Abstract
Abstract Two biostimulants, RutfarmMaxifol ( Ascophyllum nodosum extract 17.5%, amino acids, macro- and microelements, Agromaster, Russia) and Radifarm (polysaccharides, glycosides, amino acids, and micro-elements; Valagro, Italy), were applied at different concentrations on tomato plants of the hybrid cultivar ‘Merlice’, grown under a hydroponic system. Biostimulants were applied in the form of seed soaking and twice as foliar sprayings at flowering and at the initial fruit development stages. Biostimulants were applied as water solutions at concentrations of 2.5, 5.0, and 7.5 mg·L −1 . Plant growth, productivity, and fruit quality parameters were determined at three points: 35, 70, and 105 days after seeding. All biostimulant treatments resulted in higher values of growth parameters and yield productivity in relation to the control. The application of biostimulants improved the parameters of the fruits’ quality by increasing the total soluble solids and antioxidants, ascorbic acid, and carotenoid contents but it did not affect tomato fruit acidity; therefore, tomato fruits from the treated plants were tastier than those from control.
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Claim · model-written summary
Biostimulants increased tomato growth parameters relative to control.
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- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
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- growth parameterse0
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- highere0
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e0“All biostimulant treatments resulted in higher values of growth parameters and yield productivity in relation to the control”
t0“Tomato Plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Biostimulants increased tomato yield productivity relative to control.
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- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- biostimulant treatmentse0
- Outcome
- yield productivitye0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“All biostimulant treatments resulted in higher values of growth parameters and yield productivity in relation to the control”
t0“Tomato Plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Biostimulants increased fruit soluble solids and antioxidants.
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- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
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- fruitse0
- Treatment
- application of biostimulantse0
- Outcome
- total soluble solids and antioxidantse0
- Direction
- increasinge0
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e0“The application of biostimulants improved the parameters of the fruits’ quality by increasing the total soluble solids and antioxidants, ascorbic acid, and carotenoid contents”
t0“Tomato Plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Biostimulants increased fruit ascorbic acid and carotenoid contents.
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- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- biostimulantse1
- Outcome
- ascorbic acid, and carotenoid contentse0
- Direction
- increasinge0
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e0“increasing the total soluble solids and antioxidants, ascorbic acid, and carotenoid contents”
t0“Tomato Plants”
e1“The application of biostimulants”
Claim · model-written summary
Biostimulants did not affect tomato fruit acidity.
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- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
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- biostimulantse1
- Outcome
- tomato fruit aciditye0
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- did not affecte0
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e0“it did not affect tomato fruit acidity”
t0“Tomato Plants”
e1“The application of biostimulants”
Claim · model-written summary
Authors judged fruit from treated plants tastier than control fruit.
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- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- treated plantse0
- Outcome
- tastiere0
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- tastiere0
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- controle0
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e0“tomato fruits from the treated plants were tastier than those from control”
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