Abstract
The potential effect of pre-inoculation of processing tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on yield and fruit properties was investigated in conventional production. Tomato seeds were sown in seedling trays filled with a substrate non-inoculated (AMF-) or inoculated (AMF+) by selected mycorrhizal strains. Seedlings were transplanted in Terra rossa soil and grown in conditions with mineral fertilization and irrigation. Tomato fruits were sampled at harvest. Tomato plants under both treatments had high levels of mycorrhizal colonization, due to applied inoculum (AMF+) or indigenous (AMF-) inoculum present in the soil. Applied AMF+ treatment increased P and decreased K content in tomato fruits. Content of trace elements such as As and V significantly increased, while Pb content significantly decreased in the fruits of AMF+ when compared to the AMF- treatment. No significant effect of AMF+ treatment was observed on yield, fruit quality (soluble solids, pH, total acidity, fruit firmness), lycopene and antioxidant activity of tomato fruits. The overall results suggest that processing tomato is highly susceptible to the indigenous AMF, while seedlings inoculation with selected AMF improves only total phenolic and P fruit content. This means that AMF have a potential application in commercial processing tomato production, however a targeted adaptation of management decissions is required for more extensive results.
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Claim · model-written summary
Both treatments had high mycorrhizal colonization.
- Taxon
- Tomato plants
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Interactor
- inoculume0symbiont
- Outcome
- high levels of mycorrhizal colonizatione0
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Verbatim
e0“Tomato plants under both treatments had high levels of mycorrhizal colonization, due to applied inoculum (AMF+) or indigenous (AMF-) inoculum present in the soil.”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF application increased fruit P.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- AMF+ treatmente0
- Interactor
- arbuscular mycorrhizal fungit0symbiont
- Outcome
- Pe0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Applied AMF+ treatment increased P and decreased K content in tomato fruits.”
t0“arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF application decreased fruit K.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- AMF+ treatmente0
- Interactor
- arbuscular mycorrhizal fungit0symbiont
- Outcome
- K contente0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Applied AMF+ treatment increased P and decreased K content in tomato fruits.”
t0“arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF increased fruit As and V content.
Verbatim
e0“Content of trace elements such as As and V significantly increased, while Pb content significantly decreased in the fruits of AMF+ when compared to the AMF- treatment.”
t0“Processing tomato response to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi application”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF decreased fruit Pb content.
Verbatim
e0“Content of trace elements such as As and V significantly increased, while Pb content significantly decreased in the fruits of AMF+ when compared to the AMF- treatment.”
t0“Processing tomato response to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi application”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF had no significant effect on yield or fruit quality.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- AMF+ treatmente0
- Outcome
- yield, fruit qualitye0
- Direction
- No significant effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“No significant effect of AMF+ treatment was observed on yield, fruit quality (soluble solids, pH, total acidity, fruit firmness), lycopene and antioxidant activity of tomato fruits.”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF had no significant effect on lycopene or antioxidant activity.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- AMF+ treatmente0
- Outcome
- lycopene and antioxidant activitye0
- Direction
- No significant effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“No significant effect of AMF+ treatment was observed on yield, fruit quality (soluble solids, pH, total acidity, fruit firmness), lycopene and antioxidant activity of tomato fruits.”
Claim · model-written summary
Selected AMF improved total phenolic content.
- Taxon
- processing tomatot0
- Treatment
- seedlings inoculation with selected AMFe0
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- total phenolice0
- Direction
- improvese0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“seedlings inoculation with selected AMF improves only total phenolic and P fruit content.”
t0“Processing tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Processing tomato was highly susceptible to indigenous AMF.
Verbatim
e0“processing tomato is highly susceptible to the indigenous AMF”
Claim · model-written summary
Management should be adapted for broader commercial AMF benefits.
Verbatim
e0“AMF have a potential application in commercial processing tomato production, however a targeted adaptation of management decissions is required for more extensive results.”
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