Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of different amounts of copper (Cu) and sulphur (S) applications on growth and nutrient contents of tomato plants grown in a computer-controlled greenhouse. Cu was applied to soil as CuSO 4 .5H 2 O in five levels (0, 250, 500, 1000 and 2000 mg kg -1 Cu) and elemental S in two levels (0 and 750 mg kg -1 ). The results showed that the plant height, leaf, stem and root dry weights decreased with Cu applications. The plant total N contents increased with Cu and S applications. With and without S application, the plant P contents decreased with Cu applications. The plant K contents decreased with Cu supply to soil. S application did not have an effect on the leaf and root K contents, but decreased in the stem samples. Leaf and stem Ca contents decreased with Cu and S applications while increased with Cu and S applications in root Ca content. Leaf Mg content increased with Cu application. Stem and root Mg contents decreased by Cu and S applications. Plant Fe contents decreased with Cu applications. Plant Mn contents increased with Cu and S application. Leaf and root Zn contents decreased with Cu application while increased with S application. Stem Zn contents increased with Cu and S applications. Plant Cu contents increased with Cu application. As a result, soil Cu treatment, aiming to control plant diseases, and S application, aiming to reduce soil pH, showed different effect on nutrient contents and negatively affected growth of tomato plants. Increasing Cu treatments to soil caused a decrease in root growth, reducing uptake of nutrients such as P, K, Ca, Fe and Zn. The combined applications of Cu and S to soil increased the toxicity of copper on tomato plants.
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Claims 18
Claim · model-written summary
Copper applications decreased tomato height and leaf, stem and root dry weights.
- Taxon
- tomato plants
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- Cu applicationse0
- Outcome
- plant height, leaf, stem and root dry weightse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The results showed that the plant height, leaf, stem and root dry weights decreased with Cu applications.”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper and sulphur applications increased total nitrogen content in tomato plants.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cu and S applicationse0
- Outcome
- plant total N contentse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“The plant total N contents increased with Cu and S applications.”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper applications decreased tomato phosphorus content with or without sulphur.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cu applicationse0
- Outcome
- plant P contentse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Qualifier
- With and without S applicatione0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“With and without S application, the plant P contents decreased with Cu applications.”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper supplied to soil decreased tomato potassium content.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cu supply to soile0
- Outcome
- plant K contentse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The plant K contents decreased with Cu supply to soil.”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Sulphur did not affect tomato leaf and root potassium contents.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- S applicatione0
- Outcome
- leaf and root K contentse0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“S application did not have an effect on the leaf and root K contents”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Sulphur decreased tomato stem potassium content.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- S applicatione0
- Outcome
- stem samplese0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“S application did not have an effect on the leaf and root K contents, but decreased in the stem samples.”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper and sulphur decreased tomato leaf and stem calcium contents.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cu and S applicationse0
- Outcome
- Leaf and stem Ca contentse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Leaf and stem Ca contents decreased with Cu and S applications”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper and sulphur increased tomato root calcium content.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cu and S applicationse0
- Outcome
- root Ca contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“increased with Cu and S applications in root Ca content”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper increased tomato leaf magnesium content.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cu applicatione0
- Outcome
- Leaf Mg contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Leaf Mg content increased with Cu application.”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper and sulphur decreased tomato stem and root magnesium contents.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cu and S applicationse0
- Outcome
- Stem and root Mg contentse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Stem and root Mg contents decreased by Cu and S applications.”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper decreased tomato iron content.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cu applicationse0
- Outcome
- Plant Fe contentse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Plant Fe contents decreased with Cu applications.”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper and sulphur increased tomato manganese content.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cu and S applicatione0
- Outcome
- Plant Mn contentse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plant Mn contents increased with Cu and S application.”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper decreased tomato leaf and root zinc contents.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cu applicatione0
- Outcome
- Leaf and root Zn contentse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Leaf and root Zn contents decreased with Cu application while increased with S application.”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Sulphur increased tomato leaf and root zinc contents.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- S applicatione0
- Outcome
- Leaf and root Zn contentse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Leaf and root Zn contents decreased with Cu application while increased with S application.”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper and sulphur increased tomato stem zinc content.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cu and S applicationse0
- Outcome
- Stem Zn contentse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Stem Zn contents increased with Cu and S applications.”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper application increased tomato plant copper content.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cu applicatione0
- Outcome
- Plant Cu contentse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plant Cu contents increased with Cu application.”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing soil copper decreased tomato root growth and reduced uptake of phosphorus, potassium, calcium, iron and zinc.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Increasing Cu treatments to soile0
- Outcome
- root growthe0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Qualifier
- reducing uptake of nutrients such as P, K, Ca, Fe and Zne0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Increasing Cu treatments to soil caused a decrease in root growth, reducing uptake of nutrients such as P, K, Ca, Fe and Zn.”
t0“tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined soil copper and sulphur increased copper toxicity in tomato plants.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- combined applications of Cu and S to soile0
- Outcome
- toxicity of coppere0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The combined applications of Cu and S to soil increased the toxicity of copper on tomato plants.”
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