Effect of Particle Size and Reused Organic Substrates on Tomato Crop Production
| Autor: | Alberto Gabino Martínez-Gutiérrez, Cirenio Escamirosa Tinoco, Juana Yolanda López Cruz, Angélica Bautista Cruz, Miguel Urrestarazu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Plant Nutrition. 38:1877-1884 |
| ISSN: | 1532-4087 0190-4167 |
| Popis: | The bagasse of mezcal maguey and the fiber of coconut fruit are organic byproducts of the mezcal and copra agro-industries in Oaxaca, Mexico. The effects of different particle sizes and prior usage times as substrates on the production and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) were studied. Three independent and simultaneous experiments were conducted in multi-tunnel greenhouses. Three prior growing cycles of tomato crop, each 150 days in length days of use (DOU), were used for the usage time experiments with mezcal maguey bagasse as the growth medium. In the first experiment, tomato plants grown on substrate with 150 DOU produced the highest yields, the largest number of commercial quality fruits and the fewest non-commercial quality fruits. In the second experiment, the combination of fine particle size and maguey bagasse substrate with 150 DOU produced the highest yields. In the third experiment, fine and medium-sized particles of maguey bagasse and coconut fiber produced the highest yields.... |
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