Abstract
Soilless cultivation of tomato has been attempted with different growing media in a hydroponic system as roof-top gardening which is very important component of increasing peri urban agriculture. Tomato seedlings were grown under soilless culture supported with various growing media namely- Soil, Vermiculite, Vermicompost, Coco-peat, Perlite, Peat and Compost where as nutrients were supplied through hydroponic system using Hoa-gland solution. The experiment was carried out in pot culture following com-plete randomized design with eight treatments and four replications. The study revealed that use of coco-peat may be good for improvement of vege-tative growth (27.50 maximum branches per plant), fruit yield (1.28 kg per plant) and quality (TSS 5.15oB, total sugars 3.97%, Vitamin C 26.07 mg/100 g fruit, though it was at par with vermiculite 26.52 mg/100 g) followed by peat and compost. It is also evident by good root growth under Hoagland solu-tion. It is clear that among the various media under study coco-peat can be used as a supportive growing media for soilless cultivation of tomato.
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Claim · model-written summary
Coco-peat gave maximum branching, 27.50 branches per plant.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- coco-peate0
- Outcome
- branches per plante0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 27.50e0
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Verbatim
e0“use of coco-peat may be good for improvement of vege-tative growth (27.50 maximum branches per plant)”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Coco-peat improved fruit yield, reported as 1.28 kg per plant.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- coco-peate0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- improvemente0
- Value
- 1.28 kg per plante0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“use of coco-peat may be good for improvement of vege-tative growth (27.50 maximum branches per plant), fruit yield (1.28 kg per plant)”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Coco-peat tomato TSS was 5.15oB.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- coco-peate1
- Outcome
- TSSe0
- Value
- 5.15oBe0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“quality (TSS 5.15oB, total sugars 3.97%, Vitamin C 26.07 mg/100 g fruit”
e1“use of coco-peat may be good”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Coco-peat tomato total sugars were 3.97%.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- coco-peate1
- Outcome
- total sugarse0
- Value
- 3.97%e0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“quality (TSS 5.15oB, total sugars 3.97%, Vitamin C 26.07 mg/100 g fruit”
e1“use of coco-peat may be good”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Coco-peat tomato vitamin C was 26.07 mg/100 g fruit, at par with vermiculite at 26.52 mg/100 g.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- coco-peate1
- Outcome
- Vitamin Ce0
- Direction
- at pare0
- Value
- 26.07 mg/100 g fruite0
- Qualifier
- 26.52 mg/100 ge0
- Comparator
- vermiculitee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Vitamin C 26.07 mg/100 g fruit, though it was at par with vermiculite 26.52 mg/100 g”
e1“use of coco-peat may be good”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Good root growth was evident under Hoagland solution.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Hoagland solu-tione0
- Outcome
- good root growthe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“It is also evident by good root growth under Hoagland solu-tion.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend coco-peat as a supportive medium for soilless tomato cultivation.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- coco-peate0
- Qualifier
- supportive growing media for soilless cultivatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“coco-peat can be used as a supportive growing media for soilless cultivation of tomato”
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