Yield and quality of cherry tomato fruits in hydroponic cultivation
Because of the food and industrial importance of tomato, it holds great significance, and is one of the most produced species using the hydroponic cultivation systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of different concentrations of nutrient solution on the production and qual...
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| author | Nildo da Silva Dias Adriana Araújo Diniz Patrícia Ligia Dantas de Morais Gledyson Dos Santos Pereira Francisco Vanies da Silva Sá Bruno Goulart de Azevedo Souza Lourival Ferreira Cavalcante Miguel Ferreira Neto |
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Because of the food and industrial importance of tomato, it holds great significance, and is one of the most produced species using the hydroponic cultivation systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of different concentrations of nutrient solution on the production and quality of cherry tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum ‘Samambaia’) grown in a hydroponic system in protected conditions. The experiment was conducted in pots filled with coconut fiber substrate using a randomized complete block design with four replications and six plants per plot. Five concentrations of nutrients were evaluated (50, 75, 100, 125, and 150% of the standard nutrient solution); the solutions produced the following electrical conductivities: 1.8, 2.0, 2.6, 3.4, and 3.9 dS m-1, respectively. At 90 days after transplanting, the tomato fruits were harvested, at which time the production variables and post-harvest quality of mature fruits were determined. The best production and post-harvest quality indexes of cherry tomatoes (‘Samambaia’) were found when using 111% of the standard nutrient solution, corresponding to the concentrations of 9.44, 2.44, 2.22, 6.44, 4.11, 2.44, and 2.78 mmolc L-1, of NO3-, NH4+, P, K, Ca, Mg, and S, respectively; and 66.6, 55.5, 14.4, 1.89, 0.56, and 0.44 mmolc L-1, of Fe, B, Mn, Zn, Cu, and Mo, respectively. Nutrient solutions with electrical conductivity above 2.89 dS m-1 severely reduced the fruit yield of cherry tomatoes.
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| spelling | doaj.art-a118cb0bb7a84263bf6ecd2111a8f3d32022-12-21T22:51:23ZengUniversidade Federal de UberlândiaBioscience Journal1981-31632019-09-01355Yield and quality of cherry tomato fruits in hydroponic cultivationNildo da Silva DiasAdriana Araújo DinizPatrícia Ligia Dantas de MoraisGledyson Dos Santos PereiraFrancisco Vanies da Silva SáBruno Goulart de Azevedo SouzaLourival Ferreira CavalcanteMiguel Ferreira Neto Because of the food and industrial importance of tomato, it holds great significance, and is one of the most produced species using the hydroponic cultivation systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of different concentrations of nutrient solution on the production and quality of cherry tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum ‘Samambaia’) grown in a hydroponic system in protected conditions. The experiment was conducted in pots filled with coconut fiber substrate using a randomized complete block design with four replications and six plants per plot. Five concentrations of nutrients were evaluated (50, 75, 100, 125, and 150% of the standard nutrient solution); the solutions produced the following electrical conductivities: 1.8, 2.0, 2.6, 3.4, and 3.9 dS m-1, respectively. At 90 days after transplanting, the tomato fruits were harvested, at which time the production variables and post-harvest quality of mature fruits were determined. The best production and post-harvest quality indexes of cherry tomatoes (‘Samambaia’) were found when using 111% of the standard nutrient solution, corresponding to the concentrations of 9.44, 2.44, 2.22, 6.44, 4.11, 2.44, and 2.78 mmolc L-1, of NO3-, NH4+, P, K, Ca, Mg, and S, respectively; and 66.6, 55.5, 14.4, 1.89, 0.56, and 0.44 mmolc L-1, of Fe, B, Mn, Zn, Cu, and Mo, respectively. Nutrient solutions with electrical conductivity above 2.89 dS m-1 severely reduced the fruit yield of cherry tomatoes. https://seer-dev.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/42345Lycopersicon esculentum.Nutrients.Irrigation.Hydroponics system. |
| spellingShingle | Nildo da Silva Dias Adriana Araújo Diniz Patrícia Ligia Dantas de Morais Gledyson Dos Santos Pereira Francisco Vanies da Silva Sá Bruno Goulart de Azevedo Souza Lourival Ferreira Cavalcante Miguel Ferreira Neto Yield and quality of cherry tomato fruits in hydroponic cultivation Bioscience Journal Lycopersicon esculentum. Nutrients. Irrigation. Hydroponics system. |
| title | Yield and quality of cherry tomato fruits in hydroponic cultivation |
| title_full | Yield and quality of cherry tomato fruits in hydroponic cultivation |
| title_fullStr | Yield and quality of cherry tomato fruits in hydroponic cultivation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Yield and quality of cherry tomato fruits in hydroponic cultivation |
| title_short | Yield and quality of cherry tomato fruits in hydroponic cultivation |
| title_sort | yield and quality of cherry tomato fruits in hydroponic cultivation |
| topic | Lycopersicon esculentum. Nutrients. Irrigation. Hydroponics system. |
| url | https://seer-dev.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/42345 |
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