Effects of different organic nutrient solution formulations and supplementation on tomato fruit quality and aromatic volatiles

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Lele Ma ◽  
Junwei Zhang ◽  
Ruidan Ren ◽  
Binghua Fan ◽  
Leiping Hou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Solution ◽  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Tomato Fruit ◽  
Organic Nutrient

scholarly journals REDUCING THE SALINITY IMPACT ON SOILLESS CULTURE OF TOMATOES USING SUPPLEMENTAL CA AND FOLIAR MICRONUTRIENTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Said Saleh ◽  
Guangmin Liu ◽  
Mingchi Liu ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Nazim Gruda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salt Stress ◽  
Nutrient Solution ◽  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Foliar Application ◽  
Tomato Fruit ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Salinity Treatment ◽  
Soilless Culture

Salt stress is known as one of the most severe abiotic factors limiting the plant production all over the world. In this study, three additives: (i) supplemental Ca (5 mmol L–1) to nutrient solution, (ii) foliar application of micronutrients (Fe, Mn and Zn at 60, 160 and 110 mg L–1, respectively), and (iii) combination of both of them were evaluated aiming to reduce the negative impact of salt stress on tomato plants cultivated in a soilless culture and improve the internal quality of fruits. The obtained results show that salinity reduced vegetative growth and physiological parameters, fruit yield and its components, and even more lowered fruit market classification of tomatoes. Salinity treatment reduced most of essential macro- and micronutrients in tomato fruit, whilst Na content was increased. Tomato productivity and fruit quality were ameliorated under saline conditions by increasing Ca into nutrient solution and applying a foliar application of micronutrients. A com- bination of both additives ranked the first to alleviate the adverse effects of salinity on tomatoes, followed by solo supplemental Ca into saline nutrient solution. On the other hand, the internal fruit quality of antioxidant compounds, such as vitamin C, lycopene, α-carotene, β-carotene and lutein as well as acidity, total soluble solid and dry matter percent, were increased under saline conditions.

TOMATO FRUIT QUALITY IN RELATION TO THE CONTENT OF SODIUM CHLORIDE IN THE NUTRIENT SOLUTION

2004 ◽  
pp. 769-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Leonardi ◽  
M. Martorana ◽  
F. Giuffrida ◽  
V. Fogliano ◽  
R. Pernice
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Nutrient Solution ◽  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Tomato Fruit

scholarly journals Changes in Selected Quality Attributes of Greenhouse Tomato Fruit as Affected by Pre- and Postharvest Environmental Conditions in Year-round Production

HortScience ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1698-1704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chieri Kubota ◽  
Mark Kroggel ◽  
Mohammad Torabi ◽  
Katherine A. Dietrich ◽  
Hyun-Jin Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Solution ◽  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Storage Temperature ◽  
Tomato Fruit ◽  
Quality Attributes ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Soluble Solids ◽  
Postharvest Quality ◽  
Postharvest Storage

‘Durinta’ tomatoes were grown hydroponically using rockwool substrate in greenhouses to assess the seasonal and postharvest changes of selected quality attributes including lycopene and total soluble solids (TSS, % Brix) concentrations in fruit when grown under varied electrical conductivity (EC) in the nutrient solution. Two levels of EC examined in this study were 2.4 and 4.8 dS·m−1 for standard low EC and high EC treatments, respectively. All fruits at light-red and red ripeness stages were harvested and weighed every week, and nine fruits visually representing the median group of red fruits were selected from each EC treatment and subject to measurements of lycopene and TSS concentrations. Of 53 harvest weeks (Dec. 2005 to Dec. 2006), 45 weeks were subject to fruit quality analyses at harvest and 3 weeks were subject to postharvest quality analyses. Lycopene concentration and TSS showed seasonal differences with larger variation in lycopene, but the high EC treatment induced an overall average of 18% greater lycopene concentration and a 20% greater TSS. The regression analyses indicated that efflux solution EC (EEC) was the most influential factor for both lycopene and TSS concentrations, but secondary influential factors were greenhouse temperature for lycopene and daily light integral for TSS. Postharvest storage test showed that selected fruit quality attributes (lycopene, TSS, ascorbic acid, and total phenolics) changed minimally or not at all for 10 days when stored at 12 °C, a widely recommended tomato postharvest storage temperature. Overall, we consider that producing lycopene-rich tomato by controlling EC of nutrient solution was feasible during year-round greenhouse production using a high-wire rockwool culture system.

