Abstract
Seedlings of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) and cabbage ( Brassica oleracea L. var. Capitata) were planted in 240-cell plug trays in the greenhouse and subjected to irrigation with water at different temperatures once a day. Irrigation with cold (5 to 15 °C) water reduced stem length of tomato by 28% to 32% in comparison with irrigation with water at room temperature (27.5 to 30.5 °C). Use of water at 10 °C did not affect total shoot dry weight but increased the shoot dry weight per centimeter of stem. Irrigation with water at 5 °C reduced stem length of cabbage seedlings 40%, but use of water at 10 and 15 °C did not. Both shoot and root dry weights were increased by irrigation with water at 10 °C. These results demonstrate that irrigation with cold water provides an effective method for improving the quality of plug-grown seedlings.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Cold irrigation reduced tomato stem length by 28% to 32% versus room-temperature water.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- cold (5 to 15 °C) watere0
- Outcome
- stem lengthe0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 28% to 32%e0
- Comparator
- water at room temperature (27.5 to 30.5 °C)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Irrigation with cold (5 to 15 °C) water reduced stem length of tomato by 28% to 32% in comparison with irrigation with water at room temperature (27.5 to 30.5 °C)”
Claim · model-written summary
Water at 10 °C did not affect tomato total shoot dry weight.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- water at 10 °Ce0
- Outcome
- total shoot dry weighte0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Use of water at 10 °C did not affect total shoot dry weight but increased the shoot dry weight per centimeter of stem”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Water at 10 °C increased tomato shoot dry weight per centimeter of stem.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- water at 10 °Ce0
- Outcome
- shoot dry weight per centimeter of steme0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Use of water at 10 °C did not affect total shoot dry weight but increased the shoot dry weight per centimeter of stem”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Water at 5 °C reduced cabbage seedling stem length by 40%.
- Taxon
- cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitatae0 - Treatment
- water at 5 °Ce0
- Outcome
- stem lengthe0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 40%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Irrigation with water at 5 °C reduced stem length of cabbage seedlings 40%”
Claim · model-written summary
Water at 10 and 15 °C did not reduce cabbage stem length.
- Taxon
- cabbageBrassica oleracea var. capitatae0
- Treatment
- water at 10 and 15 °Ce0
- Outcome
- stem lengthe0
- Direction
- did note0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Irrigation with water at 5 °C reduced stem length of cabbage seedlings 40%, but use of water at 10 and 15 °C did not”
Claim · model-written summary
Water at 10 °C increased cabbage shoot and root dry weights.
- Taxon
- cabbageBrassica oleracea var. capitatat0
- Treatment
- water at 10 °Ce0
- Outcome
- shoot and root dry weightse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both shoot and root dry weights were increased by irrigation with water at 10 °C”
t0“Cabbage”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors judged cold irrigation effective for improving plug seedling quality.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- irrigation with cold watere0
- Outcome
- improving the quality of plug-grown seedlingse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“irrigation with cold water provides an effective method for improving the quality of plug-grown seedlings”
t0“Tomato”
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