Abstract
Tomato flowers (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in greenhouses require assisted pollination. Compared with pollination using a vibration wand, pollination by buzz pollinating bees results in improved seed set and consequently, higher fruit weight. We investigated whether there are further chemical and sensory differences between bee- and wand-pollinated cherry tomatoes, Solanum lycopersicum variety Conchita. The pollination method did not result in significant differences in concentration of soluble solids and titratable acidity. However, the concentration of soluble solids was significantly positively correlated with seed number. We suggest that an increase in the amount of soluble solids in the locular area, due to increased seed numbers, is counteracted by the effects of seed numbers on the growth of the walls, which occurs through cell elongation. In the sensory part of this study, a large, untrained panel significantly preferred bee-pollinated over wand-pollinated tomatoes and classified bee-pollinated tomatoes as having more depth of flavor than wand-pollinated tomatoes. Thus, bee-pollinated tomatoes taste better than wand-pollinated tomatoes, and it is likely that the sensory differences between the two groups of tomatoes are mediated through effects of pollination treatment on seed numbers. Future chemical and sensory studies of fresh tomatoes should take into account the effects of seed numbers and their possible effect on the distribution of chemical compounds within tomatoes.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Bee pollination of Solanum lycopersicum improved seed set compared with vibration-wand pollination in greenhouses.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Material
- Conchitae1
- Treatment
- pollination by buzz pollinating beese2
- Outcome
- seed sete2
- Direction
- improvede2
- Comparator
- pollination using a vibration wande2
- Setting
- greenhousese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Tomato flowers (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in greenhouses”
e1“Solanum lycopersicum variety Conchita”
e2“Compared with pollination using a vibration wand, pollination by buzz pollinating bees results in improved seed set and consequently, higher fruit weight”
Claim · model-written summary
Bee pollination of Solanum lycopersicum resulted in higher fruit weight compared with vibration-wand pollination in greenhouses.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicumSolanum lycopersicume0
- Material
- Conchitae1
- Treatment
- pollination by buzz pollinating beese2
- Outcome
- fruit weighte2
- Direction
- highere2
- Comparator
- pollination using a vibration wande2
- Setting
- greenhousese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Tomato flowers (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in greenhouses”
e1“Solanum lycopersicum variety Conchita”
e2“Compared with pollination using a vibration wand, pollination by buzz pollinating bees results in improved seed set and consequently, higher fruit weight”
Claim · model-written summary
Pollination method did not change soluble solids concentration or titratable acidity of cherry tomatoes.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicumSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- pollination methode3
- Outcome
- concentration of soluble solids and titratable aciditye3
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede3
- Comparator
- wand-pollinated cherry tomatoese4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Tomato flowers (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in greenhouses”
e3“The pollination method did not result in significant differences in concentration of soluble solids and titratable acidity”
e4“bee- and wand-pollinated cherry tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Soluble solids concentration of tomato was significantly positively correlated with seed number.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicumSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- seed numbere5
- Outcome
- concentration of soluble solidse5
- Direction
- significantly positively correlatede5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Tomato flowers (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in greenhouses”
e5“the concentration of soluble solids was significantly positively correlated with seed number”
Claim · model-written summary
An untrained sensory panel significantly preferred bee-pollinated over wand-pollinated tomatoes.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicumSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- bee-pollinatede6
- Outcome
- preferrede6
- Direction
- significantly preferrede6
- Comparator
- wand-pollinated tomatoese6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Tomato flowers (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in greenhouses”
e6“a large, untrained panel significantly preferred bee-pollinated over wand-pollinated tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Bee-pollinated tomatoes were classified as having more depth of flavor than wand-pollinated tomatoes.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicumSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- bee-pollinatede7
- Outcome
- depth of flavore7
- Direction
- moree7
- Comparator
- wand-pollinated tomatoese7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Tomato flowers (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in greenhouses”
e7“classified bee-pollinated tomatoes as having more depth of flavor than wand-pollinated tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Future chemical and sensory studies of fresh tomatoes should take into account the effects of seed numbers.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- effects of seed numberse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Future chemical and sensory studies of fresh tomatoes should take into account the effects of seed numbers”
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