Abstract
Pomace from tomato paste is produced in great amounts after tomato processing industries in Greece. The aim of this study is to evaluate tomato pomace as fertilizer in sweet maize cultivation. Two-year experiments were set up in West Greece under organic cultivations. The experiments followed a randomized complete block design, with four treatments, with which were different fertilizer applications (control, Tomato pomace, Tomato pomace & inorganic fertilizer (NPK), Tomato pomace & manure) in three replications. The root density, root surface, and symbiotic of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) were statistically affected by fertilization for both years, and the combination of Tomato pomace (Tp) and manure gave the highest values. Organic carbon (C) was significantly affected by year and fertilization, as well as the total nitrogen (N) was significantly affected by fertilization. Soil porosity under tomato pomace and mix of tomato pomace and inorganic fertilizer do not show statistically significant differences. The highest values for plant growth and leaf area index were under the combination of tomato pomace and manure. The yield was statistically affected by fertilization and year. Therefore, tomato mixtures with manure as well as compost had the most positive results in almost all parameters of the studies.
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Fertilization significantly affected maize root density and root surface in both years.
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- sweet maizet0
- Treatment
- fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- root density, root surfacee0
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- for both yearse0
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e0“The root density, root surface, and symbiotic of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) were statistically affected by fertilization for both years”
t0“sweet maize crop”
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Fertilization significantly affected arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi symbiosis in both years.
- Taxon
- sweet maizet0
- Treatment
- fertilizatione0
- Interactor
- arbuscular mycorrhizal fungie0symbiont
- Outcome
- symbiotic of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)e0
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e0“symbiotic of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) were statistically affected by fertilization for both years”
t0“sweet maize crop”
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Tomato pomace with manure gave the highest root density, root surface, and mycorrhizal symbiosis.
- Taxon
- sweet maizet0
- Treatment
- combination of Tomato pomace (Tp) and manuree0
- Interactor
- arbuscular mycorrhizal fungie0symbiont
- Outcome
- root density, root surface, and symbiotic of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)e0
- Direction
- higheste0
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Verbatim
e0“The root density, root surface, and symbiotic of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) were statistically affected by fertilization for both years, and the combination of Tomato pomace (Tp) and manure gave the highest values”
t0“sweet maize crop”
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Year and fertilization significantly affected organic carbon.
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e0“Organic carbon (C) was significantly affected by year and fertilization”
t0“sweet maize crop”
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Fertilization significantly affected total nitrogen.
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e0“the total nitrogen (N) was significantly affected by fertilization”
t0“sweet maize crop”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil porosity did not differ significantly between tomato pomace and pomace with inorganic fertilizer.
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e0“Soil porosity under tomato pomace and mix of tomato pomace and inorganic fertilizer do not show statistically significant differences”
t0“sweet maize crop”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato pomace with manure yielded the highest plant growth and leaf area index.
- Taxon
- sweet maizet0
- Treatment
- combination of tomato pomace and manuree0
- Outcome
- plant growth and leaf area indexe0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“The highest values for plant growth and leaf area index were under the combination of tomato pomace and manure”
t0“sweet maize crop”
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Fertilization and year significantly affected yield.
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e0“The yield was statistically affected by fertilization and year”
t0“sweet maize crop”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors judged tomato mixtures with manure and compost most positive across nearly all parameters.
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e0“tomato mixtures with manure as well as compost had the most positive results in almost all parameters of the studies”
t0“sweet maize crop”
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