Abstract
Calcium (Ca) is an essential nutrient element crucial for plant growth and development, especially in tomatoes. This study investigated the effects of foliar spraying with different concentrations (3 g·L−1, 6 g·L−1, 9 g·L−1) of calcium chloride (CaCl2) on growth, calcium uptake, distribution, fruit yield, and quality of tomato plants. The results showed that foliar application of calcium fertilizer significantly increased dry matter accumulation, fruit quality, and yield. Calcium application promoted calcium uptake by tomato plants, significantly increased the distribution proportion of calcium in roots and fruits, and significantly decreased the distribution proportion in stems and leaves. The overall calcium distribution proportion within the plant was leaf > stem > root > fruit. In conclusion, foliar spraying with 3–6 g·L−1 CaCl2 can significantly improve tomato yield and quality by regulating calcium distribution and enhancing dry matter accumulation, providing a theoretical basis for the efficient application of calcium fertilizer in protected tomato cultivation.
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Claim · model-written summary
Foliar calcium fertilizer significantly increased dry matter accumulation in tomato.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- foliar application of calcium fertilizere0
- Outcome
- dry matter accumulatione0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“foliar application of calcium fertilizer significantly increased dry matter accumulation, fruit quality, and yield.”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar calcium fertilizer significantly increased tomato fruit quality and yield.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- foliar application of calcium fertilizere0
- Outcome
- fruit quality, and yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“foliar application of calcium fertilizer significantly increased dry matter accumulation, fruit quality, and yield.”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium application promoted calcium uptake by tomato plants.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Calcium applicatione0
- Outcome
- calcium uptakee0
- Direction
- promotede0
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e0“Calcium application promoted calcium uptake by tomato plants, significantly increased the distribution proportion of calcium in roots and fruits, and significantly decreased the distribution proportion in stems and leaves.”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium application significantly increased calcium distribution proportion in tomato roots and fruits.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume0
- Organ / stage
- roots and fruitse0
- Treatment
- Calcium applicatione0
- Outcome
- distribution proportion of calcium in roots and fruitse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Calcium application promoted calcium uptake by tomato plants, significantly increased the distribution proportion of calcium in roots and fruits, and significantly decreased the distribution proportion in stems and leaves.”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium application significantly decreased calcium distribution proportion in tomato stems and leaves.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume0
- Organ / stage
- stems and leavese0
- Treatment
- Calcium applicatione0
- Outcome
- distribution proportion in stems and leavese0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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Verbatim
e0“Calcium application promoted calcium uptake by tomato plants, significantly increased the distribution proportion of calcium in roots and fruits, and significantly decreased the distribution proportion in stems and leaves.”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium distribution in tomato was ranked leaf above stem above root above fruit.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- leaf > stem > root > fruite0
- Outcome
- calcium distribution proportione0
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Verbatim
e0“The overall calcium distribution proportion within the plant was leaf > stem > root > fruit.”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that foliar 3–6 g·L−1 CaCl2 improves tomato yield and quality through calcium distribution and dry matter accumulation.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- foliar spraying with 3–6 g·L−1 CaCl2e0
- Outcome
- tomato yield and qualitye0
- Qualifier
- by regulating calcium distribution and enhancing dry matter accumulatione0
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Verbatim
e0“foliar spraying with 3–6 g·L−1 CaCl2 can significantly improve tomato yield and quality by regulating calcium distribution and enhancing dry matter accumulation”
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