Abstract
Boron deficiency in fresh-market tomatoes ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) is a widespread problem that reduces yield and fruit quality but is often not recognized by growers. Tomatoes were grown in field and hydroponic culture to compare the effects of foliar and soil applied B on plant growth, fruit yield, fruit quality, and tissue nutrient levels. Regardless of application method, B was associated with increased tomato growth and the concentration of K, Ca, and B in plant tissue. Boron application was associated with increased N uptake by tomato in field culture, but not under hydroponic culture. In field culture, foliar and/or soil applied B similarly increased fresh-market tomato plant and root dry weight, uptake, and tissue concentrations of N, Ca, K, and B, and improved fruit set, total yields, marketable yields, fruit shelf life, and fruit firmness. The similar growth and yield responses of tomato to foliar and root B application suggests that B is translocated in the phloem in tomatoes. Fruit from plants receiving foliar or root applied B contained more B, and K than fruit from plants not receiving B, indicating that B was translocated from leaves to fruit and is an important factor in the management of K nutrition in tomato.
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Claims 13
Claim · model-written summary
Boron application increased tomato growth.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- Be0
- Outcome
- tomato growthe0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“B was associated with increased tomato growth and the concentration of K, Ca, and B in plant tissue.”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron application increased tissue K, Ca and B concentrations.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Be0
- Outcome
- concentration of K, Ca, and B in plant tissuee0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“B was associated with increased tomato growth and the concentration of K, Ca, and B in plant tissue.”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron increased field tomato nitrogen uptake.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Boron applicatione0
- Outcome
- N uptakee0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Setting
- field culturee0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorComparatorValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Boron application was associated with increased N uptake by tomato in field culture”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron did not increase tomato nitrogen uptake in hydroponics.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Boron applicatione0
- Outcome
- N uptakee0
- Direction
- note0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Boron application was associated with increased N uptake by tomato in field culture, but not under hydroponic culture.”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar or soil boron increased tomato plant and root dry weight.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- foliar and/or soil applied Be0
- Outcome
- plant and root dry weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“foliar and/or soil applied B similarly increased fresh-market tomato plant and root dry weight”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar or soil boron increased uptake and tissue concentrations of N, Ca, K and B.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- foliar and/or soil applied Be0
- Outcome
- uptake, and tissue concentrations of N, Ca, K, and Be0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“foliar and/or soil applied B similarly increased fresh-market tomato plant and root dry weight, uptake, and tissue concentrations of N, Ca, K, and B”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar or soil boron improved fruit set.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- foliar and/or soil applied Be0
- Outcome
- fruit sete0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“foliar and/or soil applied B similarly increased fresh-market tomato plant and root dry weight, uptake, and tissue concentrations of N, Ca, K, and B, and improved fruit set, total yields, marketable yields, fruit shelf life, and fruit firmness.”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar or soil boron improved total and marketable yields.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- foliar and/or soil applied Be0
- Outcome
- total yields, marketable yieldse0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“foliar and/or soil applied B similarly increased fresh-market tomato plant and root dry weight, uptake, and tissue concentrations of N, Ca, K, and B, and improved fruit set, total yields, marketable yields, fruit shelf life, and fruit firmness.”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar or soil boron improved fruit shelf life and firmness.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- foliar and/or soil applied Be0
- Outcome
- fruit shelf life, and fruit firmnesse0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“foliar and/or soil applied B similarly increased fresh-market tomato plant and root dry weight, uptake, and tissue concentrations of N, Ca, K, and B, and improved fruit set, total yields, marketable yields, fruit shelf life, and fruit firmness.”
Claim · model-written summary
Similar foliar and root boron responses suggest phloem translocation.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- foliar and root B applicatione0
- Outcome
- B is translocated in the phloeme0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The similar growth and yield responses of tomato to foliar and root B application suggests that B is translocated in the phloem in tomatoes.”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from boron-treated plants contained more boron.
Not reportedTaxonMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorSettingValueQualifier
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e0“Fruit from plants receiving foliar or root applied B contained more B, and K than fruit from plants not receiving B”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit from boron-treated plants contained more potassium.
Not reportedTaxonMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorSettingValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“Fruit from plants receiving foliar or root applied B contained more B, and K than fruit from plants not receiving B”
Claim · model-written summary
The fruit nutrient response indicates boron translocation from leaves to fruit.
Not reportedTaxonMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValue
Verbatim
e0“indicating that B was translocated from leaves to fruit”
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