Claim · model-written summary
Late fertilizer applications accumulated most early dry matter in stems and leaves.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- fertilizer application at two weeks after transplanting or at floweringe0
- Outcome
- early dry matter in the stems and leavese0
- Direction
- accumulated moste0
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Verbatim
e0“fertilizer application at two weeks after transplanting or at flowering depressed total plant dry matter and accumulated most of the early dry matter in the stems and leaves”
t0“Growth and yield responses of rainy season field tomatoes to timing and splitting of fertilizer application”
Title
G O Oko-Ibom; J E Asiegbu Agro-Science 2007. doi:10.4314/as.v5i1.1540
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation Nsukka Local, Rossol and Ife-1 had greater plant height and numbers of branches and leaves.
- Observation Roma VFN and Ronita had greater stem diameter.
- Observation UN-83, Rossol and NHle-7-7-1 reached 50% anthesis and fruit set earlier.
- Observation UN-83 and Nsukka Local had higher truss capacity.
- Observation Total plant dry matter was similar among cultivars.
- Observation UN-83 and Rossol partitioned more dry matter to reproductive organs.
- Intervention effect Fertilizer at transplanting, whether full or split, increased plant size traits.
- Intervention effect Fertilizer at transplanting advanced maturity.
- Intervention effect Fertilizer at transplanting increased total plant dry matter and early partitioning to reproductive organs.
- Intervention effect Fertilizer two weeks after transplanting or at flowering depressed total plant dry matter.
- Observation UN-83 and Nsukka local had higher total fruit yield.
- Intervention effect Fertilizer timing and mode had no consistent effect on fruit yield.