Abstract
The tomato variety Anagha was raised in Deep Flow Technique and Ebb and Flow Technique (flood and drain system) at Department of Olericulture, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara to evaluate the performance of crops under hydroponics and the same was compared with crops raised in soil (control). The ideal growing media (coco peat, expanded clay pellets and pebbles) on crop growth, yield and fruit quality was also studied in the present investigation. The results revealed that the performance of control plants were superior to hydroponic plants. Out of the two hydroponic methods, Ebb and Flow Technique showed better vegetative growth and yield per plant whereas Deep Flow Technique exhibited efficient utilization of vertical space, higher planting density and higher yield per unit area. Out of the three growing media plants grown in coco peat medium performed the best, followed by those in pebbles. Performance of plants grown in expanded clay pellets was very poor. Fruit quality in terms of total soluble solid content and titrable acidity was not significantly affected by the hydroponic treatments.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Soil-grown control tomatoes performed better overall than hydroponic tomatoes.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Material
- Anaghae1
- Treatment
- hydroponic plantse0
- Outcome
- performance of control plants were superiore0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“The results revealed that the performance of control plants were superior to hydroponic plants”
e1“The tomato variety Anagha was raised in Deep Flow Technique and Ebb and Flow Technique”
Claim · model-written summary
Ebb and Flow gave better vegetative growth and per-plant yield than Deep Flow.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Ebb and Flow Techniquee0
- Outcome
- vegetative growth and yield per plante0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- Deep Flow Techniquee0
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Verbatim
e0“Ebb and Flow Technique showed better vegetative growth and yield per plant whereas Deep Flow Technique exhibited efficient utilization of vertical space, higher planting density and higher yield per unit area”
t0“tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Deep Flow used vertical space more efficiently than Ebb and Flow.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Deep Flow Techniquee0
- Outcome
- utilization of vertical spacee0
- Direction
- efficiente0
- Comparator
- Ebb and Flow Techniquee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Ebb and Flow Technique showed better vegetative growth and yield per plant whereas Deep Flow Technique exhibited efficient utilization of vertical space, higher planting density and higher yield per unit area”
t0“tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Deep Flow had higher planting density and area yield than Ebb and Flow.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Deep Flow Techniquee0
- Outcome
- planting density and higher yield per unit areae0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- Ebb and Flow Techniquee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Ebb and Flow Technique showed better vegetative growth and yield per plant whereas Deep Flow Technique exhibited efficient utilization of vertical space, higher planting density and higher yield per unit area”
t0“tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomatoes in coco peat performed best among the growing media.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- coco peat mediume0
- Outcome
- performed the beste0
- Direction
- beste0
- Comparator
- pebblese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“plants grown in coco peat medium performed the best, followed by those in pebbles”
t0“tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomatoes in expanded clay pellets performed very poorly.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- expanded clay pelletse0
- Outcome
- Performancee0
- Direction
- very poore0
- Comparator
- coco peate1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Performance of plants grown in expanded clay pellets was very poor”
e1“coco peat, expanded clay pellets and pebbles”
t0“tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Hydroponic treatments did not significantly affect tomato soluble solids or titrable acidity.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- hydroponic treatmentse0
- Outcome
- total soluble solid content and titrable aciditye0
- Comparator
- soil (control)e1
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit quality in terms of total soluble solid content and titrable acidity was not significantly affected by the hydroponic treatments”
e1“crops raised in soil (control)”
t0“tomatoes”
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