenhouse conditions in 2004 and 2005”
e6“Both foliar and soil HA treatments positively affected fruit characteristics including fruit diameter, fruit height, mean fruit weight and fruit number per plant. Similarly, HA treatments increased the early yield of tomato compared to control”
Claim · model-written summary
HA treatments increased the early yield of tomato compared with control.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- HA treatmentse6
- Outcome
- early yield of tomatoe6
- Direction
- increasede6
- Comparator
- controle6
- Setting
- greenhouse conditionse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“The objective of the study was to determine the effect of foliar and soil fertilization with humic acid (HA) on quality, growth and yield of tomato under greenhouse conditions in 2004 and 2005”
e6“Both foliar and soil HA treatments positively affected fruit characteristics including fruit diameter, fruit height, mean fruit weight and fruit number per plant. Similarly, HA treatments increased the early yield of tomato compared to control”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil and foliar HA applications significantly influenced tomato yield.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume7 - Treatment
- soil and foliar HA applicationse7
- Outcome
- The yield of tomatoe7
- Setting
- greenhouse conditionse1
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“The objective of the study was to determine the effect of foliar and soil fertilization with humic acid (HA) on quality, growth and yield of tomato under greenhouse conditions in 2004 and 2005”
e7“The yield of tomato was significantly influenced by soil and foliar HA applications. The highest yield occurred in foliar 20 ml/l HA treatment”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest tomato yield occurred with foliar 20 ml/l HA treatment.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- foliar 20 ml/l HA treatmente7
- Outcome
- yielde7
- Direction
- higheste7
- Setting
- greenhouse conditionse1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“The objective of the study was to determine the effect of foliar and soil fertilization with humic acid (HA) on quality, growth and yield of tomato under greenhouse conditions in 2004 and 2005”
e7“The yield of tomato was significantly influenced by soil and foliar HA applications. The highest yield occurred in foliar 20 ml/l HA treatment”
Claim · model-written summary
Sprays of 20 ml/l HA could be used to obtain better growth and yield in tomato.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- 20 ml/l concentration of HA sprayse0
- Outcome
- better growth and yielde0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e1“The objective of the study was to determine the effect of foliar and soil fertilization with humic acid (HA) on quality, growth and yield of tomato under greenhouse conditions in 2004 and 2005”
e0“The study shows that 20 ml/l concentration of HA sprays could be successfully used to obtain better growth and yield in tomato”
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