Abstract
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) is a widely produced and consumed fruit vegetable worldwide. Silicon (Si) and selenium (Se) can promote crop growth and development. However, the effects of these elements on tomato fruit quality have not been investigated comprehensively, nor are their combined effects on yield and quality clear. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of foliar application of Si and Se on tomato growth, yield and fruit quality. The tomato plants were foliarly applied with 1 mM Si and 25 μM Se individually or in combination, and the experiment was carried out in a plastic arch shed at Yangling in spring. Our results demonstrated improved plant growth by application of Si and Se, with the effect of combined treatment being more obvious. Application of Si individually or in combination with Se increased the yield. Se addition increased the concentrations of soluble sugars, vitamin C, phenols, anthocyanin, lycopene, carotenoids, Se and protein, and decreased the nitrate level, but did not affect the concentration of total organic acids in the fruit. Si application induced similar changes to Se addition in the levels of sucrose and protein in the fruit, but had no effect on other quality traits. The combined Si and Se treatment did not show significant superior effects on the fruit quality over their individual applications. Our results suggest that Si and Se application improved the tomato plant growth. Si and Se application, respectively, had obvious effects in the yield increase and quality improvement, and the combined treatment had positive effects on both aspects. The study may provide a theoretical base for the application of Se and Si fertilizers in tomato production.
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Claim · model-written summary
Foliar Si improved tomato plant growth.
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- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- Sie0
- Outcome
- plant growthe0
- Direction
- improvede0
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e0“improved plant growth by application of Si and Se”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar Se improved tomato plant growth.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- See0
- Outcome
- plant growthe0
- Direction
- improvede0
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e0“improved plant growth by application of Si and Se”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined Si and Se gave a more obvious plant growth response.
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- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- combined treatmente0
- Outcome
- plant growthe0
- Direction
- more obviouse0
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e0“Our results demonstrated improved plant growth by application of Si and Se, with the effect of combined treatment being more obvious”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Si alone increased tomato yield.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Si individuallye0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Application of Si individually or in combination with Se increased the yield”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Si combined with Se increased tomato yield.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Si individually or in combination with See0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Application of Si individually or in combination with Se increased the yield”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Se increased soluble sugar, vitamin C, and phenol concentrations in tomato fruit.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Se additione0
- Outcome
- concentrations of soluble sugars, vitamin C, phenolse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Se addition increased the concentrations of soluble sugars, vitamin C, phenols, anthocyanin, lycopene, carotenoids, Se and protein”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Se increased anthocyanin, lycopene, and carotenoid concentrations in tomato fruit.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Se additione0
- Outcome
- anthocyanin, lycopene, carotenoidse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Se addition increased the concentrations of soluble sugars, vitamin C, phenols, anthocyanin, lycopene, carotenoids, Se and protein”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Se increased Se and protein concentrations in tomato fruit.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Se additione0
- Outcome
- Se and proteine0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Se addition increased the concentrations of soluble sugars, vitamin C, phenols, anthocyanin, lycopene, carotenoids, Se and protein”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Se lowered tomato fruit nitrate level.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Se additione0
- Outcome
- nitrate levele0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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e0“Se addition increased the concentrations of soluble sugars, vitamin C, phenols, anthocyanin, lycopene, carotenoids, Se and protein, and decreased the nitrate level”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Se did not alter total organic acid concentration in fruit.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Se additione0
- Outcome
- concentration of total organic acidse0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
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e0“Se addition increased the concentrations of soluble sugars, vitamin C, phenols, anthocyanin, lycopene, carotenoids, Se and protein, and decreased the nitrate level, but did not affect the concentration of total organic acids in the fruit”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Si induced changes in fruit sucrose and protein levels similar to Se.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Si applicatione0
- Outcome
- levels of sucrose and proteine0
- Direction
- similar changese0
- Comparator
- Se additione0
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e0“Si application induced similar changes to Se addition in the levels of sucrose and protein in the fruit”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Si had no effect on other tomato fruit quality traits.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Si applicatione0
- Outcome
- other quality traitse0
- Direction
- no effecte0
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e0“Si application induced similar changes to Se addition in the levels of sucrose and protein in the fruit, but had no effect on other quality traits”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined Si and Se did not significantly outperform individual treatments for fruit quality.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- combined Si and Se treatmente0
- Outcome
- fruit qualitye0
- Direction
- did not show significant superior effectse0
- Comparator
- their individual applicationse0
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e0“The combined Si and Se treatment did not show significant superior effects on the fruit quality over their individual applications”
t0“Tomato”
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