Abstract
This was an experimental investigation of the combined treatments of salinity (SAL) stress and fruit thinning (FT) on the growth, yield, fruit quality, and water use efficiency (WUE) of tomatoes with non-soil cultivation. The experiment was carried out in a plastic tunnel, Japan. Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) cv. Momotaro seedlings were transplanted in a randomized complete block (RCB) manner with six plants/treatment, and an overall 36 plants in 18 pots (2 plants/pot). The experiment involved varying SAL treatment (no-SAL, moderate SAL, and serious SAL, with electroconductivity of 0.8, 3.0, and 4.5 dS m −1 , separately) and FT treatment (NT: no thinning and 3FT: three-fruit treatment). The tomato growth, yield, and WUE were significantly suppressed with increasing SAL. In comparison, FT treatment had less effect on tomato growth and water consumption. Either SAL stress or FT treatment significantly improved fruit quality. The combined treatment proved better than single treatment of either SAL stress or FT, avoided the subsize fruit following SAL stress treatment, reduced fruit cracking found with FT treatment, and greatly improved fruit quality. The SAL thresholds of WUEs in relation to biomass, yield, and marketable yield were approximately 3.0 dS m −1 under these soilless conditions. Path analysis showed that biomass and water consumption were important indexes affecting yield. Logistic equation fitting showed that SAL stress tended to inhibit and delay plant growth; however, FT tended to advance and shorten the period of plant growth.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing salinity significantly suppressed tomato growth, yield and water use efficiency.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicume3 - Material
- Momotaroe3
- Treatment
- increasing SALe1
- Outcome
- growth, yield, and WUEe1
- Direction
- significantly suppressede1
- Setting
- plastic tunnel, Japane2
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Verbatim
e1“The tomato growth, yield, and WUE were significantly suppressed with increasing SAL”
e2“The experiment was carried out in a plastic tunnel, Japan”
e3“Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) cv. Momotaro seedlings were transplanted”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit thinning had less effect on tomato growth and water consumption than salinity stress.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume4
- Treatment
- FT treatmente4
- Outcome
- growth and water consumptione4
- Direction
- less effecte4
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Verbatim
e4“In comparison, FT treatment had less effect on tomato growth and water consumption”
e3“Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) cv. Momotaro seedlings were transplanted”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity stress significantly improved tomato fruit quality.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume3
- Treatment
- SAL stresse5
- Outcome
- fruit qualitye5
- Direction
- significantly improvede5
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“Either SAL stress or FT treatment significantly improved fruit quality”
e3“Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) cv. Momotaro seedlings were transplanted”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit thinning significantly improved tomato fruit quality.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume3
- Treatment
- FT treatmente5
- Outcome
- fruit qualitye5
- Direction
- significantly improvede5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“Either SAL stress or FT treatment significantly improved fruit quality”
e3“Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) cv. Momotaro seedlings were transplanted”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined salinity and fruit thinning treatment greatly improved fruit quality, better than single treatments.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume3
- Treatment
- combined treatmente6
- Outcome
- fruit qualitye7
- Direction
- greatly improvede7
- Comparator
- single treatment of either SAL stress or FTe6
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Verbatim
e6“The combined treatment proved better than single treatment of either SAL stress or FT”
e7“greatly improved fruit quality”
e3“Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) cv. Momotaro seedlings were transplanted”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined treatment avoided subsize fruit that followed salinity stress.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume3
- Treatment
- combined treatmente6
- Outcome
- subsize fruite7
- Direction
- avoidede7
- Comparator
- SAL stress treatmente7
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Verbatim
e6“The combined treatment proved better than single treatment of either SAL stress or FT”
e7“avoided the subsize fruit following SAL stress treatment”
e3“Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) cv. Momotaro seedlings were transplanted”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined treatment reduced fruit cracking found with fruit thinning.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume3
- Treatment
- combined treatmente6
- Outcome
- fruit crackinge7
- Direction
- reducede7
- Comparator
- FT treatmente7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e6“The combined treatment proved better than single treatment of either SAL stress or FT”
e7“reduced fruit cracking found with FT treatment”
e3“Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) cv. Momotaro seedlings were transplanted”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity thresholds of water use efficiency in tomato were about 3.0 dS m −1 under soilless conditions.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume3
- Outcome
- SAL thresholds of WUEse7
- Value
- 3.0 dS m −1e7
- Qualifier
- in relation to biomass, yield, and marketable yielde7
- Setting
- soilless conditionse7
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Verbatim
e7“The SAL thresholds of WUEs in relation to biomass, yield, and marketable yield were approximately 3.0 dS m −1 under these soilless conditions”
e3“Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) cv. Momotaro seedlings were transplanted”
Claim · model-written summary
Path analysis indicated that biomass and water consumption were important indexes affecting tomato yield.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume3
- Treatment
- biomass and water consumptione7
- Outcome
- yielde7
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e7“Path analysis showed that biomass and water consumption were important indexes affecting yield”
e3“Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) cv. Momotaro seedlings were transplanted”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity stress tended to inhibit and delay tomato plant growth in logistic fitting.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume3
- Treatment
- SAL stresse7
- Outcome
- plant growthe7
- Direction
- inhibit and delaye7
- Qualifier
- tended toe7
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e7“Logistic equation fitting showed that SAL stress tended to inhibit and delay plant growth”
e3“Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) cv. Momotaro seedlings were transplanted”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit thinning tended to advance and shorten the period of tomato plant growth in logistic fitting.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicume3
- Treatment
- FTe7
- Outcome
- period of plant growthe7
- Direction
- advance and shortene7
- Qualifier
- tended toe7
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e7“FT tended to advance and shorten the period of plant growth”
e3“Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) cv. Momotaro seedlings were transplanted”
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