Abstract
An experiment was conducted to assess the ability of municipal solid waste compost (MSWC), peat, perlite and vermicompost (VC) to improve the growth of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum L.), an important horticultural commodity, in hydroponic culture. Organic matter, when used as a substrate, can affect tomato cultivar ‘Grandella’ plant growth. In this study, we studied the effect of MSWC, either composted by earthworms (VC), or in an uncomposted form, as well as conventional substrates peat and perlite, on tomato growth when incorporated into hydroponic culture. Growth and physiological attributes were assessed at the fruiting stage. Among several ratios of MSWC, peat, perlite and VC, VC with 25 % compost increased the number of red fruits in the harvest period significantly more than the control. The use of VC, peat and perlite increased root fresh and dry weight, root volume, mean photosynthesis, and the number of fruits at all physiological stages compared to the control. Vermicompost can improve tomato growth physiology when used as one part of the substrate in hydroponic culture.
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Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost with 25 % compost significantly increased the number of red tomato fruits at harvest compared with the control.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- VC with 25 % composte1
- Outcome
- number of red fruitse1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Comparator
- controle1
- Setting
- hydroponic culturee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“to improve the growth of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum L.), an important horticultural commodity, in hydroponic culture”
e1“VC with 25 % compost increased the number of red fruits in the harvest period significantly more than the control”
Claim · model-written summary
VC, peat and perlite substrates increased root fresh and dry weight and root volume of tomato compared with the control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- VC, peat and perlitee2
- Outcome
- root fresh and dry weight, root volumee2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Comparator
- controle2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“to improve the growth of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum L.), an important horticultural commodity, in hydroponic culture”
e2“The use of VC, peat and perlite increased root fresh and dry weight, root volume, mean photosynthesis, and the number of fruits at all physiological stages compared to the control”
Claim · model-written summary
VC, peat and perlite substrates increased mean photosynthesis of tomato compared with the control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- VC, peat and perlitee2
- Outcome
- mean photosynthesise2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Comparator
- controle2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“to improve the growth of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum L.), an important horticultural commodity, in hydroponic culture”
e2“The use of VC, peat and perlite increased root fresh and dry weight, root volume, mean photosynthesis, and the number of fruits at all physiological stages compared to the control”
Claim · model-written summary
VC, peat and perlite substrates increased the number of tomato fruits at all physiological stages compared with the control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- VC, peat and perlitee2
- Outcome
- the number of fruitse2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Qualifier
- at all physiological stagese2
- Comparator
- controle2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“to improve the growth of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum L.), an important horticultural commodity, in hydroponic culture”
e2“The use of VC, peat and perlite increased root fresh and dry weight, root volume, mean photosynthesis, and the number of fruits at all physiological stages compared to the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Vermicompost can be used as one part of the substrate to improve tomato growth physiology in hydroponic culture.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Vermicomposte3
- Outcome
- tomato growth physiologye3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“to improve the growth of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum L.), an important horticultural commodity, in hydroponic culture”
e3“Vermicompost can improve tomato growth physiology when used as one part of the substrate in hydroponic culture”
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