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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2007-0934</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de ciencias agrícolas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-0934</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2007-09342023000100123</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29312/remexca.v14i1.2994</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Plántulas de pepino y tomate fortificadas con silicio y cloro]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cucumber and tomato seedlings fortified with silicon and chlorine]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cázarez-Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luz Llarely]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Velázquez-Alcaraz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Teresa de Jesús]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Partida-Ruvalcaba]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Leopoldo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ayala-Tafoya]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Felipe]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zazueta-Torres]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Norma Delia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Yáñez-Juárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Moisés Gilberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa Facultad de Agronomía ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Culiacán Sinaloa]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Eldorado  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Sinaloa]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>14</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>123</fpage>
<lpage>128</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-09342023000100123&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-09342023000100123&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-09342023000100123&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El uso de silicio (Si) y cloro (Cl) permite que las plantas incrementen favorablemente el crecimiento y desarrollo, ya que contribuyen al aumento del peso seco de las plantas y biosíntesis de clorofila, así como la resistencia a factores bióticos y abióticos. La investigación se realizó para esclarecer el resultado que ocasiona la aplicación de Si y Cl en el crecimiento de plántulas de pepino y tomate. Para ello, se sembró pepino &#8216;Paraiso F1&#8217; y tomate F3 en charolas de poliestireno con 242 cavidades rellenas de peat moss. Se utilizó el diseño experimental de bloques completos al azar, donde los tratamientos fueron: 20, 30 y 50 mg L-1 de Si 20, 30 y 50 mg L-1 de Cl, 20:20, 30:30 y 50:50 mg L-1 de Si:Cl un testigo absoluto y cuatro repeticiones por tratamiento. Las variables de respuesta fueron verdor foliar, altura de planta, área foliar, peso seco de la parte aérea y de raíz en plántulas de pepino y tomate. En plántulas de pepino, el verdor foliar se incrementó 18.7% y 4.6% con 20 y 50 mg L-1 de Si y Cl, respectivamente. La combinación de 20:20 mg L-1 de Si:Cl aumentó un 30.2% la biomasa de la parte aérea. Mientras que, en plántulas de tomate, tratadas con 30 mg L-1 Si y en mezcla con Cl a concentración 30:30 mg L-1 su altura fue de 31.9% y 25.1% con respecto a las plántulas testigo. La biomasa seca de raíz se aumentó significativamente con la aplicación de Si (20 y 30 mg L-1), Cl (20 y 50 mg L-1) y en combinación 30:30 (mg L-1).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The use of silicon (Si) and chlorine (Cl) allows plants to favorably increase growth and development, as they contribute to the increase in dry weight of plants and chlorophyll biosynthesis, as well as resistance to biotic and abiotic factors. The research was carried out to clarify the result caused by the application of Si and Cl in the growth of cucumber and tomato seedlings. For this, cucumber &#8216;Paraiso F1&#8217; and tomato F3 were sown in polystyrene trays with 242 cavities filled with peat moss. The experimental design of randomized complete blocks was used, where the treatments were: 20, 30 and 50 mg L-1 of Si, 20, 30 and 50 mg L-1 of Cl, 20:20, 30:30 and 50:50 mg L-1 of Si:Cl, one absolute control and four repetitions per treatment. The response variables were leaf greenness, plant height, leaf area, dry weight of the aerial part and root in cucumber and tomato seedlings. In cucumber seedlings, leaf greenness increased by 18.7% and 4.6% with 20 and 50 mg L-1 of Si and Cl, respectively. The combination of 20:20 mg L-1 of Si:Cl increased the biomass of the aerial part by 30.2%. While, in tomato seedlings treated with 30 mg L-1 of Si and in mixture with Cl at concentration 30:30 mg L-1, their height was 31.9% and 25.1% with respect to the control seedlings. Dry root biomass was significantly increased with the application of Si (20 and 30 mg L-1), Cl (20 and 50 mg L-1) and in combination 30:30 (mg L-1).]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[altura de plántula]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cucumis sativus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Solanum lycopersicum]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[leaf greenness]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[seedling height]]></kwd>
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