Abstract
The use of saline water for plant production will become increasingly necessary over future decades. In some cases, fruit quality such as in tomato, can be improved by irrigation with saline water. The influence of different salt concentrations on physiological responses and the expression of some selected genes of cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L), cv. West Virginia 106, was examined. Tomato plants were grown in peatmoss substrate and irrigated with 0, 25, 50, 75, 100 or 150 mM sodium chloride (NaCl) in a glasshouse. The NaCl treatments of 75, 100 and 150 mM salt resulted in shorter plants, decreased stem width, a lower plant dry weight, fewer flowers, and smaller leaf area, while yield was reduced by treatment with concentrations of 50 mM NaCl and above. Average fruit weight and fruit number were also negatively affected by treatment with 50 mM salt and above. Salinity treatment led to increased fruit total soluble solids, titratable acidity and firmness and improved the taste index. Salt-responsive marker genes identified in Moneymaker were also induced in cherry tomato but not at the highest salt concentrations. Our results indicated that cherry tomato treated with 25 mM NaCl produced fruit with improved quality in comparison with non-salinized control plants without compromising yield, while at 50 and 75 mM the improved fruit quality was accompanied by a reduction in yield.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Salt concentrations of 75, 100 and 150 mM NaCl made cherry tomato plants shorter.
- Taxon
- cherry tomato
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee0 - Material
- cv. West Virginia 106e0
- Treatment
- 75, 100 and 150 mM salte2
- Outcome
- plantse2
- Direction
- shortere2
- Setting
- glasshousee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L), cv. West Virginia 106”
e1“in a glasshouse”
e2“The NaCl treatments of 75, 100 and 150 mM salt resulted in shorter plants, decreased stem width, a lower plant dry weight, fewer flowers, and smaller leaf area”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt at 75, 100 and 150 mM decreased stem width of cherry tomato.
- Taxon
- cherry tomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee0
- Material
- cv. West Virginia 106e0
- Treatment
- 75, 100 and 150 mM salte2
- Outcome
- stem widthe2
- Direction
- decreasede2
- Setting
- glasshousee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L), cv. West Virginia 106”
e1“in a glasshouse”
e2“The NaCl treatments of 75, 100 and 150 mM salt resulted in shorter plants, decreased stem width, a lower plant dry weight, fewer flowers, and smaller leaf area”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt at 75, 100 and 150 mM lowered plant dry weight of cherry tomato.
- Taxon
- cherry tomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee0
- Material
- cv. West Virginia 106e0
- Treatment
- 75, 100 and 150 mM salte2
- Outcome
- plant dry weighte2
- Direction
- lowere2
- Setting
- glasshousee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L), cv. West Virginia 106”
e1“in a glasshouse”
e2“The NaCl treatments of 75, 100 and 150 mM salt resulted in shorter plants, decreased stem width, a lower plant dry weight, fewer flowers, and smaller leaf area”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt at 75, 100 and 150 mM reduced flower number of cherry tomato.
- Taxon
- cherry tomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee0
- Material
- cv. West Virginia 106e0
- Treatment
- 75, 100 and 150 mM salte2
- Outcome
- flowerse2
- Direction
- fewere2
- Setting
- glasshousee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L), cv. West Virginia 106”
e1“in a glasshouse”
e2“The NaCl treatments of 75, 100 and 150 mM salt resulted in shorter plants, decreased stem width, a lower plant dry weight, fewer flowers, and smaller leaf area”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt at 75, 100 and 150 mM reduced leaf area of cherry tomato.
- Taxon
- cherry tomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee0
- Material
- cv. West Virginia 106e0
- Treatment
- 75, 100 and 150 mM salte2
- Outcome
- leaf areae2
- Direction
- smallere2
- Setting
- glasshousee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L), cv. West Virginia 106”
e1“in a glasshouse”
e2“The NaCl treatments of 75, 100 and 150 mM salt resulted in shorter plants, decreased stem width, a lower plant dry weight, fewer flowers, and smaller leaf area”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt at 50 mM NaCl and above reduced cherry tomato yield.
- Taxon
- cherry tomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee0
- Treatment
- 50 mM NaCl and abovee3
- Outcome
- yielde3
- Direction
- reducede3
- Setting
- glasshousee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L), cv. West Virginia 106”
e1“in a glasshouse”
e3“yield was reduced by treatment with concentrations of 50 mM NaCl and above”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt at 50 mM and above negatively affected average fruit weight and fruit number of cherry tomato.
- Taxon
- cherry tomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee0
- Treatment
- 50 mM salt and abovee4
- Outcome
- Average fruit weight and fruit numbere4
- Direction
- negatively affectede4
- Setting
- glasshousee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L), cv. West Virginia 106”
e1“in a glasshouse”
e4“Average fruit weight and fruit number were also negatively affected by treatment with 50 mM salt and above”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity increased fruit total soluble solids, titratable acidity and firmness of cherry tomato.
- Taxon
- cherry tomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee0
- Treatment
- Salinity treatmente5
- Outcome
- fruit total soluble solids, titratable acidity and firmnesse5
- Direction
- increasede5
- Setting
- glasshousee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L), cv. West Virginia 106”
e1“in a glasshouse”
e5“Salinity treatment led to increased fruit total soluble solids, titratable acidity and firmness and improved the taste index”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity improved the taste index of cherry tomato fruit.
- Taxon
- cherry tomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee0
- Treatment
- Salinity treatmente5
- Outcome
- taste indexe5
- Direction
- improvede5
- Setting
- glasshousee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L), cv. West Virginia 106”
e1“in a glasshouse”
e5“Salinity treatment led to increased fruit total soluble solids, titratable acidity and firmness and improved the taste index”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt-responsive marker genes were induced in cherry tomato, but not at the highest salt concentrations.
- Taxon
- cherry tomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee0
- Treatment
- salt concentrationse6
- Gene
- Salt-responsive marker genese6
- Outcome
- marker genese6
- Direction
- inducede6
- Qualifier
- but not at the highest salt concentrationse6
- Setting
- glasshousee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L), cv. West Virginia 106”
e1“in a glasshouse”
e6“Salt-responsive marker genes identified in Moneymaker were also induced in cherry tomato but not at the highest salt concentrations”
Claim · model-written summary
Cherry tomato treated with 25 mM NaCl had improved fruit quality compared with non-salinized control plants, without compromising yield.
- Taxon
- cherry tomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee7
- Treatment
- 25 mM NaCle7
- Outcome
- qualitye7
- Direction
- improvede7
- Qualifier
- without compromising yielde7
- Comparator
- non-salinized control plantse7
- Setting
- glasshousee1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“in a glasshouse”
e7“cherry tomato treated with 25 mM NaCl produced fruit with improved quality in comparison with non-salinized control plants without compromising yield”
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