Abstract
The term 'organically grown food' denotes products that have been produced in accordance with the principles and practices of organic agriculture. The use of alternatives to synthetic fertilizers is an important issue in organic systems. A two-year field experiment to evaluate effects of organic fertilizers on the yield and quality of open field grown tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) was carried out in Southern Turkey in 2000 and 2001. Combinations of manure, blood flour and micronutrient preparations were used for fertilization, and conventional mineral fertilization was included as the control. Yield did not differ between the fertilization and the Conventional treatments in the first year of the study, but the highest yield was obtained from conventional in the second year. No differences were found between treatments in terms of fruit soluble sugar content or citric acid. The application of organic fertilizers positively affected the micronutritional element content of tomato fruits compared to the conventional treatment. Organic fertilization results in improved yield and fruit quality compared to conventional fertilization. In addition, organic fertilization should be supported in order to facilitate reuse and disposal of organic wastes and to maintain and/or increase soil fertility.
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Claim · model-written summary
Tomato yield did not differ among fertilization treatments in year one.
- Taxon
- tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- Yielde0
- Direction
- did not differe0
- Qualifier
- first year of the studye0
- Comparator
- Conventional treatmentse0
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e0“Yield did not differ between the fertilization and the Conventional treatments in the first year of the study”
t0“tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Conventional fertilization gave the highest tomato yield in year two.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- conventionale0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Qualifier
- second yeare0
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Verbatim
e0“the highest yield was obtained from conventional in the second year”
t0“tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit soluble sugar content did not differ between treatments.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- treatmentse0
- Outcome
- fruit soluble sugar contente0
- Direction
- No differencese0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“No differences were found between treatments in terms of fruit soluble sugar content or citric acid”
t0“tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit citric acid did not differ between treatments.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- treatmentse0
- Outcome
- citric acide0
- Direction
- No differencese0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“No differences were found between treatments in terms of fruit soluble sugar content or citric acid”
t0“tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Organic fertilizers improved tomato fruit micronutritional element content relative to conventional fertilizer.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- organic fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- micronutritional element contente0
- Direction
- positively affectede0
- Comparator
- conventional treatmente0
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Verbatim
e0“The application of organic fertilizers positively affected the micronutritional element content of tomato fruits compared to the conventional treatment”
Claim · model-written summary
Authors concluded organic fertilization improves tomato yield and fruit quality.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Organic fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- yield and fruit qualitye0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- conventional fertilizatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Organic fertilization results in improved yield and fruit quality compared to conventional fertilization”
t0“tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Authors recommend supporting organic fertilization for organic waste reuse and soil fertility.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- organic fertilization should be supportede0
- Qualifier
- maintain and/or increase soil fertilitye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“organic fertilization should be supported in order to facilitate reuse and disposal of organic wastes and to maintain and/or increase soil fertility”
t0“tomatoes”
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