Abstract
The suitability of gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium) leaf extract to replace 100%, 75 %, 50 % and 25 % of Albert solution in growth of tomato (var. Thilina) was tested. The research was conducted under the protected plant house conditions at Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna. Polybags filled with the medium of 1:1 coir dust and sand and the solutions prepared by mixing different composition of gliricidia leaf extract and Albert solution were used for the experiment. 100 g ground gliricidia leaves were mixed in 1 L of water and filtered to prepare nutrient solutions. Growth performances of plants were recorded 12 weeks post treatments. Significantly (P<0.05) lower plant height was observed in plants treated only with gliricidia leaf extract whereas, significantly higher leaf number was observed in plants treated only with Albert solution (control). Performance of plant growth in respect to time taken for flowering also showed significant differences among treatments where, plants in control took shortest time but the time gap was only 6 days. Plants treated with 25% gliricidia extract and 75% Albert solution showed significantly higher yield. According to these results it could be concluded that the growth performances of tomato are reduced with increasing level of gliricidia leaf extract but with considering the yield gliricidia leaf extract could replace about 25% of Albert solution giving an additional benefits to reduce cost of production.
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Claim · model-written summary
Gliricidia extract alone produced significantly lower tomato plant height.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- gliricidia leaf extracte0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- lowere0
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Verbatim
e0“Significantly (P<0.05) lower plant height was observed in plants treated only with gliricidia leaf extract”
t0“tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Albert solution alone produced significantly higher tomato leaf number.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Albert solutione0
- Outcome
- leaf numbere0
- Direction
- highere0
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Verbatim
e0“significantly higher leaf number was observed in plants treated only with Albert solution (control)”
t0“tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)”
Claim · model-written summary
The control tomato plants flowered earliest, with a six-day gap among treatments.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- controle0
- Outcome
- time taken for floweringe0
- Direction
- shorteste0
- Value
- 6 dayse0
- Comparator
- treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Performance of plant growth in respect to time taken for flowering also showed significant differences among treatments where, plants in control took shortest time but the time gap was only 6 days”
t0“tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)”
Claim · model-written summary
A mixture of 25% gliricidia extract and 75% Albert solution gave significantly higher tomato yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- 25% gliricidia extract and 75% Albert solutione0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plants treated with 25% gliricidia extract and 75% Albert solution showed significantly higher yield”
t0“tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors concluded tomato growth declined as gliricidia extract level increased.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- gliricidia leaf extracte0
- Outcome
- growth performancese0
- Direction
- reducede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“growth performances of tomato are reduced with increasing level of gliricidia leaf extract”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors concluded gliricidia extract could replace about 25% of Albert solution to reduce production cost.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- replace about 25% of Albert solutione0
- Value
- 25%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“gliricidia leaf extract could replace about 25% of Albert solution giving an additional benefits to reduce cost of production”
t0“tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)”
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