Abstract
Abstract Three kinds of composts were assessed for their capacity to support tomato growth. Agricultural compost (poultry manure and cranberry presscake), sewage compost (biosolids and woodchips), and yard waste (mostly leaves) were evaluated alone and in combination with peat moss and soil. Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) plants were grown until fruit initiation in the media. Eight growth indices were measured, including plant height, numbers of flowers, fruit and leaves, and dry weights of initiated fruits, leaves, stems, and total plant tissues. The correlation of these indices with total plant growth was assessed for their potential use in nondestructive harvests. Based on vegetative production, the agricultural-waste compost gave the highest growth, and the yard waste gave the least growth. Generally, the higher the nutrient content of the media, the better the growth. Adding soil, peat moss, or both components to the media diluted the nutrient contents; hence, growth of plants in media that was formulated with peat, soil, or both amendments increased more with additions of fertilizer than growth in unamended media. For assessment of growth without destructive harvest, numbers of flowers or numbers of leaves per plant were predictive of total plant mass.
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Claim · model-written summary
Agricultural-waste compost produced the highest vegetative growth.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- agricultural-waste composte0
- Outcome
- growthe0
- Direction
- higheste0
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e0“the agricultural-waste compost gave the highest growth”
t0“Tomato Growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Yard waste gave the least vegetative growth.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- yard wastee0
- Outcome
- growthe0
- Direction
- leaste0
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Verbatim
e0“the yard waste gave the least growth”
t0“Tomato Growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher media nutrient content was associated with better tomato growth.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- nutrient content of the mediae0
- Outcome
- growthe0
- Direction
- bettere0
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Verbatim
e0“the higher the nutrient content of the media, the better the growth”
t0“Tomato Growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Adding soil or peat moss diluted media nutrient content.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- soil, peat moss, or both componentse0
- Outcome
- nutrient contentse0
- Direction
- dilutede0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“Adding soil, peat moss, or both components to the media diluted the nutrient contents”
t0“Tomato Growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Fertilizer increased tomato growth more in peat or soil amended media than in unamended media.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- additions of fertilizere0
- Outcome
- growth of plantse0
- Direction
- increased moree0
- Comparator
- unamended mediae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“growth of plants in media that was formulated with peat, soil, or both amendments increased more with additions of fertilizer than growth in unamended media”
t0“Tomato Growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Flower number predicted total tomato plant mass for nondestructive growth assessment.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- flowerse0
- Outcome
- total plant masse0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“numbers of flowers or numbers of leaves per plant were predictive of total plant mass”
t0“Tomato Growth”
Claim · model-written summary
Leaf number predicted total tomato plant mass for nondestructive growth assessment.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Outcome
- total plant masse0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“numbers of flowers or numbers of leaves per plant were predictive of total plant mass”
t0“Tomato Growth”
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