Abstract
The present study was carried out to determine the influence of wick and drip substrate hydroponic systems and different ratios of nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) in the nutrient solution on fruit yield and quality (titratable acidity, total soluble solids, ascorbic acid, total soluble sugars, firmness, lycopene, carotenoids) in tomato. Summer and winter tomato crop was raised under two substrate hydroponic systems. Four nutrient solutions (N:K ratios in four combinations) were tested in both the growing seasons at vegetative and reproductive stages of plant development. Among the different nutrient solutions, the solution containing N and K in the ratio of 1.4:3 at vegetative and 1.7:3.5 at reproductive stage increased the total fruit yield and quality of tomato irrespective of hydroponic system or season. Among the hydroponic systems, wick system produced higher fruit yield and better quality in terms of firmness, ascorbic acid, and total soluble sugars in winter crop.
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Claim · model-written summary
The specified N:K ratios increased total tomato fruit yield irrespective of hydroponic system or season.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- solution containing N and K in the ratio of 1.4:3 at vegetative and 1.7:3.5 at reproductive stagee0
- Outcome
- total fruit yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- irrespective of hydroponic system or seasone0
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Verbatim
e0“the solution containing N and K in the ratio of 1.4:3 at vegetative and 1.7:3.5 at reproductive stage increased the total fruit yield and quality of tomato irrespective of hydroponic system or season”
Claim · model-written summary
The specified N:K ratios increased tomato fruit quality irrespective of hydroponic system or season.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- solution containing N and K in the ratio of 1.4:3 at vegetative and 1.7:3.5 at reproductive stagee0
- Outcome
- qualitye0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- irrespective of hydroponic system or seasone0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the solution containing N and K in the ratio of 1.4:3 at vegetative and 1.7:3.5 at reproductive stage increased the total fruit yield and quality of tomato irrespective of hydroponic system or season”
Claim · model-written summary
The wick system produced higher winter tomato fruit yield than the other hydroponic system.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume2
- Treatment
- wick systeme0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Qualifier
- winter crope0
- Comparator
- drip substrate hydroponic systemse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Among the hydroponic systems, wick system produced higher fruit yield and better quality in terms of firmness, ascorbic acid, and total soluble sugars in winter crop”
e1“wick and drip substrate hydroponic systems”
e2“in tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The wick system improved winter tomato firmness, ascorbic acid and total soluble sugars relative to the other hydroponic system.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume2
- Treatment
- wick systeme0
- Outcome
- firmness, ascorbic acid, and total soluble sugarse0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Qualifier
- winter crope0
- Comparator
- drip substrate hydroponic systemse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Among the hydroponic systems, wick system produced higher fruit yield and better quality in terms of firmness, ascorbic acid, and total soluble sugars in winter crop”
e1“wick and drip substrate hydroponic systems”
e2“in tomato”
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