Abstract
Abstract Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables, and improving their taste and biochemical quality is possible as a result of reducing the content of nitrates and increasing the sugar content. The effect of amorphous fine silica on the productivity and quality of tomatoes was studied in vegetation experiments. Silica was introduced into a mixture of gray forest soil and washed sand in doses of 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 g/vessel, which corresponded to 100, 200, and 300 kg/ha, against the background of complex mineral fertilizers. It was shown that the improvement of silicon nutrition of tomatoes significantly increased their yield by 52–70%. There was also an improvement in fruit quality as a result of a 20–40% reduction in nitrate content and an increase in sugar content by 12.9–50.9%. Statistical analysis of the obtained data revealed that the concentration of monosilicic acid in soils treated with silicon dioxide was closely positively correlated with the yield of tomatoes as well as the sugar content in fruits and negatively correlated with the content of nitrates.
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Claim · model-written summary
Improved silicon nutrition increased tomato yield by 52–70%.
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- tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- improvement of silicon nutritione0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 52–70%e0
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e0“improvement of silicon nutrition of tomatoes significantly increased their yield by 52–70%”
Claim · model-written summary
Improved silicon nutrition reduced tomato fruit nitrate content by 20–40%.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- silicon nutritione2
- Outcome
- nitrate contente1
- Direction
- reductione1
- Value
- 20–40%e1
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e0“improvement of silicon nutrition of tomatoes”
e1“a 20–40% reduction in nitrate content”
e2“improvement of silicon nutrition of tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Improved silicon nutrition increased tomato fruit sugar content by 12.9–50.9%.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- silicon nutritione2
- Outcome
- sugar contente1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 12.9–50.9%e1
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e0“improvement of silicon nutrition of tomatoes”
e1“an increase in sugar content by 12.9–50.9%”
e2“improvement of silicon nutrition of tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil monosilicic acid concentration correlated positively with tomato yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Compound
- monosilicic acide0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- positively correlatede0
- Qualifier
- soils treated with silicon dioxidee0
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e0“the concentration of monosilicic acid in soils treated with silicon dioxide was closely positively correlated with the yield of tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil monosilicic acid concentration correlated positively with tomato fruit sugar content.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Compound
- monosilicic acide1
- Outcome
- sugar content in fruitse1
- Direction
- positively correlatede1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“improvement of silicon nutrition of tomatoes”
e1“the concentration of monosilicic acid in soils treated with silicon dioxide was closely positively correlated with the yield of tomatoes as well as the sugar content in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil monosilicic acid concentration correlated negatively with tomato fruit nitrate content.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Compound
- monosilicic acide1
- Outcome
- content of nitratese1
- Direction
- negatively correlatede1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“improvement of silicon nutrition of tomatoes”
e1“the concentration of monosilicic acid in soils treated with silicon dioxide was closely positively correlated with the yield of tomatoes as well as the sugar content in fruits and negatively correlated with the content of nitrates”
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