Abstract
Tomato plants were grown to the five-six leaf stage in aerated water culture and aeration then discontinued. Foliar sprays of gibberellic acid (G), N6 benzyladenine (B), and ammonium nitrate (N) were applied for periods up to 7 days and the plants harvested on the eighth day. A mixture of 2·5 ppm G, 5·0 ppm B, and 280 ppm N increased growth of the whole plant and this was attributable almost entirely to G and B. In the leaf, both increased water content (B>G) and dry weight. G, but not B, increased leaf area; B, but not G, increased fresh weight leaf/unit area. In the stem, G increased dry weight and height; B reduced height but increased diameter and water content. Inclusion of O·I ppm indol-3yl-acetic acid in the mixture was ineffective. The percentage increase in growth of non-aerated plants with G+B+N was greater with non-acrated than with aerated plants for weight of whole plant and leaf area, but not for stem height. Growth of non-aerated plants could not be increased by increasing the volume of the nutrient solution, by ‘aerating’ with nitrogen, or by applying minerals in foliar sprays.
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Claims 14
Claim · model-written summary
G+B+N mixture increased whole plant growth.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- 2·5 ppm G, 5·0 ppm B, and 280 ppm Ne0
- Outcome
- growth of the whole plante0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A mixture of 2·5 ppm G, 5·0 ppm B, and 280 ppm N increased growth of the whole plant”
e1“Tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
G and B each increased leaf water content and dry weight.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume2
- Organ / stage
- leafe0
- Treatment
- gibberellic acid (G), N6 benzyladenine (B)e1
- Outcome
- water content (B>G) and dry weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In the leaf, both increased water content (B>G) and dry weight”
e1“gibberellic acid (G), N6 benzyladenine (B)”
e2“Tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
G increased leaf area.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume2
- Treatment
- gibberellic acid (G)e1
- Outcome
- leaf areae0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“G, but not B, increased leaf area”
e1“gibberellic acid (G)”
e2“Tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
B increased fresh leaf weight per area.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume2
- Treatment
- N6 benzyladenine (B)e1
- Outcome
- fresh weight leaf/unit areae0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“B, but not G, increased fresh weight leaf/unit area”
e1“N6 benzyladenine (B)”
e2“Tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
G increased stem dry weight and height.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume2
- Organ / stage
- steme0
- Treatment
- gibberellic acid (G)e1
- Outcome
- dry weight and heighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In the stem, G increased dry weight and height”
e1“gibberellic acid (G)”
e2“Tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
B reduced stem height.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume2
- Organ / stage
- steme3
- Treatment
- N6 benzyladenine (B)e1
- Outcome
- heighte0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“B reduced height but increased diameter and water content”
e1“N6 benzyladenine (B)”
e2“Tomato plants”
e3“In the stem”
Claim · model-written summary
B increased stem diameter and water content.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume2
- Organ / stage
- steme3
- Treatment
- N6 benzyladenine (B)e1
- Outcome
- diameter and water contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“B reduced height but increased diameter and water content”
e1“N6 benzyladenine (B)”
e2“Tomato plants”
e3“In the stem”
Claim · model-written summary
Indol-3yl-acetic acid in the mixture was ineffective.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- O·I ppm indol-3yl-acetic acide0
- Outcome
- ineffectivee0
- Direction
- ineffectivee0
- Comparator
- the mixturee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Inclusion of O·I ppm indol-3yl-acetic acid in the mixture was ineffective”
e1“Tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
G+B+N increased whole plant weight more under non-aerated than aerated conditions.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- G+B+Ne0
- Outcome
- weight of whole plante0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- aerated plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“percentage increase in growth of non-aerated plants with G+B+N was greater with non-acrated than with aerated plants for weight of whole plant”
e1“Tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
G+B+N increased leaf area more under non-aerated than aerated conditions.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- G+B+Ne0
- Outcome
- leaf areae0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- aerated plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“percentage increase in growth of non-aerated plants with G+B+N was greater with non-acrated than with aerated plants for weight of whole plant and leaf area”
e1“Tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
The G+B+N increase in stem height was not greater under non-aerated conditions.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume2
- Treatment
- G+B+Ne1
- Outcome
- stem heighte0
- Direction
- note0
- Comparator
- aerated plantse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“but not for stem height”
e1“percentage increase in growth of non-aerated plants with G+B+N was greater with non-acrated than with aerated plants”
e2“Tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing nutrient solution volume did not increase growth of non-aerated tomato.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- increasing the volume of the nutrient solutione0
- Outcome
- Growth of non-aerated plantse0
- Direction
- could not be increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Growth of non-aerated plants could not be increased by increasing the volume of the nutrient solution”
e1“Tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Nitrogen aeration did not increase growth of non-aerated tomato.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- ‘aerating’ with nitrogene0
- Outcome
- Growth of non-aerated plantse0
- Direction
- could not be increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Growth of non-aerated plants could not be increased by increasing the volume of the nutrient solution, by ‘aerating’ with nitrogen”
e1“Tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar mineral sprays did not increase growth of non-aerated tomato.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- applying minerals in foliar sprayse0
- Outcome
- Growth of non-aerated plantse0
- Direction
- could not be increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Growth of non-aerated plants could not be increased by increasing the volume of the nutrient solution, by ‘aerating’ with nitrogen, or by applying minerals in foliar sprays”
e1“Tomato plants”
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