Abstract
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide, cultivated for tuber consumption, and plays an important role in food security in developing countries. Potato plants (Montreal cultivar) was exposed to Zinc Sulphate (0, 500, and 1000 mg/L) and Boric Acid (0, 50, and 100 mg/L) in a two factorials experiment based on a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The experiment was conducted in the Vegetable Field at the University of Mosul during the 2024 spring growing season. Application of Zinc Sulphate (1000 mg L− 1) and Boric Acid (100 mg L− 1), separately or in combined, increased the plant height, the number of aerial stems, the leaf area, the yield per plant and per hectare. During postharvest storage, the amounts of dry matter (16.14%), starch percentage (18.00%), tuber Boron (38.91%), tuber zinc (17.55%), and tuber firmness (10.19%) were decreased, while the TSS value was increased by 24.17%. Foliar application of combined treatments from Zinc Sulphate and Boric Acid (500 or 1000 mg/L Zinc Sulphate with 50 or 100 mg/L Boric Acid) significantly slow these trends during post-harvest phase. However, the combination of 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acid yielded the greatest values on all of the traits examined associated with tuber quality. This treatment maintained the greatest tuber firmness (18.12 lb in²), dry matter content (19.00%), specific gravity (1.07 g cm-²), starch percentage (12.94%), Zn (24.36 mg/L) and B (22.50 mg/L) contents, and the least amount of weight lost (5.23%) and total accumulation of soluble solids (5.15%) during the period of cold storage. Thus, we recommend the application of 1000 mg/L Zinc Sulphate + 100 g/L Boric Acid to improve yield and quality of potato tubers.
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Claims 19
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc sulphate and boric acid applied separately or combined increased plant height, aerial stem number and leaf area of potato.
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
Solanum tuberosume0 - Material
- Montreale1
- Treatment
- Application of Zinc Sulphate (1000 mg L− 1) and Boric Acid (100 mg L− 1), separately or in combinede3
- Outcome
- plant height, the number of aerial stems, the leaf areae3
- Direction
- increasede3
- Setting
- Vegetable Field at the University of Mosule2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e1“Potato plants (Montreal cultivar) was exposed to Zinc Sulphate (0, 500, and 1000 mg/L) and Boric Acid (0, 50, and 100 mg/L)”
e2“The experiment was conducted in the Vegetable Field at the University of Mosul during the 2024 spring growing season”
e3“Application of Zinc Sulphate (1000 mg L− 1) and Boric Acid (100 mg L− 1), separately or in combined, increased the plant height, the number of aerial stems, the leaf area, the yield per plant and per hectare”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc sulphate and boric acid applied separately or combined increased potato yield per plant and per hectare.
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Material
- Montreale1
- Treatment
- Application of Zinc Sulphate (1000 mg L− 1) and Boric Acid (100 mg L− 1), separately or in combinede3
- Outcome
- yield per plant and per hectaree3
- Direction
- increasede3
- Setting
- Vegetable Field at the University of Mosule2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e1“Potato plants (Montreal cultivar) was exposed to Zinc Sulphate (0, 500, and 1000 mg/L) and Boric Acid (0, 50, and 100 mg/L)”
e2“The experiment was conducted in the Vegetable Field at the University of Mosul during the 2024 spring growing season”
e3“Application of Zinc Sulphate (1000 mg L− 1) and Boric Acid (100 mg L− 1), separately or in combined, increased the plant height, the number of aerial stems, the leaf area, the yield per plant and per hectare”
Claim · model-written summary
Potato dry matter content decreased during postharvest storage (16.14%).
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Organ / stage
- tubere4
- Outcome
- dry mattere4
- Direction
- decreasede4
- Value
- 16.14%e4
- Qualifier
- During postharvest storagee4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e4“During postharvest storage, the amounts of dry matter (16.14%), starch percentage (18.00%), tuber Boron (38.91%), tuber zinc (17.55%), and tuber firmness (10.19%) were decreased”
Claim · model-written summary
Potato starch percentage decreased during postharvest storage (18.00%).
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Organ / stage
- tubere4
- Outcome
- starch percentagee4
- Direction
- decreasede4
- Value
- 18.00%e4
- Qualifier
- During postharvest storagee4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e4“During postharvest storage, the amounts of dry matter (16.14%), starch percentage (18.00%), tuber Boron (38.91%), tuber zinc (17.55%), and tuber firmness (10.19%) were decreased”
Claim · model-written summary
Potato tuber boron content decreased during postharvest storage (38.91%).
