Impacts of Environmental Factors and Nutrients Management on Tomato Grown under Controlled and Open Field Conditions
Tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i>) is commonly cultivated in the greenhouse and open fields. Organic and conventional nutrients are two common inputs for crops. Since there are different methods for producing tomatoes, the four most important scenarios were selected, focusing on two ty...
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| description | Tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i>) is commonly cultivated in the greenhouse and open fields. Organic and conventional nutrients are two common inputs for crops. Since there are different methods for producing tomatoes, the four most important scenarios were selected, focusing on two types of nutrient management options (organic and conventional), and two types of cultivation methods (open field and greenhouse). The greenhouse organic (scenario one: GH-O), greenhouse conventional (scenario two: GH-C), open field organic (scenario three: OF-O), and open field conventional (scenario four: OF-C) were the four scenarios examined in this research. This study aims to investigate the environmental effects of greenhouse and open field tomatoes in the organic and conventional system of nutrients. Life cycle assessment (LCA) was used to assess the environmental impact of different scenarios. This paper uses midpoint attributional LCA to analyze environmental damages during tomato production. In this study, the environmental effect of scenarios was evaluated in three categories: human health, ecosystem quality, and resources. The system boundary starts from the cradle and ends at the farm gate with the harvest of tomatoes. One ton of tomatoes (mass unit) is considered the functional unit for this research. The ReCiPe 2016 model was used for the assessment of the environmental impact. The results of this research showed that scenario two (GH-C) had the highest yield among the other scenarios, and scenario one (GH-O) had the lowest environmental damage. According to the results of this study, the use of compost in the organic open-field scenario was not suggested to be a good option for tomato cultivation because of its negative environmental impact on human health, ecosystem quality, and resources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db7f7e2a3f1c43bfba8e0ac78791a70b2023-11-17T09:08:08ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952023-03-0113391610.3390/agronomy13030916Impacts of Environmental Factors and Nutrients Management on Tomato Grown under Controlled and Open Field ConditionsElnaz Amirahmadi0Mohammad Ghorbani1Jan Moudrý2Petr Konvalina3Marek Kopecký4Department of Agroecosystems, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Branišovská 1645/31A, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech RepublicDepartment of Agroecosystems, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Branišovská 1645/31A, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech RepublicDepartment of Agroecosystems, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Branišovská 1645/31A, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech RepublicDepartment of Agroecosystems, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Branišovská 1645/31A, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech RepublicDepartment of Agroecosystems, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Branišovská 1645/31A, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech RepublicTomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i>) is commonly cultivated in the greenhouse and open fields. Organic and conventional nutrients are two common inputs for crops. Since there are different methods for producing tomatoes, the four most important scenarios were selected, focusing on two types of nutrient management options (organic and conventional), and two types of cultivation methods (open field and greenhouse). The greenhouse organic (scenario one: GH-O), greenhouse conventional (scenario two: GH-C), open field organic (scenario three: OF-O), and open field conventional (scenario four: OF-C) were the four scenarios examined in this research. This study aims to investigate the environmental effects of greenhouse and open field tomatoes in the organic and conventional system of nutrients. Life cycle assessment (LCA) was used to assess the environmental impact of different scenarios. This paper uses midpoint attributional LCA to analyze environmental damages during tomato production. In this study, the environmental effect of scenarios was evaluated in three categories: human health, ecosystem quality, and resources. The system boundary starts from the cradle and ends at the farm gate with the harvest of tomatoes. One ton of tomatoes (mass unit) is considered the functional unit for this research. The ReCiPe 2016 model was used for the assessment of the environmental impact. The results of this research showed that scenario two (GH-C) had the highest yield among the other scenarios, and scenario one (GH-O) had the lowest environmental damage. According to the results of this study, the use of compost in the organic open-field scenario was not suggested to be a good option for tomato cultivation because of its negative environmental impact on human health, ecosystem quality, and resources.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/3/916compostecosystem qualityhuman healthLCAmanuresustainability |
| spellingShingle | Elnaz Amirahmadi Mohammad Ghorbani Jan Moudrý Petr Konvalina Marek Kopecký Impacts of Environmental Factors and Nutrients Management on Tomato Grown under Controlled and Open Field Conditions Agronomy compost ecosystem quality human health LCA manure sustainability |
| title | Impacts of Environmental Factors and Nutrients Management on Tomato Grown under Controlled and Open Field Conditions |
| title_full | Impacts of Environmental Factors and Nutrients Management on Tomato Grown under Controlled and Open Field Conditions |
| title_fullStr | Impacts of Environmental Factors and Nutrients Management on Tomato Grown under Controlled and Open Field Conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impacts of Environmental Factors and Nutrients Management on Tomato Grown under Controlled and Open Field Conditions |
| title_short | Impacts of Environmental Factors and Nutrients Management on Tomato Grown under Controlled and Open Field Conditions |
| title_sort | impacts of environmental factors and nutrients management on tomato grown under controlled and open field conditions |
| topic | compost ecosystem quality human health LCA manure sustainability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/3/916 |
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