Claim · model-written summary
Plant growth, fruit, leaf and root traits did not significantly differ among substrates.
- Taxon
- tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Outcome
- plant height, stem diameter, individual fruit weighte0
- Direction
- noe0
- Qualifier
- percent fruit set, harvest indexe0
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Verbatim
e0“There were no significant differences in plant height, stem diameter, individual fruit weight, percent fruit set, harvest index, ascorbic acid, total soluble solid, fruit pH, leaf chlorophyll contents, root dry matter percentage, fruit dry matter percentage and shoot/root ratio.”
e1“tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
Title
Shahidul Islam; S. Khan; T. Ito; et al. The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 2002. doi:10.1080/14620316.2002.11511470
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Growth rate and leaf area ratio fluctuated less among substrate treatments.
- Intervention effect Carbonated rice husk gave better tomato performance and yield than rock wool at high temperature.
- Intervention effect Coconut coir gave better tomato performance and yield than rock wool at high temperature.
- Intervention effect Coconut coir produced more profit than rock wool.
- Recommendation Authors recommend carbonated rice husk and coconut coir as growing media amendments.