Abstract
ABSTRACT PHYSICAL properties of tomato transplants including pulling force, dry matter content, stiffness and the ultimate tensile strength for six cultivars treated and untreated with (2-chloroethyl) phosphonic acid (ethephon) were evaluated 0, 3, 10 and 14 days after treatment. Considerable difference in response existed within cultivars. Ethephon treatment generally reduced the pulling force and stiffness of the tomato transplants and increased the dry matter content. The ultimate tensile strength was by and large similar in treated and untreated samples. Shipment of tomato transplants later than 10 to 12 days after ethephon treatment could result in increased damage in harvesting and packaging because of the reduced plant strength in lateral direction..
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Responses to ethephon differed considerably among cultivars.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Material
- cultivarse0
- Outcome
- difference in responsee0
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Verbatim
t0“Tomato Transplants”
e0“Considerable difference in response existed within cultivars.”
Claim · model-written summary
Ethephon generally reduced transplant pulling force and stiffness.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Ethephon treatmente0
- Outcome
- pulling force and stiffnesse0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Ethephon treatment generally reduced the pulling force and stiffness of the tomato transplants and increased the dry matter content.”
Claim · model-written summary
Ethephon generally increased transplant dry matter content.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Ethephon treatmente0
- Outcome
- dry matter contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Ethephon treatment generally reduced the pulling force and stiffness of the tomato transplants and increased the dry matter content.”
Claim · model-written summary
Ultimate tensile strength was broadly similar in treated and untreated transplants.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- treatede0
- Outcome
- ultimate tensile strengthe0
- Direction
- similare0
- Comparator
- untreated samplese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Transplants”
e0“The ultimate tensile strength was by and large similar in treated and untreated samples.”
Claim · model-written summary
Shipping tomato transplants later than 10 to 12 days after ethephon treatment could increase harvesting and packaging damage.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- Shipment of tomato transplants later than 10 to 12 days after ethephon treatmente0
- Qualifier
- increased damage in harvesting and packaginge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Transplants”
e0“Shipment of tomato transplants later than 10 to 12 days after ethephon treatment could result in increased damage in harvesting and packaging because of the reduced plant strength in lateral direction”
The same questions in other papers
(2-chloroethyl)phosphonic acid · quality: grain · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Positive and negative results
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