Abstract
Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables, improving their taste and biochemical quality is possible as a result of reducing the content of nitrates and increasing the sugar content. The effect of amorphous fine silica on the productivity and quality of tomatoes was studied in vegetation experiments. Silica was introduced into a mixture of gray forest soil and washed sand in doses of 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 g/vessel, which corresponded to 100, 200 and 300 kg/ha, against the background of complex mineral fertilizers. It was shown that the improvement of silicon nutrition of tomatoes significantly increased their yield by 52–70%. There was also an improvement in fruit quality as a result of a 20–40% reduction in nitrate content and an increase in sugar content by 12.9–50.9%. Statistical analysis of the obtained data revealed that the concentration of monosilicon acid in soils treated with silicon dioxide was closely positively correlated with the yield of tomatoes, as well as the sugar content in fruits and negatively correlated with the content of nitrates.
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Claim · model-written summary
Improved silicon nutrition significantly increased tomato yield by 52–70%.
- Taxon
- tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- silicon nutritione1
- Outcome
- yielde1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 52–70%e1
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e1“improvement of silicon nutrition of tomatoes significantly increased their yield by 52–70%”
Claim · model-written summary
Improved silicon nutrition reduced fruit nitrate content by 20–40%.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- silicon nutritione1
- Outcome
- nitrate contente2
- Direction
- reductione2
- Value
- 20–40%e2
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e1“improvement of silicon nutrition of tomatoes significantly increased their yield by 52–70%”
e2“as a result of a 20–40% reduction in nitrate content”
Claim · model-written summary
Improved silicon nutrition increased fruit sugar content by 12.9–50.9%.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- silicon nutritione1
- Outcome
- sugar contente3
- Direction
- increasee3
- Value
- 12.9–50.9%e3
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“improvement of silicon nutrition of tomatoes significantly increased their yield by 52–70%”
e3“an increase in sugar content by 12.9–50.9%”
Claim · model-written summary
Monosilicic acid concentration in silica-treated soil was positively correlated with tomato yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume4
- Compound
- monosilicon acide4
- Outcome
- yielde4
- Direction
- positively correlatede4
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Verbatim
e4“the concentration of monosilicon acid in soils treated with silicon dioxide was closely positively correlated with the yield of tomatoes, as well as the sugar content in fruits and negatively correlated with the content of nitrates”
Claim · model-written summary
Monosilicic acid concentration in silica-treated soil was positively correlated with fruit sugar content.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume4
- Compound
- monosilicon acide4
- Outcome
- sugar content in fruitse4
- Direction
- positively correlatede4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“the concentration of monosilicon acid in soils treated with silicon dioxide was closely positively correlated with the yield of tomatoes, as well as the sugar content in fruits and negatively correlated with the content of nitrates”
Claim · model-written summary
Monosilicic acid concentration in silica-treated soil was negatively correlated with fruit nitrate content.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume4
- Compound
- monosilicon acide4
- Outcome
- content of nitratese4
- Direction
- negatively correlatede4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“the concentration of monosilicon acid in soils treated with silicon dioxide was closely positively correlated with the yield of tomatoes, as well as the sugar content in fruits and negatively correlated with the content of nitrates”
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