Abstract
Two field experiments were doled out during 2014 and 2015 growing seasons to assess tomato growth and yield as affected by some biostimulants and micronutrients with or without mulching type. Certain physiological characters were also examined, plant height, the number of branches per plant chlorophyll a, nitrogen %, red fruit weight and total yield per plant as well as fruit firmness and ascorbic acid concentration in fruit was increased in tomatoes under black plastic mulch compared with bar soil. Application of either biostimulants or micronutrient used to increase all growth and yield characters as well as photosynthetic pigments, ions percentage, and fruit quality. Additive effects were shown under mulching, seaweed extract proved to be the most effective in this respect. It could be recommended that spraying tomato crop at 35 and 50 days from transplanting with 500 mg/l seaweed extract under clear or black plastic mulch in order for inducing the highest yield and improve fruit quality.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic mulch increased tomato plant height and branch number compared with bare soil.
- Taxon
- tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- black plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- plant height, the number of branches per plante0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- bar soile0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“plant height, the number of branches per plant chlorophyll a, nitrogen %, red fruit weight and total yield per plant as well as fruit firmness and ascorbic acid concentration in fruit was increased in tomatoes under black plastic mulch compared with bar soil”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic mulch increased tomato chlorophyll a and nitrogen percentage compared with bare soil.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- black plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll a, nitrogen %e0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- bar soile0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“plant height, the number of branches per plant chlorophyll a, nitrogen %, red fruit weight and total yield per plant as well as fruit firmness and ascorbic acid concentration in fruit was increased in tomatoes under black plastic mulch compared with bar soil”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic mulch increased tomato red fruit weight and total yield per plant compared with bare soil.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- black plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- red fruit weight and total yield per plante0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- bar soile0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“red fruit weight and total yield per plant as well as fruit firmness and ascorbic acid concentration in fruit was increased in tomatoes under black plastic mulch compared with bar soil”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic mulch increased tomato fruit firmness and ascorbic acid concentration compared with bare soil.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- black plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- fruit firmness and ascorbic acid concentration in fruite0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- bar soile0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“fruit firmness and ascorbic acid concentration in fruit was increased in tomatoes under black plastic mulch compared with bar soil”
Claim · model-written summary
Biostimulant application increased tomato growth and yield characters.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- biostimulantse0
- Outcome
- growth and yield characterse0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Application of either biostimulants or micronutrient used to increase all growth and yield characters”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Micronutrient application increased tomato growth and yield characters.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- micronutriente0
- Outcome
- growth and yield characterse0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Application of either biostimulants or micronutrient used to increase all growth and yield characters”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Biostimulants increased tomato photosynthetic pigments, ion percentage, and fruit quality.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- biostimulantse0
- Outcome
- photosynthetic pigments, ions percentage, and fruit qualitye0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Application of either biostimulants or micronutrient used to increase all growth and yield characters as well as photosynthetic pigments, ions percentage, and fruit quality.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Micronutrients increased tomato photosynthetic pigments, ion percentage, and fruit quality.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- micronutriente0
- Outcome
- photosynthetic pigments, ions percentage, and fruit qualitye0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Application of either biostimulants or micronutrient used to increase all growth and yield characters as well as photosynthetic pigments, ions percentage, and fruit quality.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Seaweed extract was reported as the most effective treatment with additive effects under mulching.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- seaweed extracte0
- Outcome
- most effectivee0
- Direction
- most effectivee0
- Qualifier
- under mulchinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Additive effects were shown under mulching, seaweed extract proved to be the most effective in this respect.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend spraying tomato with 500 mg/l seaweed extract at 35 and 50 days after transplanting under clear or black plastic mulch to maximize yield and improve fruit quality.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- 500 mg/l seaweed extracte0
- Outcome
- highest yield and improve fruit qualitye0
- Qualifier
- 35 and 50 days from transplantinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“spraying tomato crop at 35 and 50 days from transplanting with 500 mg/l seaweed extract under clear or black plastic mulch in order for inducing the highest yield and improve fruit quality”
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