Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of application of calcium silicate and salinity singly, on plant growth and nutritional behavior and photosynthetic pigments of tomato. Application of sodium chloride (NaCl) induced significant reduction in plant development and growth parameters. Salt stress also led to an accumulation of sodium (Na+) and a decrease in potassium (K+) concentration. Reduction of chlorophyll and carotenoid in leaves were amongst other symptoms in salt-affected plants in 2 cultivars. Rio Grande was qualified as salt sensitive and Moneymaker as the salt tolerant genotype. Application of Silicon (Si) only improved plant behaviour as compared to control. Furthermore, Si induced ameliorative effects on the growth potential of NaCl stressed plants. This Si-ameliorative effect on plant varied depending on the considered cultivar and Si concentration. Based on these results, application of calcium silicate was suggested as an alternative way to ameliorate the harmful effects of salinity on tomato.
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Claim · model-written summary
NaCl significantly reduced tomato development and growth parameters.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- sodium chloride (NaCl)e0
- Outcome
- plant development and growth parameterse0
- Direction
- reductione0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Application of sodium chloride (NaCl) induced significant reduction in plant development and growth parameters”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt stress increased tomato sodium accumulation.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Salt stresse0
- Outcome
- accumulation of sodium (Na+)e0
- Direction
- accumulatione0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Salt stress also led to an accumulation of sodium (Na+)”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt stress decreased tomato potassium concentration.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Salt stresse0
- Outcome
- potassium (K+) concentratione0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Salt stress also led to an accumulation of sodium (Na+) and a decrease in potassium (K+) concentration”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt stress reduced leaf chlorophyll and carotenoid in both tomato cultivars.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- salt-affectede0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll and carotenoid in leavese0
- Direction
- Reductione0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Reduction of chlorophyll and carotenoid in leaves were amongst other symptoms in salt-affected plants in 2 cultivars”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Rio Grande was classified as salt sensitive.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- Rio Grandee0
- Outcome
- salt sensitivee0
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Verbatim
e0“Rio Grande was qualified as salt sensitive”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Moneymaker was classified as salt tolerant.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- Moneymakere0
- Outcome
- salt tolerante0
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Verbatim
e0“Moneymaker as the salt tolerant genotype”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon alone improved tomato behavior compared with control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Silicon (Si)e0
- Outcome
- plant behavioure0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
e0“Application of Silicon (Si) only improved plant behaviour as compared to control”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Silicon improved growth potential of NaCl stressed tomato plants.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Sie0
- Outcome
- growth potentiale0
- Direction
- ameliorative effectse0
- Qualifier
- NaCl stressed plantse0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Si induced ameliorative effects on the growth potential of NaCl stressed plants”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
The ameliorative effect of silicon varied by cultivar and silicon concentration.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Si concentratione0
- Outcome
- Si-ameliorative effect on plante0
- Qualifier
- considered cultivare0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“This Si-ameliorative effect on plant varied depending on the considered cultivar and Si concentration”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest calcium silicate to mitigate salinity damage in tomato.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- application of calcium silicatee0
- Qualifier
- harmful effects of salinitye0
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Verbatim
e0“application of calcium silicate was suggested as an alternative way to ameliorate the harmful effects of salinity on tomato”
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