Abstract
Climate changes increase environmental stress pressure, limiting the yields of crops, e.g., strawberries. The green transformation introduced in the European Union, eliminating the use of chemical plant protection agents, requires the development of a technology that will simultaneously mitigate stresses and increase plant yields. The basis of this type of technology may be the targeted application of stabilized orthosilicic acid. The validation of this silicon-based technology was carried out through the pot cultivation of strawberries cv. ‘Falco’ in controlled conditions, compatible with their production. The experiment consisted of the foliar and intra-root (A) application of stabilized orthosilicic acid at concentrations of 0, 240, and 360 g Si·ha−1 (B). A significant increase in the total and marketable yield, the weight of single fruits, and the number of fruits in the silicon-treated variants was noted in this study. The intra-root application of silicon had a more potent effect on the yield performance than foliar feeding. The intra-root application of the tested silicon doses significantly reduced the occurrence of gray mold (Botrytis cinerea) during the fruit harvest period. The application of the tested silicon doses in strawberry cultivation exerted a positive effect on the post-harvest shelf life of the fruits. Higher levels of Lascorbic acid, nitrates (V), and TSS were determined in strawberry fruits treated with stabilized orthosilicic acid. The leaves of plants treated with stabilized orthosilicic acid had lower contents of nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, and boron and higher levels of potassium and copper.
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Claims 18
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon treatment significantly increased total and marketable yield.
- Taxon
- strawberry
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Fragaria ×ananassat0 - Treatment
- silicon-treated variantse0
- Outcome
- total and marketable yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“A significant increase in the total and marketable yield, the weight of single fruits, and the number of fruits in the silicon-treated variants was noted in this study.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon treatment significantly increased weight of single fruits.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- silicon-treated variantse0
- Outcome
- weight of single fruitse0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“A significant increase in the total and marketable yield, the weight of single fruits, and the number of fruits in the silicon-treated variants was noted in this study.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon treatment significantly increased number of fruits.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- silicon-treated variantse0
- Outcome
- number of fruitse0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“A significant increase in the total and marketable yield, the weight of single fruits, and the number of fruits in the silicon-treated variants was noted in this study.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Intra-root silicon improved yield performance more than foliar feeding.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- intra-root application of silicone0
- Outcome
- yield performancee0
- Direction
- more potente0
- Comparator
- foliar feedinge0
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Verbatim
e0“The intra-root application of silicon had a more potent effect on the yield performance than foliar feeding.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Intra-root silicon significantly reduced gray mold occurrence at harvest.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- intra-root application of the tested silicon dosese0
- Interactor
- Botrytis cinerea
Botrytis cinereae0pathogen - Outcome
- occurrence of gray molde0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- fruit harvest periode0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The intra-root application of the tested silicon doses significantly reduced the occurrence of gray mold (Botrytis cinerea) during the fruit harvest period.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon application improved postharvest fruit shelf life.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
- Treatment
- tested silicon dosese0
- Outcome
- post-harvest shelf life of the fruitse0
- Direction
- positive effecte0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The application of the tested silicon doses in strawberry cultivation exerted a positive effect on the post-harvest shelf life of the fruits.”
Claim · model-written summary
Treated strawberry fruits had higher Lascorbic acid.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
- Treatment
- stabilized orthosilicic acide0
- Outcome
- Lascorbic acide0
- Direction
- Higher levelse0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Higher levels of Lascorbic acid, nitrates (V), and TSS were determined in strawberry fruits treated with stabilized orthosilicic acid.”
Claim · model-written summary
Treated strawberry fruits had higher nitrates (V).
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
- Treatment
- stabilized orthosilicic acide0
- Outcome
- nitrates (V)e0
- Direction
- Higher levelse0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Higher levels of Lascorbic acid, nitrates (V), and TSS were determined in strawberry fruits treated with stabilized orthosilicic acid.”
Claim · model-written summary
Treated strawberry fruits had higher TSS.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassae0
- Treatment
- stabilized orthosilicic acide0
- Outcome
- TSSe0
- Direction
- Higher levelse0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Higher levels of Lascorbic acid, nitrates (V), and TSS were determined in strawberry fruits treated with stabilized orthosilicic acid.”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon-treated leaves had lower nitrogen content.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- stabilized orthosilicic acide0
- Outcome
- nitrogene0
- Direction
- lower contentse0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The leaves of plants treated with stabilized orthosilicic acid had lower contents of nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, and boron and higher levels of potassium and copper.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon-treated leaves had lower calcium content.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- stabilized orthosilicic acide0
- Outcome
- calciume0
- Direction
- lower contentse0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The leaves of plants treated with stabilized orthosilicic acid had lower contents of nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, and boron and higher levels of potassium and copper.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon-treated leaves had lower magnesium content.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- stabilized orthosilicic acide0
- Outcome
- magnesiume0
- Direction
- lower contentse0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The leaves of plants treated with stabilized orthosilicic acid had lower contents of nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, and boron and higher levels of potassium and copper.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon-treated leaves had lower iron content.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- stabilized orthosilicic acide0
- Outcome
- irone0
- Direction
- lower contentse0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The leaves of plants treated with stabilized orthosilicic acid had lower contents of nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, and boron and higher levels of potassium and copper.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon-treated leaves had lower manganese content.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- stabilized orthosilicic acide0
- Outcome
- manganesee0
- Direction
- lower contentse0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The leaves of plants treated with stabilized orthosilicic acid had lower contents of nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, and boron and higher levels of potassium and copper.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon-treated leaves had lower zinc content.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- stabilized orthosilicic acide0
- Outcome
- zince0
- Direction
- lower contentse0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The leaves of plants treated with stabilized orthosilicic acid had lower contents of nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, and boron and higher levels of potassium and copper.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon-treated leaves had lower boron content.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- stabilized orthosilicic acide0
- Outcome
- borone0
- Direction
- lower contentse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The leaves of plants treated with stabilized orthosilicic acid had lower contents of nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, and boron and higher levels of potassium and copper.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon-treated leaves had higher potassium content.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- stabilized orthosilicic acide0
- Outcome
- potassiume0
- Direction
- higher levelse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The leaves of plants treated with stabilized orthosilicic acid had lower contents of nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, and boron and higher levels of potassium and copper.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon-treated leaves had higher copper content.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- stabilized orthosilicic acide0
- Outcome
- coppere0
- Direction
- higher levelse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The leaves of plants treated with stabilized orthosilicic acid had lower contents of nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, and boron and higher levels of potassium and copper.”
t0“strawberry”
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