Abstract
Screen house experiment was conducted in 2020 at the Landmark University Teaching and Research Farm Omu-aran, Kwara State. The experiment was carried out to evaluate the potential of dried unripe plantain peel and Tithonia diversifolia as soil amendments and its effect on growth, yield and fruit quality of tomato. Four rates each of dried plantain peel (0, 5, 10 and 15 t/ha) and Tithonia diversifolia (0, 10, 20 and 30 t/ha) were applied sole and combined. The experimental layout was a completely randomized design (CRD) with three replicates. Parameters were collected on the plant height, number of leaves, number of branches, stem girth, yield and fruit quality. Data collected were subjected to Analysis of variance (ANOVA) using the GENSTAT Discovery Software, Edition 4. Comparison of the treatment means were carried out using Duncan Multiple range test (DMRT) at 0.05 level of probability. Results showed that dried plantain peel and Tithonia diversifolia improved, number and weight of fruits as well as the fruit quality of tomato and were comparable to the application of NPK fertilizer. Treatment P 5 T 30 (T 8 ) increased number of leaves and number of branches while P 15 T 20 (T 15 ) and P 10 T 30 (T 12 ) increased plant height and stem girth respectively. Treatment P 5 T 30 (T 8 ) and P 10 T 20 (T 11 ) also significantly improved the fruit quality (minerals, lycopene and Vit. A) of tomato fruits. It can therefore be concluded that application of dried plantain peel and Tithonia diversifolia at P 5 T 30 (T 8 ) and P 10 T 20 (T 11 ) increased the vegetative, yield and quality parameters of tomato in the screen house of the study area.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Plantain peel and Tithonia amendments improved tomato fruit number and fruit weight, comparably to NPK fertilizer.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- dried plantain peel and Tithonia diversifoliae0
- Outcome
- number and weight of fruitse0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- NPK fertilizere0
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Verbatim
e0“dried plantain peel and Tithonia diversifolia improved, number and weight of fruits as well as the fruit quality of tomato and were comparable to the application of NPK fertilizer”
Claim · model-written summary
Plantain peel and Tithonia amendments improved tomato fruit quality comparably to NPK fertilizer.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- dried plantain peel and Tithonia diversifoliae0
- Outcome
- fruit qualitye0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- NPK fertilizere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“dried plantain peel and Tithonia diversifolia improved, number and weight of fruits as well as the fruit quality of tomato and were comparable to the application of NPK fertilizer”
Claim · model-written summary
P 5 T 30 increased tomato leaf and branch counts.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- P 5 T 30e0
- Outcome
- number of leaves and number of branchese0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Treatment P 5 T 30 (T 8 ) increased number of leaves and number of branches”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
P 15 T 20 increased tomato plant height.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- P 15 T 20e0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“P 15 T 20 (T 15 ) and P 10 T 30 (T 12 ) increased plant height and stem girth respectively”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
P 10 T 30 increased tomato stem girth.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- P 10 T 30e0
- Outcome
- stem girthe0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“P 15 T 20 (T 15 ) and P 10 T 30 (T 12 ) increased plant height and stem girth respectively”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
P 5 T 30 significantly improved tomato fruit minerals, lycopene and vitamin A quality.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- P 5 T 30e0
- Outcome
- fruit quality (minerals, lycopene and Vit. A)e0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Treatment P 5 T 30 (T 8 ) and P 10 T 20 (T 11 ) also significantly improved the fruit quality (minerals, lycopene and Vit. A) of tomato fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
P 10 T 20 significantly improved tomato fruit minerals, lycopene and vitamin A quality.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- P 10 T 20e0
- Outcome
- fruit quality (minerals, lycopene and Vit. A)e0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Treatment P 5 T 30 (T 8 ) and P 10 T 20 (T 11 ) also significantly improved the fruit quality (minerals, lycopene and Vit. A) of tomato fruits”
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