Claim · model-written summary
Soil moisture and nitrogen levels significantly affected tomato height, branch count and fruit size.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- soil moisture and nitrogen levelse2
- Outcome
- height, branch count, fruit sizee2
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Verbatim
e0“The productivity and quality of tomato crops are influenced by nutrient management and soil moisture levels”
e2“The combined impact of soil moisture and nitrogen levels greatly affects the height, branch count, fruit size, fruit length, marketable yield of tomatoes, tomato fruit quality, nitrogen use efficiency and water use efficiency”
Title
Nitrogen and Soil Moisture Optimization for Tomato Crops in Semi-Arid Areas of Ethiopia
Abera Tesfaye; Tatek Wondimu; Ketema Tezera; et al. Air Soil and Water Research 2024. doi:10.1177/11786221241289641
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect The combination of 75% ETc and 230 kg/ha nitrogen gave the tallest tomato plants.
- Intervention effect The combination of 75% ETc and 230 kg/ha nitrogen gave the highest tomato branch number.
- Intervention effect Soil moisture and nitrogen levels significantly affected tomato fruit length, marketable yield and fruit quality.
- Intervention effect Soil moisture and nitrogen levels significantly affected nitrogen use efficiency and water use efficiency of tomato.
- Intervention effect The combination of 75% ETc and 184 kg/ha nitrogen gave the highest tomato fruit diameter and length.
- Intervention effect The interaction of 75% ETc and 184 kg/ha N gave the highest marketable tomato yields.
- Intervention effect Applying 50% ETc with 184 and 138 kg/ha nitrogen gave higher water use efficiency.
- Intervention effect The interaction of 92 kg/h nitrogen and soil moisture at all levels gave the maximum AUE.
- Intervention effect Nitrogen at 138 and 184 kg/ha gave the maximum PFP, with no significant difference between the two rates.
- Intervention effect Excessive nitrogen rates above 184 kg/ha did not increase tomato yield and WUE.
- Intervention effect Excessive nitrogen rates above 184 kg/ha increased tomato plant height and branch number.
- Recommendation Application of 75% ETc and 138 to 184 kg/ha nitrogen is optimal for tomato production.