Abstract
ABSTRACT Weekly foliar calcium application to tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum cvs. OH 8245 and TR 12) after fruit set resulted in a decreased percentage of tomatoes that peeled completely during processing. There was a significant increase in the rupture distance of the cuticle with the addition of calcium, but no significant difference in the shearing force (firmness) of fresh or stored tomatoes. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed a significant difference in cuticle thickness between the control and the 150 mM calcium treatment. The average fruit weight decreased with the addition of calcium. There was no effect of calcium application on fruit pH or soluble solids, but calcium decreased the titratable acidity.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Weekly foliar calcium application decreased the percentage of tomatoes that peeled completely during processing.
- Taxon
- tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Material
- OH 8245 and TR 12e0
- Treatment
- Weekly foliar calcium applicatione0
- Outcome
- percentage of tomatoes that peeled completely during processinge0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Weekly foliar calcium application to tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum cvs. OH 8245 and TR 12) after fruit set resulted in a decreased percentage of tomatoes that peeled completely during processing”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium addition significantly increased the rupture distance of the tomato cuticle.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- addition of calciume1
- Outcome
- rupture distance of the cuticlee1
- Direction
- increasee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“There was a significant increase in the rupture distance of the cuticle with the addition of calcium, but no significant difference in the shearing force (firmness) of fresh or stored tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium addition showed no significant difference in shearing force (firmness) of fresh or stored tomatoes.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- addition of calciume1
- Outcome
- shearing force (firmness)e1
- Direction
- no significant differencee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“There was a significant increase in the rupture distance of the cuticle with the addition of calcium, but no significant difference in the shearing force (firmness) of fresh or stored tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
The 150 mM calcium treatment showed a significant difference in cuticle thickness compared with the control in tomatoes.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- 150 mM calciume2
- Outcome
- cuticle thicknesse2
- Comparator
- controle2
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e2“Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed a significant difference in cuticle thickness between the control and the 150 mM calcium treatment”
e0“Weekly foliar calcium application to tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum cvs. OH 8245 and TR 12) after fruit set resulted in a decreased percentage of tomatoes that peeled completely during processing”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium addition decreased the average fruit weight of tomatoes.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Organ / stage
- fruite3
- Treatment
- addition of calciume3
- Outcome
- average fruit weighte3
- Direction
- decreasede3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“The average fruit weight decreased with the addition of calcium”
e0“Weekly foliar calcium application to tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum cvs. OH 8245 and TR 12) after fruit set resulted in a decreased percentage of tomatoes that peeled completely during processing”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium application had no effect on tomato fruit pH or soluble solids.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Organ / stage
- fruite4
- Treatment
- calcium applicatione4
- Outcome
- fruit pH or soluble solidse4
- Direction
- no effecte4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“There was no effect of calcium application on fruit pH or soluble solids, but calcium decreased the titratable acidity”
e0“Weekly foliar calcium application to tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum cvs. OH 8245 and TR 12) after fruit set resulted in a decreased percentage of tomatoes that peeled completely during processing”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium decreased the titratable acidity of tomato fruit.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- calciume4
- Outcome
- titratable aciditye4
- Direction
- decreasede4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“There was no effect of calcium application on fruit pH or soluble solids, but calcium decreased the titratable acidity”
e0“Weekly foliar calcium application to tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum cvs. OH 8245 and TR 12) after fruit set resulted in a decreased percentage of tomatoes that peeled completely during processing”
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