Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the effect of foliar iron applications on fruit quality and yield of tomato under unheated greenhouse conditions. Tomato plants were treated with foliar iron applications at different concentrations (0, 500, 1000, 1500 and 2000 mg.l -1 ). Iron was applied with spraying eight times during the vegetation at 7-day intervals 40 days after planting. In the study, it was determined that foliar applications of iron showed positive effect on some fruit characteristics. Fruit number and yield of medium and large sized fruits were significantly increased in the 500 and 1000 mg.l - 1 treatments, which subsequently resulted in an increase of marketable yield. Iron treatments had no effect on pH of fruit tomato. Whereas, firmness and total soluble solids increased with foliar iron sprays. According to our results, applications of 1000 mg.l -1 iron should be recommended in order to improve marketable yield in tomato production.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar iron increased fruit number at 500 and 1000 mg.l - 1.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- 500 and 1000 mg.l - 1 treatmentse0
- Outcome
- Fruit numbere0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- 0e1
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Verbatim
e0“Fruit number and yield of medium and large sized fruits were significantly increased in the 500 and 1000 mg.l - 1 treatments”
e1“Tomato plants were treated with foliar iron applications at different concentrations (0, 500, 1000, 1500 and 2000 mg.l -1 ).”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar iron increased yield of medium and large sized fruits at 500 and 1000 mg.l - 1.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- 500 and 1000 mg.l - 1 treatmentse0
- Outcome
- yield of medium and large sized fruitse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- 0e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit number and yield of medium and large sized fruits were significantly increased in the 500 and 1000 mg.l - 1 treatments”
e1“Tomato plants were treated with foliar iron applications at different concentrations (0, 500, 1000, 1500 and 2000 mg.l -1 ).”
Claim · model-written summary
The increased fruit number and size class yield increased marketable yield.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Outcome
- marketable yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
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Verbatim
e0“which subsequently resulted in an increase of marketable yield”
e1“Tomato plants were treated with foliar iron applications”
Claim · model-written summary
Iron treatments had no effect on tomato fruit pH.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Iron treatmentse0
- Outcome
- pH of fruit tomatoe0
- Direction
- no effecte0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Iron treatments had no effect on pH of fruit tomato.”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar iron sprays increased tomato fruit firmness and total soluble solids.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- foliar iron sprayse0
- Outcome
- firmness and total soluble solidse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“firmness and total soluble solids increased with foliar iron sprays”
e1“Tomato plants were treated with foliar iron applications”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend 1000 mg.l -1 iron to improve marketable yield in tomato production.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- 1000 mg.l -1 irone0
- Outcome
- improve marketable yielde0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“applications of 1000 mg.l -1 iron should be recommended in order to improve marketable yield in tomato production”
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