Abstract
Postharvest losses in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) are among others, the prime factor affecting the quantity and quality of tomato fruits in the market. Options to avert these losses are limited, and thus the need to design research studies that are geared to developing such strategies. A field experiment was therefore conducted to study effects of preharvest treatment of ComCat® spray, manure, NP fertilisation and the combinations of ComCat® with the two forms of fertilisation and the control on yield and quality of tomato in semiarid climate in eastern part of Ethiopia. The experiment was conducted using randomised complete block design with 3 replications. Data were collected from two centeral rows of treatment plots to assess vegetative growth, yield and the chemical composition of fruits at harvest. The result showed that the use of ComCat® and its combination with manure gave the highest total yield 58.53 tha-1 and 55.77tha-1 of which 94% and 93% weremarketable and total yield, respectively. By using manure and NP fertiliser it was observed that both marketable and total yield was not significantly influenced. The control tomato plants were found to give higher total and marketable yield on comparison with the preharvest ComCat® + NP treatment. The chemical qualities of tomatoes were improved by preharvest ComCat®, ComCat® + manure and ComCat® = NP treatments. Based on the varied performance of the treatements imposed, adoption of a particular teatment will depend on a specificrecommendation dormain.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
ComCat spray gave the highest total yield of 58.53 t/ha among the preharvest treatments.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- use of ComCat®e1
- Outcome
- total yielde1
- Direction
- higheste1
- Value
- 58.53 tha-1e1
- Setting
- semiarid climate in eastern part of Ethiopiae0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effects of preharvest treatments on yield and chemical composition of tomato”
e0“in semiarid climate in eastern part of Ethiopia”
e1“the use of ComCat® and its combination with manure gave the highest total yield 58.53 tha-1 and 55.77tha-1”
Claim · model-written summary
ComCat combined with manure gave the highest total yield of 55.77 t/ha.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- its combination with manuree1
- Outcome
- total yielde1
- Direction
- higheste1
- Value
- 55.77tha-1e1
- Setting
- semiarid climate in eastern part of Ethiopiae0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effects of preharvest treatments on yield and chemical composition of tomato”
e0“in semiarid climate in eastern part of Ethiopia”
e1“the use of ComCat® and its combination with manure gave the highest total yield 58.53 tha-1 and 55.77tha-1”
Claim · model-written summary
Manure and NP fertiliser did not significantly influence marketable or total yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- manure and NP fertilisere2
- Outcome
- marketable and total yielde2
- Direction
- not significantly influencede2
- Setting
- semiarid climate in eastern part of Ethiopiae0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effects of preharvest treatments on yield and chemical composition of tomato”
e0“in semiarid climate in eastern part of Ethiopia”
e2“By using manure and NP fertiliser it was observed that both marketable and total yield was not significantly influenced”
Claim · model-written summary
The control plants gave higher total and marketable yield than plants given the preharvest ComCat + NP treatment.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- control tomato plantse3
- Outcome
- total and marketable yielde3
- Direction
- highere3
- Comparator
- preharvest ComCat® + NP treatmente3
- Setting
- semiarid climate in eastern part of Ethiopiae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effects of preharvest treatments on yield and chemical composition of tomato”
e0“in semiarid climate in eastern part of Ethiopia”
e3“The control tomato plants were found to give higher total and marketable yield on comparison with the preharvest ComCat® + NP treatment”
Claim · model-written summary
Preharvest ComCat, ComCat + manure and ComCat + NP treatments improved the chemical qualities of tomato fruit.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- preharvest ComCat®, ComCat® + manure and ComCat® = NP treatmentse4
- Outcome
- chemical qualitiese4
- Direction
- improvede4
- Setting
- semiarid climate in eastern part of Ethiopiae0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effects of preharvest treatments on yield and chemical composition of tomato”
e0“in semiarid climate in eastern part of Ethiopia”
e4“The chemical qualities of tomatoes were improved by preharvest ComCat®, ComCat® + manure and ComCat® = NP treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Adoption of a particular preharvest treatment will depend on a specific recommendation domain.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- adoption of a particular teatmente5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effects of preharvest treatments on yield and chemical composition of tomato”
e5“Based on the varied performance of the treatements imposed, adoption of a particular teatment will depend on a specificrecommendation dormain”
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