Abstract
The growing awareness on health makes consumer more concerned for food quality and safety. In tomato, the nutrient content, texture, colour and nitrate level mostly determines the degree of acceptability of ripe fruit. The present study was aimed to assess the influence of different nutrient sources on shelf life and important quality attributes of tomato. The field experiment was conducted during 2005-06 and 2006-07 with 14 different treatments by combining inorganic and organic sources of nutrients in presence and absence of microbial amendment. The pooled analysis revealed that the shelf life, total soluble solids, total sugar, vitamin A and vitamin C contents were significantly influenced by the application of different sources of nutrients. Also, substitution of 25% inorganic nitrogen with manure along with microbial amendment influenced shelf life and nutritional qualities of tomato. Within the 75% inorganic fertilizer treatment combination, quality attributes were correlated with the type and amount of the organic manure applied. Higher levels of vermicompost resulted in better growth medium compared to higher levels of farmyard manure. Within the vermicompost treated plots, inoculation with microbial amendment gave better results than the uninoculated treatments. The fruit nitrate content was also reduced upon the application of 75% of recommended inorganic fertilizer combination as compared to 100% inorganic fertilizer treatment combination.
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Claim · model-written summary
Shelf life, total soluble solids and total sugar of tomato were significantly influenced by the application of different sources of nutrients.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- different sources of nutrientse1
- Outcome
- shelf life, total soluble solids, total sugare1
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t0“Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“the shelf life, total soluble solids, total sugar, vitamin A and vitamin C contents were significantly influenced by the application of different sources of nutrients”
Claim · model-written summary
Vitamin A and vitamin C contents of tomato were significantly influenced by the application of different sources of nutrients.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- different sources of nutrientse1
- Outcome
- vitamin A and vitamin C contentse1
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t0“Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“the shelf life, total soluble solids, total sugar, vitamin A and vitamin C contents were significantly influenced by the application of different sources of nutrients”
Claim · model-written summary
Substituting 25% of inorganic nitrogen with manure along with microbial amendment influenced shelf life and nutritional qualities of tomato.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- substitution of 25% inorganic nitrogen with manure along with microbial amendmente1
- Outcome
- shelf life and nutritional qualitiese1
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
t0“Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“substitution of 25% inorganic nitrogen with manure along with microbial amendment influenced shelf life and nutritional qualities of tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Within the 75% inorganic fertilizer treatment combination, quality attributes of tomato were correlated with the type and amount of organic manure applied.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- type and amount of the organic manure appliede1
- Outcome
- quality attributese1
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“Within the 75% inorganic fertilizer treatment combination, quality attributes were correlated with the type and amount of the organic manure applied”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher levels of vermicompost resulted in a better growth medium than higher levels of farmyard manure.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Higher levels of vermicomposte1
- Outcome
- growth mediume1
- Direction
- bettere1
- Comparator
- higher levels of farmyard manuree1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“Higher levels of vermicompost resulted in better growth medium compared to higher levels of farmyard manure”
Claim · model-written summary
Within vermicompost-treated plots, inoculation with microbial amendment gave better results than uninoculated treatments.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- inoculation with microbial amendmente1
- Outcome
- better resultse1
- Direction
- bettere1
- Comparator
- uninoculated treatmentse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“Within the vermicompost treated plots, inoculation with microbial amendment gave better results than the uninoculated treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit nitrate content was reduced with 75% of the recommended inorganic fertilizer combination compared with 100% inorganic fertilizer.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- 75% of recommended inorganic fertilizer combinatione1
- Outcome
- fruit nitrate contente1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Comparator
- 100% inorganic fertilizer treatment combinatione1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“The fruit nitrate content was also reduced upon the application of 75% of recommended inorganic fertilizer combination as compared to 100% inorganic fertilizer treatment combination”
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