Abstract
Abstract Study was aimed to compare the effects of individual usage of substrates perlite, leonardite, vermicompost, and peat moos alone and their mixtures with cocopeat on the growth, yield and mineral nutrition of tomato. Each substrate was used as a control in itself, and they mixed with cocopeat at the rate of 1:1, 1:2, 1:4 (V/V) and thus 17 growing media (GM) were obtained. The seedlings of tomato were planted in 7 l GM containing pots then watered during the first week, then drip-irrigated with nutrient solution. The research was arranged as a four-replication greenhouse experiment. The amount of the applied nutrient solution was adjusted manually until 10–30% leaching ratio. The highest biomass was recorded from the plants grown in solely peat moss and 1/2 cocopeat/peat moss medium, on the other hand plants grown in solely leonardite had the lowest vegetative biomass. The highest fruit yields were obtained from plants grown in solely peat, the lowest yield was recorded from the plant grown in vermicompost. In general, vermicompost and cocopeat + vermicompost mixtures were the most effective media on the leaf and fruit nutrient concentrations of tomatoes, but it was observed that this affected vegetative growth rather than fruit yield. In conclusion, it can be said that the most effective individual substrate on the growth and fruit yield was peat moss. On the other hand, it was seen that substrates such as vermicompost and leonardite, which do not give successful results when used alone, become more usable media when mixed with cocopoeat.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Peat moss gave the highest tomato biomass among the growing media.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- peat mosse1
- Outcome
- biomasse1
- Direction
- higheste1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Tomato Growing Media”
e1“The highest biomass was recorded from the plants grown in solely peat moss and 1/2 cocopeat/peat moss medium, on the other hand plants grown in solely leonardite had the lowest vegetative biomass”
Claim · model-written summary
Leonardite gave the lowest vegetative biomass of tomato.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- leonarditee1
- Outcome
- vegetative biomasse1
- Direction
- loweste1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Growing Media”
e1“The highest biomass was recorded from the plants grown in solely peat moss and 1/2 cocopeat/peat moss medium, on the other hand plants grown in solely leonardite had the lowest vegetative biomass”
Claim · model-written summary
Peat moss gave the highest tomato fruit yield.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- peate2
- Outcome
- fruit yieldse2
- Direction
- higheste2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Tomato Growing Media”
e2“The highest fruit yields were obtained from plants grown in solely peat, the lowest yield was recorded from the plant grown in vermicompost.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost gave the lowest tomato yield.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- vermicomposte2
- Outcome
- yielde2
- Direction
- loweste2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Growing Media”
e2“The highest fruit yields were obtained from plants grown in solely peat, the lowest yield was recorded from the plant grown in vermicompost.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost was among the most effective media for tomato leaf and fruit nutrient concentrations.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- vermicomposte3
- Outcome
- leaf and fruit nutrient concentrationse3
- Direction
- most effectivee3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Growing Media”
e3“In general, vermicompost and cocopeat + vermicompost mixtures were the most effective media on the leaf and fruit nutrient concentrations of tomatoes, but it was observed that this affected vegetative growth rather than fruit yield.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cocopeat + vermicompost mixtures were among the most effective media for tomato leaf and fruit nutrient concentrations.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- cocopeat + vermicompost mixturese3
- Outcome
- leaf and fruit nutrient concentrationse3
- Direction
- most effectivee3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Growing Media”
e3“In general, vermicompost and cocopeat + vermicompost mixtures were the most effective media on the leaf and fruit nutrient concentrations of tomatoes, but it was observed that this affected vegetative growth rather than fruit yield.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost and cocopeat + vermicompost mixtures affected vegetative growth rather than fruit yield in tomato.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- vegetative growthe3
- Qualifier
- rather than fruit yielde3
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Verbatim
t0“Tomato Growing Media”
e3“In general, vermicompost and cocopeat + vermicompost mixtures were the most effective media on the leaf and fruit nutrient concentrations of tomatoes, but it was observed that this affected vegetative growth rather than fruit yield.”
Claim · model-written summary
Peat moss was the most effective single substrate for tomato growth and fruit yield.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- peat mosse4
- Outcome
- growth and fruit yielde4
- Direction
- most effectivee4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato Growing Media”
e4“In conclusion, it can be said that the most effective individual substrate on the growth and fruit yield was peat moss.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost and leonardite became more usable growing media when mixed with cocopeat, though they were not successful alone.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- mixed with cocopoeate5
- Outcome
- usable mediae5
- Direction
- more usablee5
- Comparator
- used alonee5
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Verbatim
t0“Tomato Growing Media”
e5“substrates such as vermicompost and leonardite, which do not give successful results when used alone, become more usable media when mixed with cocopoeat”
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