Abstract
The present study highlights the effect of Micronutrient Zinc and Boron on Growth, Yield, and Quality Parameters of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under Naturally Ventilated Polyhouse Conditions. Study was conducted during the winter season of 2023-2024 at the Vegetable Research Farm, Department of Vegetable Science, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kalyanpur, Kanpur. The experimental design employed was a randomized block design comprising nine treatment combinations, each replicated three times. The investigation evaluated the impact of various concentrations of zinc and boron (0.1% and 0.2%) on the growth, yield, and quality attributes of tomato cultivar NS 4266 grown under polyhouse conditions. The results showed that the highest plant height (232.533 cm), earliest flowering (28 days), thickest stem girth (25.367 cm), and shortest internodal length (8.533 cm) were recorded with the combination of 0.2% zinc and 0.2% boron. Yield parameters indicated the highest number of clusters per plant (12.600), fruits per plant (64.5), fruits per cluster (13.467), polar diameter (6.367 cm), equatorial diameter (7.600 cm), average fruit weight (88.333g), and fruit yield per plant (13.300 kg) and per 1000 m² (262.267 kg) with the same treatment. Quality parameters, including maximum shelf life (9 days), total chlorophyll content (1.800 mg/g), and total soluble solids (8.233 ºBrix), were also superior when zinc and boron were applied at 0.2%.
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Claims 15
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported plant height.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- 0.2% zinc and 0.2% borone0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 232.533 cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The results showed that the highest plant height (232.533 cm), earliest flowering (28 days), thickest stem girth (25.367 cm), and shortest internodal length (8.533 cm) were recorded with the combination of 0.2% zinc and 0.2% boron.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported flowering.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- 0.2% zinc and 0.2% borone0
- Outcome
- floweringe0
- Direction
- earlieste0
- Value
- 28 dayse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The results showed that the highest plant height (232.533 cm), earliest flowering (28 days), thickest stem girth (25.367 cm), and shortest internodal length (8.533 cm) were recorded with the combination of 0.2% zinc and 0.2% boron.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported stem girth.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- 0.2% zinc and 0.2% borone0
- Outcome
- stem girthe0
- Direction
- thickeste0
- Value
- 25.367 cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The results showed that the highest plant height (232.533 cm), earliest flowering (28 days), thickest stem girth (25.367 cm), and shortest internodal length (8.533 cm) were recorded with the combination of 0.2% zinc and 0.2% boron.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported internodal length.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- 0.2% zinc and 0.2% borone0
- Outcome
- internodal lengthe0
- Direction
- shorteste0
- Value
- 8.533 cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The results showed that the highest plant height (232.533 cm), earliest flowering (28 days), thickest stem girth (25.367 cm), and shortest internodal length (8.533 cm) were recorded with the combination of 0.2% zinc and 0.2% boron.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported clusters per plant.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- same treatmente0
- Outcome
- clusters per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 12.600e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yield parameters indicated the highest number of clusters per plant (12.600), fruits per plant (64.5), fruits per cluster (13.467), polar diameter (6.367 cm), equatorial diameter (7.600 cm), average fruit weight (88.333g), and fruit yield per plant (13.300 kg) and per 1000 m² (262.267 kg) with the same treatment.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported fruits per plant.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- same treatmente0
- Outcome
- fruits per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 64.5e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yield parameters indicated the highest number of clusters per plant (12.600), fruits per plant (64.5), fruits per cluster (13.467), polar diameter (6.367 cm), equatorial diameter (7.600 cm), average fruit weight (88.333g), and fruit yield per plant (13.300 kg) and per 1000 m² (262.267 kg) with the same treatment.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported fruits per cluster.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- same treatmente0
- Outcome
- fruits per clustere0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 13.467e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yield parameters indicated the highest number of clusters per plant (12.600), fruits per plant (64.5), fruits per cluster (13.467), polar diameter (6.367 cm), equatorial diameter (7.600 cm), average fruit weight (88.333g), and fruit yield per plant (13.300 kg) and per 1000 m² (262.267 kg) with the same treatment.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported polar diameter.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- same treatmente0
- Outcome
- polar diametere0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 6.367 cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yield parameters indicated the highest number of clusters per plant (12.600), fruits per plant (64.5), fruits per cluster (13.467), polar diameter (6.367 cm), equatorial diameter (7.600 cm), average fruit weight (88.333g), and fruit yield per plant (13.300 kg) and per 1000 m² (262.267 kg) with the same treatment.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported equatorial diameter.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- same treatmente0
- Outcome
- equatorial diametere0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 7.600 cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yield parameters indicated the highest number of clusters per plant (12.600), fruits per plant (64.5), fruits per cluster (13.467), polar diameter (6.367 cm), equatorial diameter (7.600 cm), average fruit weight (88.333g), and fruit yield per plant (13.300 kg) and per 1000 m² (262.267 kg) with the same treatment.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported average fruit weight.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- same treatmente0
- Outcome
- average fruit weighte0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 88.333ge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yield parameters indicated the highest number of clusters per plant (12.600), fruits per plant (64.5), fruits per cluster (13.467), polar diameter (6.367 cm), equatorial diameter (7.600 cm), average fruit weight (88.333g), and fruit yield per plant (13.300 kg) and per 1000 m² (262.267 kg) with the same treatment.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported fruit yield per plant.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- same treatmente0
- Outcome
- fruit yield per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 13.300 kge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yield parameters indicated the highest number of clusters per plant (12.600), fruits per plant (64.5), fruits per cluster (13.467), polar diameter (6.367 cm), equatorial diameter (7.600 cm), average fruit weight (88.333g), and fruit yield per plant (13.300 kg) and per 1000 m² (262.267 kg) with the same treatment.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported per 1000 m².
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- same treatmente0
- Outcome
- per 1000 m²e0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 262.267 kge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yield parameters indicated the highest number of clusters per plant (12.600), fruits per plant (64.5), fruits per cluster (13.467), polar diameter (6.367 cm), equatorial diameter (7.600 cm), average fruit weight (88.333g), and fruit yield per plant (13.300 kg) and per 1000 m² (262.267 kg) with the same treatment.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported shelf life.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- zinc and boron were applied at 0.2%e0
- Outcome
- shelf lifee0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 9 dayse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Quality parameters, including maximum shelf life (9 days), total chlorophyll content (1.800 mg/g), and total soluble solids (8.233 ºBrix), were also superior when zinc and boron were applied at 0.2%.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported total chlorophyll content.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- zinc and boron were applied at 0.2%e0
- Outcome
- total chlorophyll contente0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Value
- 1.800 mg/ge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Quality parameters, including maximum shelf life (9 days), total chlorophyll content (1.800 mg/g), and total soluble solids (8.233 ºBrix), were also superior when zinc and boron were applied at 0.2%.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
Claim · model-written summary
The combined 0.2% zinc and boron treatment produced the reported total soluble solids.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- NS4266t0
- Treatment
- zinc and boron were applied at 0.2%e0
- Outcome
- total soluble solidse0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Value
- 8.233 ºBrixe0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Quality parameters, including maximum shelf life (9 days), total chlorophyll content (1.800 mg/g), and total soluble solids (8.233 ºBrix), were also superior when zinc and boron were applied at 0.2%.”
t0“Tomato cv. NS4266”
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