Abstract
Abstract Tomato transplants were grown at different fertility levels in mixtures of peat moss-turface and peat moss-perlite. Growth retardants, Cycocel and Alar, were applied to young plants when they attained the 3 true leaf stage. Cycocel was more effective in reducing growth than was Alar, regardless of the fertility level. Alar was effective in reducing growth of plants in both growing media. Cycocel treated plants were more drought resistant than were the Alar-treated plants. Plants treated with either Cycocel or Alar were more drought resistant and darker green in color than control plants. Chlorophyll content was measured on Alar-treated and control plants. Alar-treated plants contained more chlorophyll, and their leaves had more palisade cells than plants of the control. Cycocel-treated plants contained more N, P, Ca, and Mg, but less K than the control plants. Alar-treated plants contained more N and P than did the control plants and more K than control plants when grown in peat moss-perlite. In only 1 of 3 experiments did Alar-treated plants contain less Ca than control plants, but the chemical had no effect on the Mg content of the plants’ stems and leaves. A single spray of Alar at 2500 ppm increased yields of early fruits in 1 of 3 experiments. In this experiment, both early fruit number and weight were increased, but the fruits were smaller than those from Cycocel treated and control plants. Growth retardants and fertility rates used in these studies had no effect on total yields, although interactions existed between growth retardants and nutrient rates in their effect on nutrient uptake.
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Claims 20
Claim · model-written summary
Cycocel reduced tomato growth more than Alar, regardless of fertility.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- Cycocele0
- Outcome
- growthe0
- Direction
- reducinge0
- Comparator
- Alare0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Cycocel was more effective in reducing growth than was Alar, regardless of the fertility level.”
Claim · model-written summary
Alar reduced tomato growth in both media.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Alare0
- Outcome
- growthe0
- Direction
- reducinge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Alar was effective in reducing growth of plants in both growing media.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cycocel gave greater drought resistance than Alar.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cycocele0
- Outcome
- drought resistante0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- Alar-treated plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Cycocel treated plants were more drought resistant than were the Alar-treated plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cycocel treated tomato plants were more drought resistant than controls.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cycocele0
- Outcome
- drought resistante0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Plants treated with either Cycocel or Alar were more drought resistant and darker green in color than control plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cycocel treated tomato plants were darker darker green than controls.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cycocele0
- Outcome
- darker greene0
- Direction
- darkere0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Plants treated with either Cycocel or Alar were more drought resistant and darker green in color than control plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Alar treated tomato plants were more drought resistant than controls.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Alare0
- Outcome
- drought resistante0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Plants treated with either Cycocel or Alar were more drought resistant and darker green in color than control plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Alar treated tomato plants were darker darker green than controls.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Alare0
- Outcome
- darker greene0
- Direction
- darkere0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Plants treated with either Cycocel or Alar were more drought resistant and darker green in color than control plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Alar increased tomato chlorophyll relative to controls.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Alar-treatede0
- Outcome
- chlorophylle0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Alar-treated plants contained more chlorophyll, and their leaves had more palisade cells than plants of the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
Alar treated tomato leaves had more palisade cells than controls.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- Alar-treatede0
- Outcome
- palisade cellse0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Alar-treated plants contained more chlorophyll, and their leaves had more palisade cells than plants of the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cycocel increased N, P, Ca and Mg content relative to controls.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cycocel-treatede0
- Outcome
- N, P, Ca, and Mge0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
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Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Cycocel-treated plants contained more N, P, Ca, and Mg, but less K than the control plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cycocel decreased K content relative to controls.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cycocel-treatede0
- Outcome
- Ke0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
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Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Cycocel-treated plants contained more N, P, Ca, and Mg, but less K than the control plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Alar increased N and P content relative to controls.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Alar-treatede0
- Outcome
- N and Pe0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Alar-treated plants contained more N and P than did the control plants and more K than control plants when grown in peat moss-perlite.”
Claim · model-written summary
Alar increased K content in peat moss-perlite relative to controls.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Alar-treatede0
- Outcome
- Ke0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
- Setting
- peat moss-perlitee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Alar-treated plants contained more N and P than did the control plants and more K than control plants when grown in peat moss-perlite.”
Claim · model-written summary
Alar reduced Ca content in only one of three experiments.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Alar-treatede0
- Outcome
- Cae0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Qualifier
- only 1 of 3 experimentse0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
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Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“In only 1 of 3 experiments did Alar-treated plants contain less Ca than control plants, but the chemical had no effect on the Mg content of the plants’ stems and leaves.”
Claim · model-written summary
Alar did not affect Mg content in stems and leaves.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- stems and leavese0
- Treatment
- Alar-treatede0
- Outcome
- Mg contente0
- Direction
- no effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“In only 1 of 3 experiments did Alar-treated plants contain less Ca than control plants, but the chemical had no effect on the Mg content of the plants’ stems and leaves.”
Claim · model-written summary
A single Alar spray at 2500 ppm increased early fruit yield in one of three experiments.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- A single spray of Alar at 2500 ppme0
- Outcome
- yields of early fruitse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- in 1 of 3 experimentse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“A single spray of Alar at 2500 ppm increased yields of early fruits in 1 of 3 experiments.”
Claim · model-written summary
Alar increased early fruit number and weight in the responsive experiment.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- In this experimente0
- Outcome
- early fruit number and weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“In this experiment, both early fruit number and weight were increased, but the fruits were smaller than those from Cycocel treated and control plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Alar fruits were smaller than Cycocel and control fruits in the responsive experiment.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- In this experimente0
- Outcome
- fruitse0
- Direction
- smallere0
- Comparator
- Cycocel treated and control plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“In this experiment, both early fruit number and weight were increased, but the fruits were smaller than those from Cycocel treated and control plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Growth retardants and fertility rates did not affect total yields.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Growth retardants and fertility ratese0
- Outcome
- total yieldse0
- Direction
- no effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Growth retardants and fertility rates used in these studies had no effect on total yields, although interactions existed between growth retardants and nutrient rates in their effect on nutrient uptake.”
Claim · model-written summary
Growth retardants and nutrient rates interacted in their effect on nutrient uptake.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- growth retardants and nutrient ratese0
- Outcome
- nutrient uptakee0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Plants”
e0“Growth retardants and fertility rates used in these studies had no effect on total yields, although interactions existed between growth retardants and nutrient rates in their effect on nutrient uptake.”
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