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Organ / stage
- tubere4
- Outcome
- tuber Borone4
- Direction
- decreasede4
- Value
- 38.91%e4
- Qualifier
- During postharvest storagee4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e4“During postharvest storage, the amounts of dry matter (16.14%), starch percentage (18.00%), tuber Boron (38.91%), tuber zinc (17.55%), and tuber firmness (10.19%) were decreased”
Claim · model-written summary
Potato tuber zinc content decreased during postharvest storage (17.55%).
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Organ / stage
- tubere4
- Outcome
- tuber zince4
- Direction
- decreasede4
- Value
- 17.55%e4
- Qualifier
- During postharvest storagee4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e4“During postharvest storage, the amounts of dry matter (16.14%), starch percentage (18.00%), tuber Boron (38.91%), tuber zinc (17.55%), and tuber firmness (10.19%) were decreased”
Claim · model-written summary
Potato tuber firmness decreased during postharvest storage (10.19%).
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Organ / stage
- tubere4
- Outcome
- tuber firmnesse4
- Direction
- decreasede4
- Value
- 10.19%e4
- Qualifier
- During postharvest storagee4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e4“During postharvest storage, the amounts of dry matter (16.14%), starch percentage (18.00%), tuber Boron (38.91%), tuber zinc (17.55%), and tuber firmness (10.19%) were decreased”
Claim · model-written summary
Total soluble solids of potato increased by 24.17% during storage.
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Outcome
- TSS valuee5
- Direction
- increasede5
- Value
- 24.17%e5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e5“while the TSS value was increased by 24.17%”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined foliar zinc sulphate and boric acid significantly slowed the post-harvest declines in potato quality traits.
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- Foliar application of combined treatments from Zinc Sulphate and Boric Acid (500 or 1000 mg/L Zinc Sulphate with 50 or 100 mg/L Boric Acid)e6
- Outcome
- these trendse6
- Direction
- slowe6
- Qualifier
- during post-harvest phasee6
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e6“Foliar application of combined treatments from Zinc Sulphate and Boric Acid (500 or 1000 mg/L Zinc Sulphate with 50 or 100 mg/L Boric Acid) significantly slow these trends during post-harvest phase”
Claim · model-written summary
The combination of 1000 mg/L zinc sulphate and 100 mg/L boric acid gave the greatest values on all tuber quality traits examined.
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acide7
- Outcome
- traits examined associated with tuber qualitye7
- Direction
- greateste7
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e7“the combination of 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acid yielded the greatest values on all of the traits examined associated with tuber quality”
Claim · model-written summary
The 1000 mg/L zinc sulphate and 100 mg/L boric acid combination maintained the greatest tuber firmness (18.12 lb in²).
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acide7
- Outcome
- tuber firmnesse2
- Direction
- greateste2
- Value
- 18.12 lb in²e2
- Qualifier
- during the period of cold storagee2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e7“the combination of 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acid yielded the greatest values on all of the traits examined associated with tuber quality”
e2“This treatment maintained the greatest tuber firmness (18.12 lb in²), dry matter content (19.00%), specific gravity (1.07 g cm-²), starch percentage (12.94%), Zn (24.36 mg/L) and B (22.50 mg/L) contents, and the least amount of weight lost (5.23%) and total accumulation of soluble solids (5.15%) during the period of cold storage”
Claim · model-written summary
The same combination maintained the greatest dry matter content (19.00%).
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acide7
- Outcome
- dry matter contente2
- Direction
- greateste2
- Value
- 19.00%e2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e7“the combination of 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acid yielded the greatest values on all of the traits examined associated with tuber quality”
e2“This treatment maintained the greatest tuber firmness (18.12 lb in²), dry matter content (19.00%), specific gravity (1.07 g cm-²), starch percentage (12.94%), Zn (24.36 mg/L) and B (22.50 mg/L) contents, and the least amount of weight lost (5.23%) and total accumulation of soluble solids (5.15%) during the period of cold storage”
Claim · model-written summary
The same combination maintained the greatest specific gravity (1.07 g cm-²).
