Abstract
Two crack-resistant and two crack-susceptible fresh-market tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cultivars were evaluated at varied soil moisture levels for physiological fruit defects and yield. Cultural practices recommended for staked-tomato production in North Carolina with raised beds, black polyethylene mulch, and drip irrigation were used. Soil moisture levels of less than −15.0, −30 to −40, and greater than −70 kPa were maintained and monitored using daily tensiometer readings. Soil moisture level had no effect on fruit cracking, blossom-end rot, zippers, or yield. However, there-were large differences among cultivars for fruit defects and total and marketable yields.
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
Soil moisture level had no effect on fruit cracking, blossom-end rot or zippers in fresh-market tomato.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- Soil moisture levele1
- Outcome
- fruit cracking, blossom-end rot, zipperse1
- Direction
- no effecte1
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Verbatim
e0“fresh-market tomato”
e1“Soil moisture level had no effect on fruit cracking, blossom-end rot, zippers, or yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil moisture level had no effect on yield of fresh-market tomato.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Soil moisture levele1
- Outcome
- yielde1
- Direction
- no effecte1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“fresh-market tomato”
e1“Soil moisture level had no effect on fruit cracking, blossom-end rot, zippers, or yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato cultivars differed greatly in fruit defects and in total and marketable yields.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Material
- cultivarse2
- Outcome
- fruit defects and total and marketable yieldse2
- Direction
- large differencese2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“fresh-market tomato”
e2“there-were large differences among cultivars for fruit defects and total and marketable yields”
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