Irrigation scheduling and requirements of processing tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) in Eastern Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra A. Madramootoo ◽  
Felix Jaria ◽  
Naresh Kumar Arumugagounder Thangaraju
Keyword(s):  
Lycopersicon Esculentum ◽  
Irrigation Scheduling ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Processing Tomato

Soil thermal and productive responses of biodegradable mulch materials in a processing tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) crop

Soil Research ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta M. Moreno ◽  
Alicia Cirujeda ◽  
Joaquín Aibar ◽  
Carmen Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Lycopersicon Esculentum ◽  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Total Yield ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Barley Straw ◽  
Processing Tomato ◽  
Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill

Mulch materials of different origin and colour are available in the agricultural sector as sustainable alternatives to the use of polyethylene (PE). Mulching modifies soil temperature and consequently affects crop yields. This work assessed the thermal and productive responses of different mulch materials in two different geo-climatic conditions during a 3-year integrated field study on processing tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). Two biodegradable plastic mulches (BD1, BD2), one oxo-degradable material (OB), two types of paper (PP1, PP2) and one barley-straw cover (BS) were compared with two control treatments: black PE and manual weeding (MW). Soil temperature variables (maximum, minimum and mean temperature, soil growing degree-days and soil temperature amplitude) and production variables (marketable and total yield, mean fruit weight) were considered. Thermally, PE could be considered an atypical mulch causing higher temperatures in the soil, but it is not associated with a higher yield. Responses of PE, PP2 and MW were independent of the geo-environmental conditions, whereas OB, BD1 and BD2 had similar thermal and productive responses to each other in different environments. Tomato yield was correlated positively only with the minimum soil temperature, especially when excluding PE.

scholarly journals Nitrogen and Phosphorus Preconditioning of Small-plug Seedlings Influence Processing Tomato Productivity

HortScience ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 655-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald W. Garton ◽  
Irvin E. Widders
Keyword(s):  
Lycopersicon Esculentum ◽  
Root Growth ◽  
Seedling Establishment ◽  
Shoot Growth ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Processing Tomato ◽  
Shoot Tissue ◽  
Growing Medium ◽  
Marketable Fruit ◽  
Nutrient Solutions

Seedlings of processing tomato `H 2653' (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) were cultured in 288-cell (< 6 cm3 volume) plug trays in a soilless growing medium. Pretransplant fertilization with nutrient solutions containing 10 or 20 mm N and 2 or 5 mm P for 10 days altered the total ammoniacal-N and P, and the soluble NO3-N and PO4-P concentrations in the shoot tissue at transplanting. Post-transplanting shoot and root growth were more rapid in late May plantings than in earlier plantings. The 20-mm N and 2-mm P pretransplant treatment caused the most rapid shoot growth following early season plantings in the field. Rapid seedling establishment after transplanting was generally not a good indicator of potential fruit yield. The 5-mm P pretransplant treatment produced higher marketable fruit yields in early plantings but not in later. Culture of seedlings under a low fertilization regime (5.4 mm N, 1.0 mm P, and 1.6 mm K) before pretransplant treatment produced as high or higher fruit yields than did seedlings from a higher regimen. Withholding fertilizer temporarily before transplanting resulted in a depletion in tissue N and P concentrations, slow post-transplanting shoot growth, and lower yields.

scholarly journals Physiological Factors and their Relationship with the Productivity of Processing Tomato under Different Water Supplies

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eszter Nemeskéri ◽  
András Neményi ◽  
András Bőcs ◽  
Zoltán Pék ◽  
Lajos Helyes
Keyword(s):  
Stomatal Conductance ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Water Status ◽  
Canopy Temperature ◽  
Irrigation Scheduling ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Processing Tomato ◽  
Spad Value ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Fruit Setting

Measurement of physiological traits can be used to monitor plant water status, for irrigation scheduling or to predict the expected yield in open-field production of vegetables. This study evaluates the changes in stomatal conductance, chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm), relative chlorophyll content (SPAD), and canopy temperature at different stages of development of processing tomato to show their relationships with the yield and quality under well-irrigated, deficit irrigated, and non-irrigated conditions. Under non-irrigated conditions, during flowering with fruit setting and early fruit development the highest canopy temperature, lowest stomatal conductance, and Fv/Fm were measured, while the SPAD value was the highest. Under this condition, the correlation between the SPAD value, fruit weight, and marketing yield was positive, but it was negative with the total soluble solid (°Brix). During flowering with fruit setting, under deficit irrigation conditions a close significant positive correlation was found between the SPAD value and the fruit weight, marketing yield, and vitamin C content of fruits. During this period, under regularly irrigated conditions, the SPAD, Fv/Fm, and canopy temperature related to stomatal conductance. Stomatal conductance had significant influence on yield and quality under non-irrigated and well-irrigated conditions while the SPAD value and canopy temperature had significant influence on under deficit irrigated conditions.

Eastern Black Nightshade (Solanum ptycanthum) Interference in Processing Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)

Weed Science ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 38 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 385-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances G. M. Perez ◽  
John B. Masiunas
Keyword(s):  
Lycopersicon Esculentum ◽  
Relative Yield ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Eastern Black Nightshade ◽  
Solanum Ptycanthum ◽  
Processing Tomato ◽  
Black Nightshade ◽  
Tomato Yield ◽  
Greenhouse Plant ◽  
Marketable Fruit

In replacement experiments in the greenhouse, plant relative yield (PRY) of both eastern black nightshade and tomato increased as the proportion of nightshade plants increased in the pots, indicating that nightshade is less competitive than tomato. In field studies tomato yield was reduced by two-thirds if three nightshade plants m–1of row were allowed to grow with tomato more than 6 weeks following tomato establishment The percent marketable fruit decreased linearly from 73% with no nightshade to 49% when nightshade were present for 12 weeks. When nightshade and tomato were transplanted together, tomato yield was 9000 kg ha–1and 49% of the fruit was marketable, while tomato yields were 30 000 kg ha–1and 70% of the fruit was marketable when nightshade was established 9 weeks after tomato planting.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document