Abstract
Field experiments were conducted during 2006–07 and 2007–08 to study the influence of soil applied micronutrients on the fruit defects and quality of tomato with treatments viz. iron, manganese, zinc, copper, boron, molybdenum, all of them together as a mixture and control. The results indicated that the mixture of micronutrients and boron (alone) gave reduced incidence of fruit cracking and malformed fruits. This also led to subsequent decrease in the percentage of total defected fruits. The maximum fruit weight, shelf life and TSS were found with mixture of micronutrients followed by boron treatment. The highest acidity in fruits was recorded with copper application, whereas application of boron led to decrease in acidity. The highest ascorbic acid content (27.96 mg 100 mlE1) in tomato fruit was obtained with the application of zinc. In all, soil application of mixture of micronutrients resulted in reduced incidence of fruit defects and improved the quality of tomato.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
The micronutrient mixture reduced the incidence of fruit cracking and malformed tomato fruits.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- mixture of micronutrientse1
- Outcome
- incidence of fruit cracking and malformed fruitse1
- Direction
- reducede1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
e1“the mixture of micronutrients and boron (alone) gave reduced incidence of fruit cracking and malformed fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron alone reduced the incidence of fruit cracking and malformed tomato fruits.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- boron (alone)e1
- Outcome
- incidence of fruit cracking and malformed fruitse1
- Direction
- reducede1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
e1“the mixture of micronutrients and boron (alone) gave reduced incidence of fruit cracking and malformed fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
The micronutrient mixture decreased the percentage of total defected tomato fruits.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- mixture of micronutrientse1
- Outcome
- percentage of total defected fruitse2
- Direction
- decreasee2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
e1“the mixture of micronutrients and boron (alone) gave reduced incidence of fruit cracking and malformed fruits”
e2“This also led to subsequent decrease in the percentage of total defected fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron alone decreased the percentage of total defected tomato fruits.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- boron (alone)e1
- Outcome
- percentage of total defected fruitse2
- Direction
- decreasee2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
e1“the mixture of micronutrients and boron (alone) gave reduced incidence of fruit cracking and malformed fruits”
e2“This also led to subsequent decrease in the percentage of total defected fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
The micronutrient mixture gave the maximum tomato fruit weight, shelf life and TSS, ahead of boron treatment.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- mixture of micronutrientse3
- Outcome
- fruit weight, shelf life and TSSe3
- Direction
- maximume3
- Comparator
- boron treatmente3
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Verbatim
t0“in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
e3“The maximum fruit weight, shelf life and TSS were found with mixture of micronutrients followed by boron treatment”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil-applied boron decreased tomato fruit acidity.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- application of borone4
- Outcome
- aciditye4
- Direction
- decreasee4
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
e4“The highest acidity in fruits was recorded with copper application, whereas application of boron led to decrease in acidity”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper application gave the highest tomato fruit acidity.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- copper applicatione4
- Outcome
- acidity in fruitse4
- Direction
- higheste4
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
e4“The highest acidity in fruits was recorded with copper application, whereas application of boron led to decrease in acidity”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc application gave the highest tomato fruit ascorbic acid content (27.96 mg 100 mlE1).
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- application of zince5
- Outcome
- ascorbic acid contente5
- Direction
- higheste5
- Value
- 27.96 mg 100 mlE1e5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
e5“The highest ascorbic acid content (27.96 mg 100 mlE1) in tomato fruit was obtained with the application of zinc”
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