Abstract
THE AIM of this study was to compare tomato production in soil and soilless systems during the autumn season under Spanish style net-house and study their effects on growth, fruit yield and fruit quality. Four different substrates of soilless system of peat moss + vermiculite (1:1) peat moss + perlite (1:1), perlite + vermiculite (1:1) and peat moss + vermiculite + perlite (1:1:1) were evaluated. Generally, the results showed that soil cultivation was better than soilless culture in plant growth and fruit yield. However, the substrate of peat moss + perlite was the best studied substrate. Cultivation in the soil did not significantly differ from the cultivation in the substrate of peat moss + perlite in plant height, leaves and flower numbers, early yield, fruits number and average fruit weight. The medium of peat moss + vermiculite + perlite had the lowest values. The chemical quality of the fruit (total soluble solids, acidity, and vitamin C) and its firmness weren't significantly affected by the soil alternatives compared to soil cultivation. It could be concluded that tomato plants that are challenging to cultivate in the soil have been successfully produced using the soilless culture technique with peat moss and perlite medium.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Soil cultivation gave better plant growth and fruit yield than soilless culture.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- soil cultivatione0
- Outcome
- plant growth and fruit yielde0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- soilless culturee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“soil cultivation was better than soilless culture in plant growth and fruit yield.”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Peat moss plus perlite was the best tested substrate.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- peat moss + perlitee0
- Outcome
- best studied substratee0
- Direction
- beste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the substrate of peat moss + perlite was the best studied substrate.”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil and peat moss plus perlite did not differ significantly in plant height, leaf and flower numbers.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- cultivation in the substrate of peat moss + perlitee0
- Outcome
- plant height, leaves and flower numberse0
- Direction
- did not significantly differe0
- Comparator
- Cultivation in the soile0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cultivation in the soil did not significantly differ from the cultivation in the substrate of peat moss + perlite in plant height, leaves and flower numbers, early yield, fruits number and average fruit weight.”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil and peat moss plus perlite did not differ significantly in early yield, fruit number or average fruit weight.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- cultivation in the substrate of peat moss + perlitee0
- Outcome
- early yield, fruits number and average fruit weighte0
- Direction
- did not significantly differe0
- Comparator
- Cultivation in the soile0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cultivation in the soil did not significantly differ from the cultivation in the substrate of peat moss + perlite in plant height, leaves and flower numbers, early yield, fruits number and average fruit weight.”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Peat moss, vermiculite and perlite medium had the lowest values.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- peat moss + vermiculite + perlitee0
- Outcome
- lowest valuese0
- Direction
- loweste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The medium of peat moss + vermiculite + perlite had the lowest values.”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil alternatives did not significantly affect soluble solids, acidity, or vitamin C relative to soil.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- soil alternativese0
- Outcome
- total soluble solids, acidity, and vitamin Ce0
- Direction
- weren't significantly affectede0
- Comparator
- soil cultivatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The chemical quality of the fruit (total soluble solids, acidity, and vitamin C) and its firmness weren't significantly affected by the soil alternatives compared to soil cultivation.”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil alternatives did not significantly affect fruit firmness relative to soil.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- soil alternativese0
- Outcome
- firmnesse0
- Direction
- weren't significantly affectede0
- Comparator
- soil cultivatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The chemical quality of the fruit (total soluble solids, acidity, and vitamin C) and its firmness weren't significantly affected by the soil alternatives compared to soil cultivation.”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato plants challenging to grow in soil were successfully produced in peat moss and perlite soilless culture.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- soilless culture technique with peat moss and perlite mediume0
- Outcome
- successfully producede0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomato plants that are challenging to cultivate in the soil have been successfully produced using the soilless culture technique with peat moss and perlite medium.”
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