Abstract
Alternate partial root-zone drying (PRD) irrigation and deficit irrigation (DI) are water-saving irrigation strategies. Here, comparative effects of PRD and DI on fruit quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) were investigated. The results showed that the irrigation treatments had no effect on tomato yield but significantly affected several organic and mineral quality attributes of the fruits. Compared to DI, PRD significantly increased the fruit concentrations of Ca and Mg, and fruit juice concentrations of total soluble solid, glucose, fructose, citric and malic acid, P, K and Mg. It is concluded that PRD is better than DI in terms of improving fruit quality, and could be a promising management strategy for simultaneous increase of water use efficiency and fruit quality in tomatoes.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
The irrigation treatments did not affect tomato yield.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- irrigation treatmentse0
- Outcome
- tomato yielde0
- Direction
- no effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the irrigation treatments had no effect on tomato yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Compared with DI, PRD increased fruit Ca and Mg concentrations significantly.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- PRDe0
- Outcome
- fruit concentrations of Ca and Mge0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- DIe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Compared to DI, PRD significantly increased the fruit concentrations of Ca and Mg”
e1“fruit quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Compared with DI, PRD increased fruit juice concentrations of total soluble solid, glucose and fructose significantly.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- PRDe0
- Outcome
- fruit juice concentrations of total soluble solid, glucose, fructosee0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- DIe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Compared to DI, PRD significantly increased the fruit concentrations of Ca and Mg, and fruit juice concentrations of total soluble solid, glucose, fructose, citric and malic acid, P, K and Mg.”
e1“fruit quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Compared with DI, PRD increased fruit juice citric and malic acid concentrations significantly.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- PRDe0
- Outcome
- citric and malic acide0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- DIe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Compared to DI, PRD significantly increased the fruit concentrations of Ca and Mg, and fruit juice concentrations of total soluble solid, glucose, fructose, citric and malic acid, P, K and Mg.”
e1“fruit quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Compared with DI, PRD increased fruit juice P, K and Mg concentrations significantly.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- PRDe0
- Outcome
- P, K and Mge0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- DIe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Compared to DI, PRD significantly increased the fruit concentrations of Ca and Mg, and fruit juice concentrations of total soluble solid, glucose, fructose, citric and malic acid, P, K and Mg.”
e1“fruit quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest PRD as a strategy to increase water use efficiency and tomato fruit quality together.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- simultaneous increase of water use efficiency and fruit qualitye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“could be a promising management strategy for simultaneous increase of water use efficiency and fruit quality in tomatoes”
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