Paper · 1985 · HortScience

High Relative Humidity Promotes Blossom-end Rot on Growing Tomato Fruit

G. S. Banuelos; G. P. Offermann; E. C. Seim

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Abstract

Abstract Tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum L. ‘San Marzano’) was grown in the greenhouse under normal conditions. After pollination of flowers in the first truss, plants were transferred to growth chambers with either 95% or 55% RH, light and dark temperatures of 18° and 15°C, respectively, and a 16:8 hr, (light:dark) cycle. Blossom-end rot symptoms developed at the distal-end on the young green fruit within 15–16 days at 95% RH. Plant tissues from plants grown at high RH had lower Ca concentrations than comparative tissues of the low RH plants and exhibited increased growth compared to the low RH regime plants. The K content was affected indirectly by the high RH in most of the tested tissues.

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Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Blossom end rot appeared on young green fruit within 15 to 16 days at 95% humidity.

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young green fruite0
Treatment
95% RHe0
Outcome
Blossom-end rot symptomse0
Value
15–16 dayse0

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

Solanum lycopersicum
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“Blossom-end rot symptoms developed at the distal-end on the young green fruit within 15–16 days at 95% RH.”

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“Tomato”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

High humidity plants had lower tissue calcium than low humidity plants.

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Plant tissuese0
Treatment
high RHe0
Outcome
Ca concentrationse0
Direction
lowere0
Comparator
low RH plantse0

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

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Plant tissues from plants grown at high RH had lower Ca concentrations than comparative tissues of the low RH plants”

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“Tomato”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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High humidity plants had greater growth than low humidity plants.

Outcome
growthe0
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increasede0
Comparator
low RH regime plantse0

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Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“exhibited increased growth compared to the low RH regime plants.”

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“Tomato”

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Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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High humidity indirectly affected potassium content in most tested tissues.

Treatment
high RHe0
Outcome
K contente0
Qualifier
most of the tested tissuese0

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

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The K content was affected indirectly by the high RH in most of the tested tissues.”

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“Tomato”

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