Abstract
The cherry tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme) is gaining importance as an alternative crop, mainly for small farms that use family hand labor and organic management. In this study, we investigated the effects of organic substrate combinations of cattle manure (M), vermicompost (VC), and vermiculite (V) on the yield and quality of cherry tomato fruits. Cherry tomato plants of the cultivar Carolina were grown under greenhouse conditions in 5-L pots. The five investigated substrate combinations were as follows: (T1) 80% M + 10% VC + 10% V; (T2) 70% M + 15% VC + 15% V; (T3) 60% M + 20% VC + 20% V; (T4) 50% M + 25% VC + 25% V; and (T5) 40% M + 30% VC + 30% V. Plant growth, tomato yield, and physicochemical properties of the fruits were measured. The results showed that combinations of 50% M + 25% VC + 25% V and 40% M + 30% VC + 30% V led to the best growth and adaptation of cherry tomato plants, resulting in larger and more rounded fruits. The substrate containing 40% M + 30% VC + 30% V resulted in higher numbers of fruits per plant. Different substrate combinations did not affect the chemical quality of the fruit. Therefore, our study has provided valuable information on the use of organic substrates in cherry tomato production under protected environment conditions. Based on our results, the different combinations of cattle manure, vermicompost, and vermiculite used in this study represent excellent options for reducing production costs and re-using organic byproducts.
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The 50% manure mixture gave among the best growth and adaptation, with larger and more rounded fruits.
- Taxon
- cherry tomato
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee0 - Treatment
- 50% M + 25% VC + 25% Ve0
- Outcome
- best growth and adaptation of cherry tomato plants, resulting in larger and more rounded fruitse0
- Direction
- beste0
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e0“combinations of 50% M + 25% VC + 25% V and 40% M + 30% VC + 30% V led to the best growth and adaptation of cherry tomato plants, resulting in larger and more rounded fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
The 40% manure mixture gave among the best growth and adaptation, with larger and more rounded fruits.
- Taxon
- cherry tomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee0
- Treatment
- 40% M + 30% VC + 30% Ve0
- Outcome
- best growth and adaptation of cherry tomato plants, resulting in larger and more rounded fruitse0
- Direction
- beste0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“combinations of 50% M + 25% VC + 25% V and 40% M + 30% VC + 30% V led to the best growth and adaptation of cherry tomato plants, resulting in larger and more rounded fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
The 40% manure mixture yielded higher fruit numbers per plant.
- Taxon
- cherry tomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee1
- Treatment
- 40% M + 30% VC + 30% Ve0
- Outcome
- numbers of fruits per plante0
- Direction
- highere0
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e0“The substrate containing 40% M + 30% VC + 30% V resulted in higher numbers of fruits per plant”
e1“cherry tomato plants”
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Different substrate mixtures did not affect fruit chemical quality.
- Taxon
- cherry tomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee1
- Treatment
- Different substrate combinationse0
- Outcome
- chemical quality of the fruite0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
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e0“Different substrate combinations did not affect the chemical quality of the fruit”
e1“cherry tomato fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors consider the organic substrate combinations options for reducing production costs and reusing byproducts.
- Taxon
- cherry tomatoSolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiformee1
- Outcome
- reducing production costs and re-using organic byproductse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the different combinations of cattle manure, vermicompost, and vermiculite used in this study represent excellent options for reducing production costs and re-using organic byproducts”
e1“cherry tomato production”
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