Abstract
The performance and suitability of different substrates for the soilless culture of tomato plants (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill., cv. Belladona) were studied over a 5-month period in a closed soilless culture system employing five different substrates (perlite, pumice or maize and their mixtures with 50% shredded maize stems in an unheated glasshouse). Plants grown in a maize stem-containing medium produced earlier fruits, followed by pumice. Plants grown in pumice and perlite substrates obtained lower total yield; a higher yield was associated with the addition of maize shredded stems. Pumice + 50% maize and 100% maize produced higher total number of fruits per plant. Fruit quality parameters such as mean fruit weight, fruit firmness, total soluble solids, titratable acidity, ascorbic acid and carotenoids were influenced by the treatment, while EC, pH and dry matter content were not. The results suggest that the addition of maize in perlite and pumice could improve inorganic substrates properties for tomato soilless culture, leading to higher yields and better fruit quality.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato plants grown in a maize stem-containing medium produced earlier fruits.
- Taxon
- tomato plants
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Material
- cv. Belladonae1
- Treatment
- maize stem-containing mediume2
- Outcome
- fruitse2
- Direction
- earliere2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e2“Plants grown in a maize stem-containing medium produced earlier fruits”
e1“tomato plants (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill., cv. Belladona)”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato plants grown in pumice and perlite substrates obtained lower total yield.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume1
- Material
- cv. Belladonae1
- Treatment
- pumice and perlite substratese3
- Outcome
- total yielde3
- Direction
- lowere3
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e3“Plants grown in pumice and perlite substrates obtained lower total yield”
e1“tomato plants (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill., cv. Belladona)”
Claim · model-written summary
A higher tomato yield was associated with the addition of maize shredded stems.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- addition of maize shredded stemse4
- Outcome
- yielde4
- Direction
- highere4
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Verbatim
e4“a higher yield was associated with the addition of maize shredded stems”
e1“tomato plants (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill., cv. Belladona)”
Claim · model-written summary
Pumice + 50% maize produced a higher total number of fruits per plant.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- Pumice + 50% maizee5
- Outcome
- total number of fruits per plante5
- Direction
- highere5
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e5“Pumice + 50% maize and 100% maize produced higher total number of fruits per plant”
e1“tomato plants (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill., cv. Belladona)”
Claim · model-written summary
100% maize produced a higher total number of fruits per plant.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- 100% maizee5
- Outcome
- total number of fruits per plante5
- Direction
- highere5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“Pumice + 50% maize and 100% maize produced higher total number of fruits per plant”
e1“tomato plants (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill., cv. Belladona)”
Claim · model-written summary
The substrate treatment influenced mean fruit weight, fruit firmness and total soluble solids of tomato fruit.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- the treatmente6
- Outcome
- mean fruit weight, fruit firmness, total soluble solidse6
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e6“Fruit quality parameters such as mean fruit weight, fruit firmness, total soluble solids, titratable acidity, ascorbic acid and carotenoids were influenced by the treatment, while EC, pH and dry matter content were not”
e1“tomato plants (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill., cv. Belladona)”
Claim · model-written summary
The substrate treatment influenced titratable acidity, ascorbic acid and carotenoids of tomato fruit.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- the treatmente6
- Outcome
- titratable acidity, ascorbic acid and carotenoidse6
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e6“Fruit quality parameters such as mean fruit weight, fruit firmness, total soluble solids, titratable acidity, ascorbic acid and carotenoids were influenced by the treatment, while EC, pH and dry matter content were not”
e1“tomato plants (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill., cv. Belladona)”
Claim · model-written summary
The substrate treatment did not change EC, pH or dry matter content of tomato fruit.
- Taxon
- tomato plantsSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- the treatmente6
- Outcome
- EC, pH and dry matter contente6
- Direction
- were note6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e6“Fruit quality parameters such as mean fruit weight, fruit firmness, total soluble solids, titratable acidity, ascorbic acid and carotenoids were influenced by the treatment, while EC, pH and dry matter content were not”
e1“tomato plants (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill., cv. Belladona)”
Claim · model-written summary
Adding maize to perlite and pumice could improve substrate properties for tomato soilless culture, leading to higher yields and better fruit quality.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume7
- Treatment
- addition of maize in perlite and pumicee7
- Outcome
- higher yields and better fruit qualitye7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e7“The results suggest that the addition of maize in perlite and pumice could improve inorganic substrates properties for tomato soilless culture, leading to higher yields and better fruit quality”
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