Abstract
There is a necessity to reduce cultivation cost, use bio-rationale energy sources, and recycle growing media in greenhouse production of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L). The experiment was conducted on tomatoes grown in a mix of peat moss with bark or coconut fiber in unheated tunnels fitted with rock-bed heat accumulators. At harvest acidity, vitamin C, total and reducing sugars and lycopene levels were estimated. Tomatoes cultivated with a coconut fiber substrate had a higher content of total acids, reducing sugars and vitamin C. Cultivation of tomato in peat substrate increased total sugar levels in fruit. Type of bio-rationale substrate did not affect tomato fruit chemical composition. There was no effect of heat form rock-accumulator application on chemical composition of tomatoes.
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Claim · model-written summary
Coconut fiber increased tomato fruit total acid, reducing sugar and vitamin C contents.
- Taxon
- Tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- coconut fiber substratee0
- Outcome
- content of total acids, reducing sugars and vitamin Ce0
- Direction
- highere0
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e0“Tomatoes cultivated with a coconut fiber substrate had a higher content of total acids, reducing sugars and vitamin C.”
Claim · model-written summary
Peat substrate increased fruit total sugar levels.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- peat substratee0
- Outcome
- total sugar levels in fruite0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Cultivation of tomato in peat substrate increased total sugar levels in fruit.”
Claim · model-written summary
Bio-rationale substrate type did not affect fruit chemical composition.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- bio-rationale substratee0
- Outcome
- fruit chemical compositione0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
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e0“Type of bio-rationale substrate did not affect tomato fruit chemical composition.”
Claim · model-written summary
Rock-accumulator heat application did not affect tomato chemical composition.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- heat form rock-accumulator applicatione0
- Outcome
- chemical composition of tomatoese0
- Direction
- no effecte0
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Verbatim
e0“There was no effect of heat form rock-accumulator application on chemical composition of tomatoes.”
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