Abstract
A field experiment was conducted for two years to investigate the effect of vermicompost, organic mulching and irrigation level on growth, yield and quality attributes of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) with an ultimate aim of optimizing water and nutrient requirement of tomato in mild-tropical climate during dry season. The vermicompost together with organic mulching increased plant height (106.5 cm), leaf area (40.6 cm 2 ), leaf weight (1301 mg/ leaf), fruit weight (92.9 g), fruit yield (4.013 kg/ plant), fruit density (0.972 g/ cc), post-harvest shelf-life (15.0 days) and TSS (5.2o Brix) of tomato significantly. Application of vermicompost alone too increased the shelf-life of fruits by 25-106 % and TSS beyond 4.5 %, both of which are traits highly desirable for production of summer tomato and the related processing industry. The application of vermicompost @ 5 tonnes/ ha, 5 cm thick mulching with dried crop residues, two-thirds dose of NPK fertilizer (80:40:40 kg/ ha) and 30 % irrigation is optimum for obtaining better quality and productivity of field grown tomatoes during dry period of mild-tropical climate.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost with organic mulching significantly increased plant height to 106.5 cm.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- vermicompost together with organic mulchinge0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 106.5 cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The vermicompost together with organic mulching increased plant height (106.5 cm), leaf area (40.6 cm 2 ), leaf weight (1301 mg/ leaf), fruit weight (92.9 g), fruit yield (4.013 kg/ plant), fruit density (0.972 g/ cc), post-harvest shelf-life (15.0 days) and TSS (5.2o Brix) of tomato significantly.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost with organic mulching significantly increased leaf area to 40.6 cm 2.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- vermicompost together with organic mulchinge0
- Outcome
- leaf areae0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 40.6 cm 2e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The vermicompost together with organic mulching increased plant height (106.5 cm), leaf area (40.6 cm 2 ), leaf weight (1301 mg/ leaf), fruit weight (92.9 g), fruit yield (4.013 kg/ plant), fruit density (0.972 g/ cc), post-harvest shelf-life (15.0 days) and TSS (5.2o Brix) of tomato significantly.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost with organic mulching significantly increased leaf weight to 1301 mg/ leaf.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- vermicompost together with organic mulchinge0
- Outcome
- leaf weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 1301 mg/ leafe0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The vermicompost together with organic mulching increased plant height (106.5 cm), leaf area (40.6 cm 2 ), leaf weight (1301 mg/ leaf), fruit weight (92.9 g), fruit yield (4.013 kg/ plant), fruit density (0.972 g/ cc), post-harvest shelf-life (15.0 days) and TSS (5.2o Brix) of tomato significantly.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost with organic mulching significantly increased fruit weight to 92.9 g.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- vermicompost together with organic mulchinge0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 92.9 ge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The vermicompost together with organic mulching increased plant height (106.5 cm), leaf area (40.6 cm 2 ), leaf weight (1301 mg/ leaf), fruit weight (92.9 g), fruit yield (4.013 kg/ plant), fruit density (0.972 g/ cc), post-harvest shelf-life (15.0 days) and TSS (5.2o Brix) of tomato significantly.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost with organic mulching significantly increased fruit yield to 4.013 kg/ plant.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- vermicompost together with organic mulchinge0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 4.013 kg/ plante0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The vermicompost together with organic mulching increased plant height (106.5 cm), leaf area (40.6 cm 2 ), leaf weight (1301 mg/ leaf), fruit weight (92.9 g), fruit yield (4.013 kg/ plant), fruit density (0.972 g/ cc), post-harvest shelf-life (15.0 days) and TSS (5.2o Brix) of tomato significantly.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost with organic mulching significantly increased fruit density to 0.972 g/ cc.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- vermicompost together with organic mulchinge0
- Outcome
- fruit densitye0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 0.972 g/ cce0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The vermicompost together with organic mulching increased plant height (106.5 cm), leaf area (40.6 cm 2 ), leaf weight (1301 mg/ leaf), fruit weight (92.9 g), fruit yield (4.013 kg/ plant), fruit density (0.972 g/ cc), post-harvest shelf-life (15.0 days) and TSS (5.2o Brix) of tomato significantly.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost with organic mulching significantly increased post-harvest shelf-life to 15.0 days.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- vermicompost together with organic mulchinge0
- Outcome
- post-harvest shelf-lifee0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 15.0 dayse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The vermicompost together with organic mulching increased plant height (106.5 cm), leaf area (40.6 cm 2 ), leaf weight (1301 mg/ leaf), fruit weight (92.9 g), fruit yield (4.013 kg/ plant), fruit density (0.972 g/ cc), post-harvest shelf-life (15.0 days) and TSS (5.2o Brix) of tomato significantly.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost with organic mulching significantly increased TSS to 5.2o Brix.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- vermicompost together with organic mulchinge0
- Outcome
- TSSe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 5.2o Brixe0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The vermicompost together with organic mulching increased plant height (106.5 cm), leaf area (40.6 cm 2 ), leaf weight (1301 mg/ leaf), fruit weight (92.9 g), fruit yield (4.013 kg/ plant), fruit density (0.972 g/ cc), post-harvest shelf-life (15.0 days) and TSS (5.2o Brix) of tomato significantly.”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost alone increased tomato fruit shelf life by 25-106 %.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- vermicompost alonee0
- Outcome
- shelf-life of fruitse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 25-106 %e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Application of vermicompost alone too increased the shelf-life of fruits by 25-106 %”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost alone increased tomato fruit TSS beyond 4.5 %.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- vermicompost alonee0
- Outcome
- TSSe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 4.5 %e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Application of vermicompost alone too increased the shelf-life of fruits by 25-106 % and TSS beyond 4.5 %”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend 5 tonnes/ ha vermicompost, 5 cm mulch, two-thirds NPK and 30 % irrigation for tomato quality and productivity.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- vermicompost @ 5 tonnes/ ha, 5 cm thick mulching with dried crop residues, two-thirds dose of NPK fertilizer (80:40:40 kg/ ha) and 30 % irrigatione0
- Outcome
- better quality and productivitye0
- Setting
- field growne0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The application of vermicompost @ 5 tonnes/ ha, 5 cm thick mulching with dried crop residues, two-thirds dose of NPK fertilizer (80:40:40 kg/ ha) and 30 % irrigation is optimum for obtaining better quality and productivity of field grown tomatoes during dry period of mild-tropical climate.”
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