Abstract
The growth and chemical composition of tomatoes grown in peat, mineral and 1: 1 peat: mineral soils at five levels of base fertiliser were studied in two seasons. In the first season the tomato crop was followed by lettuce and chrysanthemums, planted in the same soil. Peat soil gave the highest marketable yield for tomatoes, highest incidence of blossom-end rot, tallest plants and the lowest levels of soluble solids, acidity and juice conductivity in the fruit. In contrast, mineral soil gave the lowest yield, lowest incidence of blossom-end rot, smallest plants and high levels of soluble solids, acidity and juice conductivity. Results for peat: mineral soil were gener ally intermediate between those obtained for the other two substrates. Tomato yield decreased and fruit composition improved at the higher base fertiliser levels. Peat soil gave the largest lettuce and chrysanthemum plants and mineral soil the smallest. At high levels of base fertiliser, lettuce yields and flower weights were reduced.
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Claims 16
Claim · model-written summary
Peat soil gave the highest marketable tomato yield compared with mineral and peat:mineral soils.
- Taxon
- tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- Peat soile1
- Outcome
- marketable yielde1
- Direction
- higheste1
- Comparator
- mineral and 1: 1 peat: mineral soilse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomatoes grown in peat, mineral and 1: 1 peat: mineral soils”
e1“Peat soil gave the highest marketable yield for tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Peat soil gave the highest incidence of blossom-end rot in tomatoes.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- Peat soile1
- Outcome
- incidence of blossom-end rote1
- Direction
- higheste1
- Comparator
- mineral and 1: 1 peat: mineral soilse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomatoes grown in peat, mineral and 1: 1 peat: mineral soils”
e1“Peat soil gave the highest marketable yield for tomatoes, highest incidence of blossom-end rot”
Claim · model-written summary
Peat soil gave the tallest tomato plants.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- Peat soile1
- Outcome
- tallest plantse1
- Direction
- talleste1
- Comparator
- mineral and 1: 1 peat: mineral soilse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomatoes grown in peat, mineral and 1: 1 peat: mineral soils”
e1“Peat soil gave the highest marketable yield for tomatoes, highest incidence of blossom-end rot, tallest plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Peat soil gave the lowest levels of soluble solids, acidity and juice conductivity in tomato fruit.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume1
- Organ / stage
- fruite1
- Treatment
- Peat soile1
- Outcome
- soluble solids, acidity and juice conductivitye1
- Direction
- loweste1
- Comparator
- mineral and 1: 1 peat: mineral soilse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomatoes grown in peat, mineral and 1: 1 peat: mineral soils”
e1“Peat soil gave the highest marketable yield for tomatoes, highest incidence of blossom-end rot, tallest plants and the lowest levels of soluble solids, acidity and juice conductivity in the fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Mineral soil gave the lowest tomato yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- mineral soile1
- Outcome
- yielde1
- Direction
- loweste1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“tomatoes grown in peat, mineral and 1: 1 peat: mineral soils”
e1“mineral soil gave the lowest yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Mineral soil gave the lowest incidence of blossom-end rot in tomatoes.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- mineral soile1
- Outcome
- incidence of blossom-end rote1
- Direction
- loweste1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomatoes grown in peat, mineral and 1: 1 peat: mineral soils”
e1“mineral soil gave the lowest yield, lowest incidence of blossom-end rot”
Claim · model-written summary
Mineral soil gave the smallest tomato plants.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- mineral soile1
- Outcome
- smallest plantse1
- Direction
- smalleste1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomatoes grown in peat, mineral and 1: 1 peat: mineral soils”
e1“mineral soil gave the lowest yield, lowest incidence of blossom-end rot, smallest plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Mineral soil gave high levels of soluble solids, acidity and juice conductivity in tomato fruit.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- mineral soile1
- Outcome
- soluble solids, acidity and juice conductivitye1
- Direction
- high levelse1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomatoes grown in peat, mineral and 1: 1 peat: mineral soils”
e1“mineral soil gave the lowest yield, lowest incidence of blossom-end rot, smallest plants and high levels of soluble solids, acidity and juice conductivity”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato yield decreased at the higher base fertiliser levels.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- higher base fertiliser levelse1
- Outcome
- Tomato yielde1
- Direction
- decreasede1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“Tomato yield decreased and fruit composition improved at the higher base fertiliser levels”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato fruit composition improved at the higher base fertiliser levels.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- higher base fertiliser levelse1
- Outcome
- fruit compositione1
- Direction
- improvede1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“Tomato yield decreased and fruit composition improved at the higher base fertiliser levels”
Claim · model-written summary
Peat soil gave the largest lettuce plants.
- Taxon
- lettuce
Lactuca sativae1 - Treatment
- Peat soile1
- Outcome
- plantse1
- Direction
- largeste1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“Peat soil gave the largest lettuce and chrysanthemum plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Peat soil gave the largest chrysanthemum plants.
- Taxon
- chrysanthemum
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Chrysanthemume1 - Treatment
- Peat soile1
- Outcome
- plantse1
- Direction
- largeste1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“Peat soil gave the largest lettuce and chrysanthemum plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Mineral soil gave the smallest lettuce plants.
- Taxon
- lettuceLactuca sativae1
- Treatment
- mineral soile1
- Outcome
- plantse1
- Direction
- smalleste1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Peat soil gave the largest lettuce and chrysanthemum plants and mineral soil the smallest”
Claim · model-written summary
Mineral soil gave the smallest chrysanthemum plants.
- Taxon
- chrysanthemumChrysanthemume1
- Treatment
- mineral soile1
- Outcome
- plantse1
- Direction
- smalleste1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Peat soil gave the largest lettuce and chrysanthemum plants and mineral soil the smallest”
Claim · model-written summary
High levels of base fertiliser reduced lettuce yields.
- Taxon
- lettuceLactuca sativae1
- Treatment
- high levels of base fertilisere1
- Outcome
- lettuce yieldse1
- Direction
- reducede1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“At high levels of base fertiliser, lettuce yields and flower weights were reduced”
Claim · model-written summary
High levels of base fertiliser reduced chrysanthemum flower weights.
- Taxon
- chrysanthemumsChrysanthemume2
- Treatment
- high levels of base fertilisere1
- Outcome
- flower weightse1
- Direction
- reducede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“At high levels of base fertiliser, lettuce yields and flower weights were reduced”
e2“followed by lettuce and chrysanthemums”
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