Abstract
Abstract The effect of salinity on the growth and yield of tomato plants and mineral composition of tomato leaves was studied. Five tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) cultivars, Pearson, Strain B, Montecarlo, Tropic, and Marikit, were grown in sand nutrient culture. The nutrient solutions applied consisted of a modified half‐strength Hoagland solution with 50 mM sodium chloride (NaCl), 3 mM potassium sulphate (K2SO4), 1.5 mM orthophosphoric acid (H3PO4), and 10 mM calcium sulphate (CaSO4). Stem height and number of leaves of tomato plants were not found to be significantly different but leaf and stem dry weight were reduced significantly in plants irrigated with saline nutrient solution in contrast with control plants. The total yield was reduced in plants that received saline treatments, but there was no significant difference in fruit number and fruit set percentage. The fruit electrical conductivity and total soluble solids were increased in plants irrigated with saline nutrient solution. Fruit pH was not found to be significantly different among salinity treatments. Mineral composition of tomato leaves were increased by addition of potassium (K), phosphorus (P), and calcium (Ca) to the saline nutrient solution. The addition of K to the solution resulted in an increase in sodium (Na) leaf content. The amounts of K and magnesium (Mg) were not significantly different among salinity treatments. Calcium content was increased when CaSO4 was added. Application of H3PO4 resulted in the highest amount of P in tomato leaves under saline conditions. The present study revealed that application of K, P, and Ca under saline conditions improved fruit electrical conductivity and total soluble solids. Sufficiency levels of the mineral nutrients K and P were obtained in tomato leaves when the appropriate nutrient was used in the saline solution.
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Claim · model-written summary
Stem height and leaf number were not significantly different.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Outcome
- Stem height and number of leavese0
- Direction
- not found to be significantly differente0
Not reportedTreatmentComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Stem height and number of leaves of tomato plants were not found to be significantly different”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Saline solution significantly reduced leaf and stem dry weight.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- saline nutrient solutione0
- Outcome
- leaf and stem dry weighte0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“leaf and stem dry weight were reduced significantly in plants irrigated with saline nutrient solution in contrast with control plants”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Saline treatments reduced total tomato yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- saline treatmentse0
- Outcome
- total yielde0
- Direction
- reducede0
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e0“The total yield was reduced in plants that received saline treatments”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit number and fruit set percentage showed no significant difference under salinity treatments.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- salinity treatmentse1
- Outcome
- fruit number and fruit set percentagee0
- Direction
- no significant differencee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“there was no significant difference in fruit number and fruit set percentage”
e1“Fruit pH was not found to be significantly different among salinity treatments.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Saline solution increased fruit electrical conductivity and total soluble solids.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- saline nutrient solutione0
- Outcome
- fruit electrical conductivity and total soluble solidse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The fruit electrical conductivity and total soluble solids were increased in plants irrigated with saline nutrient solution.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit pH did not differ significantly among salinity treatments.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- salinity treatmentse0
- Outcome
- Fruit pHe0
- Direction
- not found to be significantly differente0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Fruit pH was not found to be significantly different among salinity treatments.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Adding potassium, phosphorus and calcium increased tomato leaf mineral composition.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- addition of potassium (K), phosphorus (P), and calcium (Ca)e0
- Outcome
- Mineral composition of tomato leavese0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Mineral composition of tomato leaves were increased by addition of potassium (K), phosphorus (P), and calcium (Ca) to the saline nutrient solution.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Potassium addition increased leaf sodium content.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- addition of Ke0
- Outcome
- sodium (Na) leaf contente0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The addition of K to the solution resulted in an increase in sodium (Na) leaf content.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
K and magnesium amounts did not differ significantly across salinity treatments.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- salinity treatmentse0
- Outcome
- amounts of K and magnesium (Mg)e0
- Direction
- not significantly differente0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“The amounts of K and magnesium (Mg) were not significantly different among salinity treatments.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Calcium sulphate addition increased calcium content.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- CaSO4e0
- Outcome
- Calcium contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Calcium content was increased when CaSO4 was added.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
H3PO4 application gave the highest leaf P amount under saline conditions.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- H3PO4e0
- Outcome
- amount of P in tomato leavese0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Qualifier
- under saline conditionse0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Application of H3PO4 resulted in the highest amount of P in tomato leaves under saline conditions.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Applying K, P and Ca under salinity improved fruit electrical conductivity and total soluble solids.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- application of K, P, and Cae0
- Outcome
- fruit electrical conductivity and total soluble solidse0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Qualifier
- under saline conditionse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“application of K, P, and Ca under saline conditions improved fruit electrical conductivity and total soluble solids.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Appropriate nutrients in saline solution produced sufficient K and P levels in leaves.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- appropriate nutriente0
- Outcome
- Sufficiency levels of the mineral nutrients K and Pe0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sufficiency levels of the mineral nutrients K and P were obtained in tomato leaves when the appropriate nutrient was used in the saline solution.”
t0“tomato”
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