Abstract
Abstract Soil applications of boron (B) generally had little effect on yield of carrots (Daucus carota L.) and beets (Beta vulgaris L.) in a field study. However, in a greenhouse study B significantly increased the yield of carrots. Boron deficiency impaired the quality of both crops. Boron deficient beets had brown tops and roots were rough, scaby, and off colour. There was a depression on the sides of most of the beet roots and cut sections of affected roots were darker and necrotic compared to bright purplish red roots grown with sufficient B. In carrots, B deficiency resulted in yellow tops and the roots were both rough and small with a distinct white core in the middle. Leaf tissue B concentrations of 32–40 μg/g in beets and 22–28 μg/g in carrots were related to B deficiency. Tissue B levels as high as 121 μg/g in beets and 149 μg/g in carrots were not associated with any B toxicity. Applications of B had no effect on tissue Ca and Mg concentration in the two crops.
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Claim · model-written summary
Soil boron applications generally had little effect on carrot yield in the field.
- Taxon
- carrots
Daucus carotae0 - Treatment
- Soil applications of boron (B)e0
- Outcome
- yield of carrotse0
- Direction
- little effecte0
- Setting
- field studye0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Soil applications of boron (B) generally had little effect on yield of carrots (Daucus carota L.) and beets (Beta vulgaris L.) in a field study.”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil boron applications generally had little effect on beet yield in the field.
- Taxon
- beets
Beta vulgarise0 - Treatment
- Soil applications of boron (B)e0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- little effecte0
- Setting
- field studye0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Soil applications of boron (B) generally had little effect on yield of carrots (Daucus carota L.) and beets (Beta vulgaris L.) in a field study.”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron significantly increased carrot yield in a greenhouse study.
- Taxon
- carrotsDaucus carotae0
- Treatment
- Be0
- Outcome
- yield of carrotse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Setting
- greenhouse studye0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“in a greenhouse study B significantly increased the yield of carrots”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron deficiency impaired quality in both carrots and beets.
Verbatim
e0“Boron deficiency impaired the quality of both crops.”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron-deficient beet tops were brown and roots were rough, scaby and off colour.
- Taxon
- beetsBeta vulgarise0
- Outcome
- brown tops and roots were rough, scaby, and off coloure0
- Qualifier
- Boron deficiente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Boron deficient beets had brown tops and roots were rough, scaby, and off colour.”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron-deficient beet roots had side depressions and darker necrotic cut sections relative to roots with sufficient B.
- Taxon
- beetBeta vulgarise0
- Outcome
- depression on the sidese0
- Direction
- darker and necrotice0
- Comparator
- roots grown with sufficient Be0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“There was a depression on the sides of most of the beet roots and cut sections of affected roots were darker and necrotic compared to bright purplish red roots grown with sufficient B.”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron-deficient carrots had yellow tops and rough, small roots with a white core.
- Taxon
- carrotsDaucus carotae0
- Outcome
- yellow tops and the roots were both rough and small with a distinct white coree0
- Qualifier
- B deficiencye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In carrots, B deficiency resulted in yellow tops and the roots were both rough and small with a distinct white core in the middle.”
Claim · model-written summary
Beet leaf tissue B concentration of 32–40 μg/g was associated with B deficiency.
- Taxon
- beetsBeta vulgarise0
- Organ / stage
- Leaf tissuee0
- Outcome
- B deficiencye0
- Direction
- relatede0
- Value
- 32–40 μg/ge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Leaf tissue B concentrations of 32–40 μg/g in beets and 22–28 μg/g in carrots were related to B deficiency.”
Claim · model-written summary
Carrot leaf tissue B concentration of 22–28 μg/g was associated with B deficiency.
- Taxon
- carrotsDaucus carotae0
- Organ / stage
- Leaf tissuee0
- Outcome
- B deficiencye0
- Direction
- relatede0
- Value
- 22–28 μg/ge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Leaf tissue B concentrations of 32–40 μg/g in beets and 22–28 μg/g in carrots were related to B deficiency.”
Claim · model-written summary
Beet tissue B as high as 121 μg/g was not associated with toxicity.
- Taxon
- beetsBeta vulgarise0
- Organ / stage
- Tissuee0
- Outcome
- B toxicitye0
- Direction
- not associatede0
- Value
- 121 μg/ge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Tissue B levels as high as 121 μg/g in beets and 149 μg/g in carrots were not associated with any B toxicity.”
Claim · model-written summary
Carrot tissue B as high as 149 μg/g was not associated with toxicity.
- Taxon
- carrotsDaucus carotae0
- Organ / stage
- Tissuee0
- Outcome
- B toxicitye0
- Direction
- not associatede0
- Value
- 149 μg/ge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Tissue B levels as high as 121 μg/g in beets and 149 μg/g in carrots were not associated with any B toxicity.”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron application did not affect tissue Ca and Mg concentrations in either crop.
- Taxon
- two cropse0
- Treatment
- Applications of Be0
- Outcome
- tissue Ca and Mg concentratione0
- Direction
- no effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Applications of B had no effect on tissue Ca and Mg concentration in the two crops.”
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