Abstract
ABSTRACT During 2004 and 2006, experiments were conducted that measured the absorption of calcium (Ca) by the fruit and assessed the effects of Ca sprays on the skin and flesh of apples. Frequent (1 spray/month for 2 or 4 months) Ca treatments increased the concentration of Ca in the skin, but not in the flesh of fruit, and several sprays were needed to promote a prolonged increase in the concentration of Ca in the skin. Calcium sprays did not influence the concentrations of magnesium (Mg) and potassium (K). Foliar analyses confirmed the absorption of topical Ca by the apple tree following the Ca sprays as the concentration of Ca in leaves increased.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Frequent calcium sprays increased calcium concentration in apple skin.
- Taxon
- apples
Malus domesticat0 - Treatment
- Frequent (1 spray/month for 2 or 4 months) Ca treatmentse0
- Outcome
- concentration of Ca in the skine0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Frequent (1 spray/month for 2 or 4 months) Ca treatments increased the concentration of Ca in the skin”
t0“Apples”
Claim · model-written summary
Frequent calcium sprays did not increase calcium concentration in apple flesh.
- Taxon
- applesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Ca treatmentse0
- Outcome
- flesh of fruite1
- Direction
- note0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Ca treatments increased the concentration of Ca in the skin, but not in the flesh of fruit”
e1“concentration of Ca in the skin, but not in the flesh of fruit”
t0“Apples”
Claim · model-written summary
Several calcium sprays were required for a prolonged increase of calcium concentration in apple skin.
- Taxon
- applesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- several sprayse0
- Outcome
- concentration of Ca in the skine0
- Direction
- increasee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“several sprays were needed to promote a prolonged increase in the concentration of Ca in the skin”
t0“Apples”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium sprays did not influence magnesium and potassium concentrations.
- Taxon
- applesMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- Calcium sprayse0
- Outcome
- concentrations of magnesium (Mg) and potassium (K)e0
- Direction
- did not influencee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Calcium sprays did not influence the concentrations of magnesium (Mg) and potassium (K)”
t0“Apples”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium sprays increased leaf calcium concentration, confirming uptake by the apple tree.
- Taxon
- apple treeMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- Ca sprayse0
- Outcome
- concentration of Ca in leavese0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Foliar analyses confirmed the absorption of topical Ca by the apple tree following the Ca sprays as the concentration of Ca in leaves increased”
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