Claim · model-written summary
Low sulfur nutrition was associated with reduced cell wall deposition and consequent lower bulb firmness.
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e0“At low S nutrition, which is limiting to the growth of onion bulbs, cell wall deposition is reduced, with a consequent decrease in bulb firmness”
Title
Sulfur Nutrition Affects Cellular Sulfur, Dry Weight Distribution, and Bulb Quality in Onion
Jane E. Lancaster; Julie Farrant; Martin L. Shaw Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 2001. doi:10.21273/jashs.126.2.164
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- Intervention effect Onion bulb fresh weight increased as sulfur supply rose from 0.5 to 4.0 meq·L -1.
- Intervention effect Sulfur supply significantly affected onion bulb firmness.
- Intervention effect Onion bulbs at 0.5 meq·L -1 sulfur were significantly softer than bulbs at 4.0 meq·L -1.
- Intervention effect Bulbs at lowest sulfur had significantly less cell wall dry weight than at 3.0 or 4.0 meq·L -1.
- Intervention effect Varying sulfur supply did not affect total onion bulb sulfur.
- Intervention effect Varying sulfur supply did not affect free sulfate in onion bulbs.
- Intervention effect Varying sulfur supply did not affect sulfur content of onion cell contents or cell wall residue.
- Intervention effect Sulfur supply had only a minor effect on onion cell wall proteins.
- Intervention effect Sulfur supply had no significant effect on onion soluble solids concentration.
- Intervention effect Sulfur supply had no significant effect on onion soluble sugars.
- Mechanism Onion cellular sulfur composition was maintained at the expense of bulb growth.