Abstract
Tomatoes of the Vetomold 121 variety were grown in sand cultures in the University of British Columbia greenhouse. Interiors of clay pots, in which the plants were grown, were painted with asphalt several times to prevent the plants from absorbing micronutrient elements from the materials used to manufacture the pots. Ripe tomatoes were analyzed for vitamin C, ash, and total soluble sugar; green fruit was analyzed for catalase; and plant leaves were analyzed for catalase, oxidase and peroxidase activity. The fruit yield and plant weight were also recorded. Plants receiving boron in their nutrient solutions were observed to be less susceptible to tomato leafmold than plants receiving no boron. Boron was also observed to stimulate fibrous root growth. Boron significantly decreased oxidase but increased catalase and peroxidase in the leaves, and significantly increased plant weight. Trends indicate that boron also increased yield and depressed the sugar content of the fruit. Copper tended to increase plant weight, and decrease ash in the ripe tomatoes and catalase in the leaves. This micronutrient also significantly decreased peroxidase. Results indicated a tendency for manganese to increase vitamin C in ripe tomatoes and catalase in green fruit, but to depress sugar, ash, yield, and plant weight. Manganese significantly reduced catalase and peroxidase activity in the leaves. A significant increase in peroxidase and a significant decrease In catalase of tomato plant leaves was effected by molybdenum. Fruit yield was depressed somewhat by the addition of molybdenum to a complete nutrient solution. Zinc appeared to increase catalase in green fruit and oxidase in tomato leaves; however, it did significantly increase plant weight and decrease leaf catalase.
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Claim · model-written summary
Boron reduced susceptibility to tomato leafmold.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- borone0
- Outcome
- susceptible to tomato leafmolde0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Comparator
- plants receiving no borone0
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Verbatim
e0“Plants receiving boron in their nutrient solutions were observed to be less susceptible to tomato leafmold than plants receiving no boron”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron stimulated fibrous root growth.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Borone0
- Outcome
- fibrous root growthe0
- Direction
- stimulatee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Boron was also observed to stimulate fibrous root growth”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron significantly decreased leaf oxidase.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- Borone0
- Outcome
- oxidasee0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Boron significantly decreased oxidase but increased catalase and peroxidase in the leaves”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron increased leaf catalase and peroxidase.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- Borone0
- Outcome
- catalase and peroxidasee0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Boron significantly decreased oxidase but increased catalase and peroxidase in the leaves”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron significantly increased tomato plant weight.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Borone1
- Outcome
- plant weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“significantly increased plant weight”
e1“Boron significantly decreased oxidase but increased catalase and peroxidase in the leaves”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron tended to increase yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- borone0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“boron also increased yield and depressed the sugar content of the fruit”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron tended to depress fruit sugar content.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- borone0
- Outcome
- sugar content of the fruite0
- Direction
- depressede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“boron also increased yield and depressed the sugar content of the fruit”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper tended to increase tomato plant weight.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Coppere0
- Outcome
- plant weighte0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Copper tended to increase plant weight”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper tended to decrease ash in ripe fruit and catalase in leaves.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Coppere0
- Outcome
- ash in the ripe tomatoes and catalase in the leavese0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Copper tended to increase plant weight, and decrease ash in the ripe tomatoes and catalase in the leaves”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper significantly decreased peroxidase.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Coppere1
- Outcome
- peroxidasee0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“This micronutrient also significantly decreased peroxidase”
e1“Copper tended to increase plant weight”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Manganese tended to increase vitamin C in ripe fruit and catalase in green fruit.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- manganesee0
- Outcome
- vitamin C in ripe tomatoes and catalase in green fruite0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“manganese to increase vitamin C in ripe tomatoes and catalase in green fruit”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Manganese tended to depress sugar and ash.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Manganesee0
- Outcome
- sugar, ashe1
- Direction
- depresse1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Manganese significantly reduced catalase and peroxidase activity in the leaves”
e1“but to depress sugar, ash, yield, and plant weight”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Manganese tended to depress yield and plant weight.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Manganesee0
- Outcome
- yield, and plant weighte1
- Direction
- depresse1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Manganese significantly reduced catalase and peroxidase activity in the leaves”
e1“but to depress sugar, ash, yield, and plant weight”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Manganese significantly reduced catalase and peroxidase activity in leaves.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Treatment
- Manganesee0
- Outcome
- catalase and peroxidase activitye0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Manganese significantly reduced catalase and peroxidase activity in the leaves”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Molybdenum significantly increased leaf peroxidase.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- molybdenume0
- Outcome
- peroxidasee0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A significant increase in peroxidase and a significant decrease In catalase of tomato plant leaves was effected by molybdenum”
Claim · model-written summary
Molybdenum significantly decreased leaf catalase.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- molybdenume0
- Outcome
- catalasee0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A significant increase in peroxidase and a significant decrease In catalase of tomato plant leaves was effected by molybdenum”
Claim · model-written summary
Molybdenum somewhat depressed fruit yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- addition of molybdenum to a complete nutrient solutione0
- Outcome
- Fruit yielde0
- Direction
- depressede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Fruit yield was depressed somewhat by the addition of molybdenum to a complete nutrient solution”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc appeared to increase catalase in green fruit and oxidase in leaves.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Zince0
- Outcome
- catalase in green fruit and oxidase in tomato leavese0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Zinc appeared to increase catalase in green fruit and oxidase in tomato leaves”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc significantly increased plant weight.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Zince0
- Outcome
- plant weighte0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Zinc appeared to increase catalase in green fruit and oxidase in tomato leaves; however, it did significantly increase plant weight and decrease leaf catalase”
Claim · model-written summary
Zinc significantly decreased leaf catalase.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Zince0
- Outcome
- leaf catalasee0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Zinc appeared to increase catalase in green fruit and oxidase in tomato leaves; however, it did significantly increase plant weight and decrease leaf catalase”
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