Paper · 1974 · Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Reduction in nitrate accumulation by molybdenum in spinach grown at low pH

D. J. Cantliffe; G. E. MacDonald; N. H. Peck

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Abstract

Abstract Spinach was grown in the greenhouse in soil with the pH adjusted to 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, and 7.0, N fertilizer rates of 0, 50 and 200 mg N/Kg soil, and Mo fertilizer rates of 0, 0.3 and 1.2 mg Mo/Kg soil. The NO3‐N concentration of the tissue increased with fertilizer N or a rise in pH from 5.0 to 7.0. The addition of Mo at either rate reduced the NO3 concentration of spinach grown at pH 5.0 and 5.5 but had no effect on plants grown at pH 6.5 or 7.0. At pH 6.0 the 1.2 mg Mo/Kg soil rate was effective at the 50 and 200 mg N/Kg soil fertilizer rates but had no effect on spinach grown without a N application. At the same pH, the 0.3 mg Mo/Kg soil rate had no effect on NO3 content of spinach grown with the 50 mg N/Kg rate but did reduce the NO3 content of spinach grown without N added or with the 200 mg N/Kg soil. The 1.2 mg Mo/Kg soil rate was more effective than 0.3 mg Mo/Kg rate in reducing NO3 content of spinach grown with 200 mg N/Kg soil at pH 5.0–6.5 inclusive but gave variable results when no N or 50 mg N/Kg soil was added. Molybdenum did not affect the total N or NO2 concentrations of the plants.

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Claims 13

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Spinach tissue nitrate nitrogen concentration increased with fertilizer nitrogen.

Treatment
fertilizer Ne0
Outcome
NO3‐N concentration of the tissuee0
Direction
increasede0
Setting
greenhousee1

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The NO3‐N concentration of the tissue increased with fertilizer N”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 213–278 · show in text ↑
e1

“Spinach was grown in the greenhouse”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–44 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Spinach tissue nitrate nitrogen concentration increased as pH rose from 5.0 to 7.0.

Treatment
a rise in pH from 5.0 to 7.0e0
Outcome
NO3‐N concentration of the tissuee0
Direction
increasede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The NO3‐N concentration of the tissue increased with fertilizer N or a rise in pH from 5.0 to 7.0”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 213–310 · show in text ↑
e1

“Spinach was grown in the greenhouse”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–44 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Both molybdenum rates reduced spinach nitrate concentration at pH 5.0 and 5.5.

Treatment
Mo at either ratee0
Outcome
NO3 concentratione0
Direction
reducede0
Qualifier
pH 5.0 and 5.5e0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The addition of Mo at either rate reduced the NO3 concentration of spinach grown at pH 5.0 and 5.5”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 312–410 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Molybdenum did not affect spinach nitrate concentration at pH 6.5 or 7.0.

Treatment
Mo at either ratee0
Outcome
NO3 concentratione0
Direction
no effecte0
Qualifier
pH 6.5 or 7.0e0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The addition of Mo at either rate reduced the NO3 concentration of spinach grown at pH 5.0 and 5.5 but had no effect on plants grown at pH 6.5 or 7.0”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 312–461 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

At pH 6.0, 1.2 mg Mo/Kg soil was effective for spinach at nitrogen rates of 50 and 200 mg N/Kg soil.

Treatment
1.2 mg Mo/Kg soile0
Outcome
NO3 contente1
Direction
effectivee0
Qualifier
50 and 200 mg N/Kg soil fertilizer ratese0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“At pH 6.0 the 1.2 mg Mo/Kg soil rate was effective at the 50 and 200 mg N/Kg soil fertilizer rates”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 463–561 · show in text ↑
e1

“but did reduce the NO3 content of spinach grown without N added or with the 200 mg N/Kg soil”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 736–828 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

At pH 6.0, 1.2 mg Mo/Kg soil had no effect on spinach without applied nitrogen.

