Sodium chloride salinity in fruit vegetable crops in soilless culture.

Claim · model-written summary

Yields of tomato, cucumber and sweet pepper decreased as EC of the nutrient solution increased.

Taxon

Tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppersCucumis sativusCapsicum annuumSolanum lycopersicume0

Treatment

EC of the nutrient solutione2

Outcome

Yieldse1

Direction

decreaseinferrede1

Setting

hydroponic systemse0

Not reportedComparator

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Verbatim

e0

“Tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppers (capsicums) were grown in hydroponic systems in which the nutrient solutions were recirculated”

e1

“Yields of all 3 crops were adversely affected by increased EC values”

e2

“The EC of the nutrient solution was maintained at values of 2.5, 3.7 or 5.2 dS m-1 (25 degrees C) in the different treatments”

Claim · model-written summary

Most fruit quality characteristics of tomato, cucumber and sweet pepper increased with higher EC of the nutrient solution.

Taxon

Tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppersCucumis sativusCapsicum annuumSolanum lycopersicume0

Treatment

EC of the nutrient solutione2

Outcome

fruit quality characteristicse3

Direction

increaseinferrede3

Qualifier

favourably affectede3

Not reportedComparator

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Verbatim

e0

“Tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppers (capsicums) were grown in hydroponic systems in which the nutrient solutions were recirculated”

e2

“The EC of the nutrient solution was maintained at values of 2.5, 3.7 or 5.2 dS m-1 (25 degrees C) in the different treatments”

e3

“Most fruit quality characteristics, on the contrary, were favourably affected”

Claim · model-written summary

Incidence of blossom-end rot in tomatoes increased at higher EC values.

Taxon

tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume4

Treatment

higher EC valuese4

Outcome

incidence of blossom-end rote4

Direction

increasede4

Not reportedComparator

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Verbatim

e4

“However, the incidence of blossom-end rot in tomatoes and capsicums increased at higher EC values”

Claim · model-written summary

Incidence of blossom-end rot in capsicums increased at higher EC values, especially with NaCl addition.

Taxon

capsicumsCapsicume4

Treatment

NaCl additione5

Outcome

incidence of blossom-end rote4

Direction

increasede4

Qualifier

especially the case with NaCl additione5

Not reportedComparator

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Verbatim

e4

“However, the incidence of blossom-end rot in tomatoes and capsicums increased at higher EC values”

e5

“For capsicums, this was especially the case with NaCl addition”

Claim · model-written summary

Salinity threshold values for the crops lay between 2.3 and 3.5 dS m-1.

Taxon

Tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppersCucumis sativusCapsicum annuumSolanum lycopersicume0

Outcome

Salinity threshold valuese6

Value

2.3 and 3.5 dS m-1e6

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Verbatim

e0

“Tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppers (capsicums) were grown in hydroponic systems in which the nutrient solutions were recirculated”

e6

“Salinity threshold values for the different crops lay between 2.3 and 3.5 dS m-1”

Claim · model-written summary

Salinity yield decrease ranged from 2.3 to 7.6% for each dS m-1 of EC.

Taxon

Tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppersCucumis sativusCapsicum annuumSolanum lycopersicume0

Outcome

salinity yield decreasee7

Value

2.3 to 7.6%e7

Qualifier

for each dS m-1e7

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Verbatim

e0

“Tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppers (capsicums) were grown in hydroponic systems in which the nutrient solutions were recirculated”

e7

“salinity yield decrease values ranged from 2.3 to 7.6% for each dS m-1”

Claim · model-written summary

Absorption of Na and Cl differed among crops and with Na and Cl concentration.

Taxon

Tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppersCucumis sativusCapsicum annuumSolanum lycopersicume0

Outcome

absorption of Na and Cle2

Qualifier

with the Na and Cl concentratione2

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Verbatim

e0

“Tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppers (capsicums) were grown in hydroponic systems in which the nutrient solutions were recirculated”

e2

“The absorption of Na and Cl differed with crop and with the Na and Cl concentration”

Claim · model-written summary

Specific NaCl effects beyond the EC effect were only slight.

Taxon

Tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppersCucumis sativusCapsicum annuumSolanum lycopersicume0

Outcome

specific NaCl effectse2

Qualifier

only slighte2

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Verbatim

e0

“Tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppers (capsicums) were grown in hydroponic systems in which the nutrient solutions were recirculated”

e2

“Apart from that, only slight specific NaCl effects were noticed”