Abstract
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a fruit vegetable, and its fruits contain excellent source of vitamins and antioxidants. Soil has been the only potting medium for tomato cultivation until the soilless culture was introduced, coupled with the decline in availability of quality soil. Peat moss and perlite are among the popular soilless media, but they are costly in Malaysia, and the exploitation of peat moss might contribute to greenhouse gas effect. Coco peat and rice husk are more easily available in Malaysia. This study compared the effect of four potting media, peat moss and perlite (3:1), coco peat (1), topsoil (1), and topsoil and rice husk (1:1) on growth performance of cherry tomato. The treatments were arranged in a completely randomised design with seven replicates per treatment. pH, water holding capacity, electrical conductivity and nitrogen content of the potting media were analysed before the experiment. Plant height, leaf number, root shoot ratio, flower number, total number of fruits and fruit sweetness of the plants in peat moss and perlite, topsoil, and topsoil and rice husk were not significantly different from each other. The plants in coco peat did not perform well, and few plants died toward the end of the experiment. Topsoil and rice husk medium could be a good choice as potting medium for tomato in containers in terms of cost and environmental concerns
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Claim · model-written summary
Plant height, leaf number, and root shoot ratio did not differ significantly among three media.
- Taxon
- Cherry Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0 - Treatment
- peat moss and perlite, topsoil, and topsoil and rice huske0
- Outcome
- Plant height, leaf number, root shoot ratioe0
- Direction
- not significantly differente0
- Comparator
- each othere0
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Verbatim
e0“Plant height, leaf number, root shoot ratio, flower number, total number of fruits and fruit sweetness of the plants in peat moss and perlite, topsoil, and topsoil and rice husk were not significantly different from each other”
t0“Cherry Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Flower number, fruit number, and fruit sweetness did not differ significantly among three media.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Treatment
- peat moss and perlite, topsoil, and topsoil and rice huske0
- Outcome
- flower number, total number of fruits and fruit sweetnesse0
- Direction
- not significantly differente0
- Comparator
- each othere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“flower number, total number of fruits and fruit sweetness of the plants in peat moss and perlite, topsoil, and topsoil and rice husk were not significantly different from each other”
t0“Cherry Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Plants grown in coco peat performed poorly.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Treatment
- coco peate0
- Outcome
- did not perform welle0
- Direction
- did not perform welle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The plants in coco peat did not perform well”
t0“Cherry Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
A few coco peat plants died late in the experiment.
- Taxon
- Cherry TomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformet0
- Outcome
- few plants diede0
- Qualifier
- toward the end of the experimente0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“few plants died toward the end of the experiment”
t0“Cherry Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors propose topsoil and rice husk for container tomato on cost and environmental grounds.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Outcome
- Topsoil and rice husk medium could be a good choice as potting mediume0
- Qualifier
- in containers in terms of cost and environmental concernse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Topsoil and rice husk medium could be a good choice as potting medium for tomato in containers in terms of cost and environmental concerns”
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