Treatment
1.2 mg Mo/Kg soile0
Outcome
NO3 contente1
Direction
no effecte0
Qualifier
without a N applicatione0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“At pH 6.0 the 1.2 mg Mo/Kg soil rate was effective at the 50 and 200 mg N/Kg soil fertilizer rates but had no effect on spinach grown without a N application”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 463–620 · show in text ↑
e1

“but did reduce the NO3 content of spinach grown without N added or with the 200 mg N/Kg soil”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 736–828 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

At pH 6.0, 0.3 mg Mo/Kg soil did not affect spinach nitrate at 50 mg N/Kg.

Treatment
0.3 mg Mo/Kg soile0
Outcome
NO3 contente0
Direction
no effecte0
Qualifier
50 mg N/Kg ratee0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“the 0.3 mg Mo/Kg soil rate had no effect on NO3 content of spinach grown with the 50 mg N/Kg rate”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 638–735 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

At pH 6.0, 0.3 mg Mo/Kg soil reduced spinach nitrate without added nitrogen.

Treatment
0.3 mg Mo/Kg soile0
Outcome
NO3 contente0
Direction
reducee0
Qualifier
without N addede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“the 0.3 mg Mo/Kg soil rate had no effect on NO3 content of spinach grown with the 50 mg N/Kg rate but did reduce the NO3 content of spinach grown without N added or with the 200 mg N/Kg soil”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 638–828 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

At pH 6.0, 0.3 mg Mo/Kg soil reduced spinach nitrate with 200 mg N/Kg soil.

Treatment
0.3 mg Mo/Kg soile0
Outcome
NO3 contente0
Direction
reducee0
Qualifier
200 mg N/Kg soile0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“the 0.3 mg Mo/Kg soil rate had no effect on NO3 content of spinach grown with the 50 mg N/Kg rate but did reduce the NO3 content of spinach grown without N added or with the 200 mg N/Kg soil”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 638–828 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

At 200 mg N/Kg soil and pH 5.0–6.5, 1.2 mg Mo/Kg soil reduced spinach nitrate more effectively than 0.3 mg Mo/Kg.

Treatment
1.2 mg Mo/Kg soile0
Outcome
NO3 contente0
Direction
more effectivee0
Qualifier
200 mg N/Kg soil at pH 5.0–6.5 inclusivee0
Comparator
0.3 mg Mo/Kg ratee0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“The 1.2 mg Mo/Kg soil rate was more effective than 0.3 mg Mo/Kg rate in reducing NO3 content of spinach grown with 200 mg N/Kg soil at pH 5.0–6.5 inclusive”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 830–985 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmixedmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The higher molybdenum rate gave variable nitrate results with no nitrogen or 50 mg N/Kg soil.

Treatment
1.2 mg Mo/Kg soile0
Outcome
NO3 contente0
Qualifier
variable results when no N or 50 mg N/Kg soil was addede0
Comparator
0.3 mg Mo/Kg ratee0

Not reportedDirection

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“The 1.2 mg Mo/Kg soil rate was more effective than 0.3 mg Mo/Kg rate in reducing NO3 content of spinach grown with 200 mg N/Kg soil at pH 5.0–6.5 inclusive but gave variable results when no N or 50 mg N/Kg soil was added”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 830–1050 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Molybdenum did not affect total nitrogen in spinach.

Treatment
Molybdenume0
Outcome
total Ne0
Direction
did not affecte0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Molybdenum did not affect the total N or NO2 concentrations of the plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1052–1125 · show in text ↑
e1

“The addition of Mo at either rate reduced the NO3 concentration of spinach grown”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 312–392 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Molybdenum did not affect nitrite concentration in spinach.

Treatment
Molybdenume0
Outcome
NO2 concentrationse0
Direction
did not affecte0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“Molybdenum did not affect the total N or NO2 concentrations of the plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1052–1125 · show in text ↑
e1

“The addition of Mo at either rate reduced the NO3 concentration of spinach grown”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 312–392 · show in text ↑

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