Abstract
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a glycophyte species with medium sensitivity to salts, tolerating electrical conductivity values in the soil solution of up to 2.5 dS m-1. Silicon (Si) is a beneficial element that can act as an inorganic biostimulant in plants subjected to salinity. In this research, the main effects of two study factors were evaluated: a) salinity by NaCl (0, 50, and 100 mM) in the nutrient solution and b) biostimulation by Si, applied to the leaves (0, 75, and 150 mg L-1), as well as the interaction of both factors on yield and quality in fruits of the second cluster of tomato plants cv. Río Supremo grown hydroponically under greenhouse conditions. Yield was significantly reduced in the saline treatments, and was not affected by the application of silicon. Compared with the control, the NaCl concentrations evaluated reduced the fruit pH value by 6.2 %, but increased titratable acidity (TA) by 64.8 %, electrical conductivity (EC) by 72.9 %, and total soluble solids (TSS) by 80 %. Consequently, the NaCl treatments increased the TSS/TA ratio, compared to the control. The application of 75 mg Si L-1 through the leaves reduced the pH of the fruit by 0.6 %, while the dose of 150 mg Si L-1 increased the EC and the TSS/TA ratio in fruits. In plants treated with 50 mM NaCl and with both doses of Si, an increase in fruit pH was recorded, while treatments with 100 mM NaCl with both doses of Si significantly reduced the TA values. The TSS/TA ratio increased with both doses of Si in the treatments with 100 mM NaCl. It is concluded that the combination of saline treatments with silicon can improve some quality attributes of tomato cv. Río Supremo fruits.
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Claims 13
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato yield was significantly reduced in the saline (NaCl) treatments.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- saline treatmentse0
- Outcome
- Yielde0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“TOMATO”
e0“Yield was significantly reduced in the saline treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato yield was not affected by foliar silicon application.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- application of silicone0
- Outcome
- Yielde0
- Direction
- not affectede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“TOMATO”
e0“Yield was significantly reduced in the saline treatments, and was not affected by the application of silicon”
Claim · model-written summary
NaCl concentrations reduced tomato fruit pH by 6.2% compared with the control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- NaCl concentrationse0
- Outcome
- fruit pH valuee0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 6.2 %e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“TOMATO”
e0“Compared with the control, the NaCl concentrations evaluated reduced the fruit pH value by 6.2 %, but increased titratable acidity (TA) by 64.8 %, electrical conductivity (EC) by 72.9 %, and total soluble solids (TSS) by 80 %”
Claim · model-written summary
NaCl concentrations increased tomato fruit titratable acidity by 64.8% compared with the control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- NaCl concentrationse0
- Outcome
- titratable acidity (TA)e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 64.8 %e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“TOMATO”
e0“Compared with the control, the NaCl concentrations evaluated reduced the fruit pH value by 6.2 %, but increased titratable acidity (TA) by 64.8 %, electrical conductivity (EC) by 72.9 %, and total soluble solids (TSS) by 80 %”
Claim · model-written summary
NaCl concentrations increased tomato fruit electrical conductivity by 72.9% compared with the control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- NaCl concentrationse0
- Outcome
- electrical conductivity (EC)e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 72.9 %e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“TOMATO”
e0“Compared with the control, the NaCl concentrations evaluated reduced the fruit pH value by 6.2 %, but increased titratable acidity (TA) by 64.8 %, electrical conductivity (EC) by 72.9 %, and total soluble solids (TSS) by 80 %”
Claim · model-written summary
NaCl concentrations increased tomato fruit total soluble solids by 80% compared with the control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- NaCl concentrationse0
- Outcome
- total soluble solids (TSS)e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 80 %e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“TOMATO”
e0“Compared with the control, the NaCl concentrations evaluated reduced the fruit pH value by 6.2 %, but increased titratable acidity (TA) by 64.8 %, electrical conductivity (EC) by 72.9 %, and total soluble solids (TSS) by 80 %”
Claim · model-written summary
NaCl treatments increased the TSS/TA ratio of tomato fruit compared with the control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- NaCl treatmentse0
- Outcome
- TSS/TA ratioe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“TOMATO”
e0“the NaCl treatments increased the TSS/TA ratio, compared to the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar application of 75 mg Si L-1 reduced tomato fruit pH by 0.6%.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- 75 mg Si L-1 through the leavese0
- Outcome
- pH of the fruite0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 0.6 %e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“TOMATO”
e0“The application of 75 mg Si L-1 through the leaves reduced the pH of the fruit by 0.6 %”
Claim · model-written summary
The 150 mg Si L-1 foliar dose increased tomato fruit EC and TSS/TA ratio.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- 150 mg Si L-1e0
- Outcome
- EC and the TSS/TA ratioe0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“TOMATO”
e0“the dose of 150 mg Si L-1 increased the EC and the TSS/TA ratio in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
In plants given 50 mM NaCl plus either Si dose, tomato fruit pH increased.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- 50 mM NaCl and with both doses of Sie0
- Outcome
- fruit pHe0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“TOMATO”
e0“In plants treated with 50 mM NaCl and with both doses of Si, an increase in fruit pH was recorded”
Claim · model-written summary
Treatments with 100 mM NaCl plus either Si dose significantly reduced tomato fruit titratable acidity.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- 100 mM NaCl with both doses of Sie0
- Outcome
- TA valuese0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“TOMATO”
e0“treatments with 100 mM NaCl with both doses of Si significantly reduced the TA values”
Claim · model-written summary
The TSS/TA ratio of tomato fruit increased with both Si doses in the 100 mM NaCl treatments.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- both doses of Si in the treatments with 100 mM NaCle0
- Outcome
- TSS/TA ratioe0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“TOMATO”
e0“The TSS/TA ratio increased with both doses of Si in the treatments with 100 mM NaCl”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that combining saline treatments with silicon can improve some quality attributes of tomato cv. Río Supremo fruits.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- quality attributese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“TOMATO”
e0“the combination of saline treatments with silicon can improve some quality attributes of tomato cv. Río Supremo fruits”
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