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acide7
- Outcome
- specific gravitye2
- Direction
- greateste2
- Value
- 1.07 g cm-²e2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e7“the combination of 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acid yielded the greatest values on all of the traits examined associated with tuber quality”
e2“This treatment maintained the greatest tuber firmness (18.12 lb in²), dry matter content (19.00%), specific gravity (1.07 g cm-²), starch percentage (12.94%), Zn (24.36 mg/L) and B (22.50 mg/L) contents, and the least amount of weight lost (5.23%) and total accumulation of soluble solids (5.15%) during the period of cold storage”
Claim · model-written summary
The same combination maintained the greatest starch percentage (12.94%).
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acide7
- Outcome
- starch percentagee2
- Direction
- greateste2
- Value
- 12.94%e2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e7“the combination of 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acid yielded the greatest values on all of the traits examined associated with tuber quality”
e2“This treatment maintained the greatest tuber firmness (18.12 lb in²), dry matter content (19.00%), specific gravity (1.07 g cm-²), starch percentage (12.94%), Zn (24.36 mg/L) and B (22.50 mg/L) contents, and the least amount of weight lost (5.23%) and total accumulation of soluble solids (5.15%) during the period of cold storage”
Claim · model-written summary
The same combination maintained the greatest tuber zinc content (24.36 mg/L).
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acide7
- Outcome
- Zne2
- Direction
- greateste2
- Value
- 24.36 mg/Le2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e7“the combination of 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acid yielded the greatest values on all of the traits examined associated with tuber quality”
e2“This treatment maintained the greatest tuber firmness (18.12 lb in²), dry matter content (19.00%), specific gravity (1.07 g cm-²), starch percentage (12.94%), Zn (24.36 mg/L) and B (22.50 mg/L) contents, and the least amount of weight lost (5.23%) and total accumulation of soluble solids (5.15%) during the period of cold storage”
Claim · model-written summary
The same combination maintained the greatest tuber boron content (22.50 mg/L).
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acide7
- Outcome
- Be2
- Direction
- greateste2
- Value
- 22.50 mg/Le2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e7“the combination of 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acid yielded the greatest values on all of the traits examined associated with tuber quality”
e2“This treatment maintained the greatest tuber firmness (18.12 lb in²), dry matter content (19.00%), specific gravity (1.07 g cm-²), starch percentage (12.94%), Zn (24.36 mg/L) and B (22.50 mg/L) contents, and the least amount of weight lost (5.23%) and total accumulation of soluble solids (5.15%) during the period of cold storage”
Claim · model-written summary
The same combination gave the least weight loss during cold storage (5.23%).
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acide7
- Outcome
- weight loste2
- Direction
- leaste2
- Value
- 5.23%e2
- Qualifier
- during the period of cold storagee2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e7“the combination of 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acid yielded the greatest values on all of the traits examined associated with tuber quality”
e2“This treatment maintained the greatest tuber firmness (18.12 lb in²), dry matter content (19.00%), specific gravity (1.07 g cm-²), starch percentage (12.94%), Zn (24.36 mg/L) and B (22.50 mg/L) contents, and the least amount of weight lost (5.23%) and total accumulation of soluble solids (5.15%) during the period of cold storage”
Claim · model-written summary
The same combination gave the least total accumulation of soluble solids during cold storage (5.15%).
- Taxon
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acide7
- Outcome
- total accumulation of soluble solidse2
- Direction
- leaste2
- Value
- 5.15%e2
- Qualifier
- during the period of cold storagee2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a popular food source worldwide”
e7“the combination of 1000 mg L− 1 Zinc Sulphate and 100 mg L− 1 Boric Acid yielded the greatest values on all of the traits examined associated with tuber quality”
e2“This treatment maintained the greatest tuber firmness (18.12 lb in²), dry matter content (19.00%), specific gravity (1.07 g cm-²), starch percentage (12.94%), Zn (24.36 mg/L) and B (22.50 mg/L) contents, and the least amount of weight lost (5.23%) and total accumulation of soluble solids (5.15%) during the period of cold storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Applying 1000 mg/L zinc sulphate with 100 mg/L boric acid is recommended to improve potato yield and tuber quality.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume2
- Treatment
- 1000 mg/L Zinc Sulphate + 100 g/L Boric Acide2
- Outcome
- yield and quality of potato tuberse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e2“we recommend the application of 1000 mg/L Zinc Sulphate + 100 g/L Boric Acid to improve yield and quality of potato tubers”
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