Effect of transplanting seedlings in compost on yield, fruit quality and incidence of wilt diseases in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)

Claim · model-written summary

Transplanting seedlings from compost at 50% flower bud initiation reduced wilt disease incidence in tomato in Ghana.

Taxon

tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0

Treatment

Transplanting seedlings from compost at 50% flower bud initiatione1

Outcome

incidence of wilt diseasese1

Direction

reducede1

Setting

Ghanae0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim

e0

“Yield and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in Ghana are reduced by wilt diseases in the field”

e1

“Transplanting seedlings from compost at 50% flower bud initiation reduced the incidence of wilt diseases”

Claim · model-written summary

Tomato plants transplanted together with compost were more vigorous and had an extended harvest period.

Taxon

tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0

Treatment

Plants transplanted together with composte2

Outcome

more vigorous and had an extended harvest periode2

Direction

moree2

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim

e0

“Yield and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in Ghana are reduced by wilt diseases in the field”

e2

“Plants transplanted together with compost were more vigorous and had an extended harvest period”

Claim · model-written summary

Transplanting seedlings with compost at 50% flower bud initiation significantly increased mean fruits per plant, mean fruit weight and yield in tonnes per hectare of tomato.

Taxon

tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0

Treatment

transplanted together with compost at 50% flower bud initiatione3

Outcome

Mean number of fruits/plant, mean fruit weight and yield in tonnes/hae3

Direction

increasede3

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim

e0

“Yield and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in Ghana are reduced by wilt diseases in the field”

e3

“Mean number of fruits/plant, mean fruit weight and yield in tonnes/ha were significantly increased when seedlings were transplanted together with compost at 50% flower bud initiation”

Claim · model-written summary

Transplanting with compost at 50% flower bud initiation slightly increased total soluble solids content of tomato fruit.

Taxon

tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0

Treatment

transplanted together with compost at 50% flower bud initiatione5

Outcome

total soluble solids contente5

Direction

slightly increasede5

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim

e0

“Yield and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in Ghana are reduced by wilt diseases in the field”

e5

“seedlings were transplanted together with compost at 50% flower bud initiation, and the treatment slightly increased total soluble solids content but did not affect shelf-life and pH”

Claim · model-written summary

Transplanting with compost at 50% flower bud initiation did not affect shelf-life or pH of tomato fruit.

Taxon

tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0

Treatment

transplanted together with compost at 50% flower bud initiatione5

Outcome

shelf-life and pHe5

Direction

no_changeinferrede5

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim

e0

“Yield and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in Ghana are reduced by wilt diseases in the field”

e5

“seedlings were transplanted together with compost at 50% flower bud initiation, and the treatment slightly increased total soluble solids content but did not affect shelf-life and pH”

Claim · model-written summary

Fusarium oxysporum was identified as a predominant organism associated with tomato wilt disease in the field.

Taxon

tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0

Interactor

Fusarium oxysporumFusarium oxysporume6pathogen

Outcome

predominant organisms associated with wilt diseasee6

Setting

in the fielde6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim

e0

“Yield and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in Ghana are reduced by wilt diseases in the field”

e6

“Fusarium oxysporum and Sclerotium rolfsii were identified as the predominant organisms associated with wilt disease in the field by a pathogenicity test in the greenhouse”

Claim · model-written summary

Sclerotium rolfsii was identified as a predominant organism associated with tomato wilt disease in the field.

Taxon

tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0

Interactor

Sclerotium rolfsiiAgroathelia rolfsiie6pathogen

Outcome

predominant organisms associated with wilt diseasee6

Setting

in the fielde6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim

e0

“Yield and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in Ghana are reduced by wilt diseases in the field”

e6

“Fusarium oxysporum and Sclerotium rolfsii were identified as the predominant organisms associated with wilt disease in the field by a pathogenicity test in the greenhouse”