Abstract
Nowadays, tomato, a commercially important crop, is increasingly cultivated in a soilless cultivation system to counteract climate change. Normally, this system uses cocopeat as a substrate, but its high cost and environmental impact have led to growing interest in alternatives like biochar (BC). In addition, biostimulants, such as wood distillate (WD), a pyrolysis by-product, are increasingly being used to improve fruit yield and quality. BC was used to partially replace (2% and 5%) cocopeat in growth bags for soilless tomato cultivation. Moreover, WD (3 mL/L) was distributed in the substrate every two weeks. The effect of BC and WD on tomato plant growth, fruit quality, and substrate microbial community was investigated. The integration of BC and WD into a soilless growing system for tomato cultivation can improve the fruit quality and influence the microbial activity of the substrate. Replacing part of the cocopeat in the substrate with BC and using an agri-waste-derived biostimulant represent a step forward in making agriculture more sustainable.
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Claim · model-written summary
Integrating biochar and wood distillate into a soilless growing system can improve tomato fruit quality.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- integration of BC and WD into a soilless growing systeme1
- Outcome
- fruit qualitye1
- Direction
- improvee1
- Setting
- soilless growing systeme1
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Verbatim
e1“The integration of BC and WD into a soilless growing system for tomato cultivation can improve the fruit quality”
Claim · model-written summary
Integrating biochar and wood distillate into a soilless growing system can influence the microbial activity of the substrate in tomato cultivation.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- integration of BC and WD into a soilless growing systeme1
- Outcome
- microbial activity of the substratee1
- Setting
- soilless growing systeme1
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e1“The integration of BC and WD into a soilless growing system for tomato cultivation can improve the fruit quality and influence the microbial activity of the substrate”
Claim · model-written summary
Partly replacing cocopeat with biochar and using an agri-waste-derived biostimulant is a step forward for more sustainable tomato production.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume2
- Treatment
- Replacing part of the cocopeat in the substrate with BCe0
- Outcome
- making agriculture more sustainablee0
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Verbatim
e0“Replacing part of the cocopeat in the substrate with BC and using an agri-waste-derived biostimulant represent a step forward in making agriculture more sustainable”
e2“tomato, a commercially important crop”
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