Claim · model-written summary
Loamy soil suffered substantial yield loss under high salinity.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- high salinitye2
- Outcome
- yielde2
- Direction
- decreaseinferrede2
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
t0“Substrate type modulates tomato yield and fruit quality under brackish water irrigation”
e2“SO showed greater salt retention but suffered substantial yield loss under high salinity”
Title
Qiannan Zhang; Jianyu Li; Yue Ma; et al. Scientia Horticulturae 2025. doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2025.114426
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect The commercial substrate supported higher root activity and yield across salinity levels.
- Intervention effect The commercial substrate maintained superior physical structure and nutrient availability.
- Intervention effect Loamy soil showed greater salt retention than other substrates.
- Intervention effect Moderate salinity (3 mS/cm) enhanced sugar–acid ratio and soluble solids content in most substrates.
- Intervention effect Moderate brackish irrigation (3 mS/cm) did not reduce tomato yield.
- Observation Vitamin C and nitrate concentrations did not differ significantly among treatments in tomato.
- Association Substrate type was the dominant factor shaping tomato trait variation.
- Association Linear discriminant analysis separated salinity levels using nine key traits.
- Association Root activity and substrate porosity were major drivers of tomato yield.
- Association Ion content influenced tomato fruit quality components.
- Intervention effect Saline irrigation increased substrate EC, pH and ion accumulation.
- Intervention effect Saline irrigation reduced substrate porosity and water-holding capacity.
- Recommendation Moderate brackish irrigation with root-supporting substrates can support sustainable tomato production without compromising quality.