Abstract
The effect of various growing methods of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cv. Hector on fruit yield and sensory properties was examined. The growing methods used were: bare soil (BS), black plastic mulch (BPM), bare soil with polypropylene row cover (BS + RC) and black plastic mulch with polypropylene row cover (BPM + RC). The yields of all growing methods were reduced during growing season of extreme rainfall. The results show that the use of BPM + RC resulted in the highest total fruit yield (15.93 t ha-1). By using row cover (BS + RC or BPM + RC) it has been observed that marketable yield could be significantly higher than in the BS and the BPM treatments. Plants grown in the BPM and in the BPM + RC yielded larger number of fruits in comparison to plants in the BS or in the BS + RC. The fruit height and diameter were not affected by the treatments. This study also gives a sensory characterisation of various growing methods as an indicator of suitability for growing and marketing of tomatoes. Tomatoes grown in the BPM + RC resulted in the highest total taste intensity.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Extreme rainfall reduced yields under all growing methods.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Setting
- growing season of extreme rainfalle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The yields of all growing methods were reduced during growing season of extreme rainfall.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic mulch with row cover produced the highest total fruit yield, 15.93 t ha-1.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- BPM + RCe0
- Outcome
- total fruit yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 15.93 t ha-1e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the use of BPM + RC resulted in the highest total fruit yield (15.93 t ha-1)”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Row cover significantly raised marketable yield over bare soil and black plastic mulch alone.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- row covere0
- Outcome
- marketable yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- BS and the BPM treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“row cover (BS + RC or BPM + RC) it has been observed that marketable yield could be significantly higher than in the BS and the BPM treatments”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic mulch treatments produced more fruits than bare soil treatments.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- BPM and in the BPM + RCe0
- Outcome
- number of fruitse0
- Direction
- largere0
- Comparator
- BS or in the BS + RCe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plants grown in the BPM and in the BPM + RC yielded larger number of fruits in comparison to plants in the BS or in the BS + RC.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Treatments did not affect fruit height and diameter.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- treatmentse0
- Outcome
- fruit height and diametere0
- Direction
- not affectede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The fruit height and diameter were not affected by the treatments.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic mulch with row cover gave the highest total taste intensity.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- BPM + RCe0
- Outcome
- total taste intensitye0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Tomatoes grown in the BPM + RC resulted in the highest total taste intensity.”
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