Tomato fruit quality as influenced by the interactions between agricultural techniques and harvesting period

2014 ◽  
Vol 177 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Hernández ◽  
Francisco Espinosa ◽  
Purificación Galindo
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Tomato Fruit

scholarly journals Sweet pepper production in substrate in response to salinity, nutrient solution management and training system

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
José S Rubio ◽  
Walter E Pereira ◽  
Francisco Garcia-Sanchez ◽  
Luis Murillo ◽  
Antonio L García ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Solution ◽  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Sweet Pepper ◽  
Training System ◽  
Fruit Yield ◽  
Salt Treatment ◽  
Hoagland Solution ◽  
Half Strength ◽  
Marketable Fruit

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the marketable fruit yield of sweet pepper plants (Capsicum annuum cv. Orlando) in function of the management of nutrient solution with training system. Plants were grown on coconut coir dust under greenhouse conditions in the southeast of Spain. A randomized block design in split-split plot with four blocks was used to test the effect of the nutrient solution strength (full or half-strength Hoagland nutrient solution), training system (two and three stems per plant) and water salinity (saline and non-saline) on total and marketable yield, fruit quality, and fruit mineral concentration. Salt treatment decreased fruit yield by decreasing the fruit fresh weight but not the number of fruits per plant. Under saline and non-saline conditions, the higher yield of fruits was obtained in plants watered with half-strength Hoagland solution, and grown with three stems per plant. Blossom end rot incidence increased under saline conditions or using full-strength Hoagland solution, but decreased with the combination of half-strength Hoagland solution and three-stem training system. Salt treatment also decreased fruit quality in all the treatments due to a decrease in PO2-, SO4(2-), Fe2+;3+, Cu1+;2+ and Mn2+ concentrations, and fruit shape index. Likewise, plants exposed to salinity and watered with half-strength Hoagland solution and trained with three stems showed a reduction in juice glucose and fructose concentration. Based on these results, an increase of the marketable fruit yield could be obtained under non or moderate saline conditions with the implementation of suitable culture practices.

EFFECT OF TWO GREENHOUSE COVERS ON GROWTH, DRY MATTER CONTENT AND TOMATO FRUIT QUALITY

2005 ◽  
pp. 481-486
Author(s):  
L. Jarquin-Enriquez ◽  
E. Mercado-Silva ◽  
E. Castaño-Tostado
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Tomato Fruit ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Dry Matter Content

scholarly journals Alcobaça allele and genotypic backgrounds affect yield and fruit shelf life of tomato hybrids

2003 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Túlio José Mendes Dias ◽  
Wilson Roberto Maluf ◽  
Marcos Ventura Faria ◽  
Joelson André de Freitas ◽  
Luiz Antonio Augusto Gomes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shelf Life ◽  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Tomato Fruit ◽  
Total Yield ◽  
Fruit Shape ◽  
Quality Traits ◽  
Average Mass ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Fruit Quality Traits ◽  
Commercial Yield

Post-harvest shelf life of tomato fruit may be increased by deploying mutant alleles which affect the natural ripening process and/or by a favorable genotypic background. Among the several ripening mutant genes, alcobaça (alc) has proved to be highly efficient in increasing shelf life of commercial tomato fruits, especially in heterozygosis, a state at which no limiting deleterious effects upon fruit color occur. The effects of heterozygosity in the alcobaça locus (alc+/alc) on yield and fruit quality traits of tomato hybrids with three genotypic backgrounds. We evaluated three pairs of hybrids obtained from crosses between the near-isogenic pollen source lines Flora-Dade (alc+/alc+) and TOM-559 (alc/alc), and three maternal lines (Stevens, NC-8276 and Piedmont). The six treatments were factorial combinations of two different status in the alc locus (alc+/alc and alc+/alc+) versus three different genotypic backgrounds (maternal lines). Fruits were harvested at the breaker stage of maturation and stored in shelves at 21ºC for 14 days. Yield and fruit quality traits were then evaluated. Regardless of the background, the alc allele in heterozygosis (alc+/alc) did not interfere with the total yield, commercial yield, average mass per fruit, average mass per commercial fruit, fruit shape, or with fruit peduncular scar diameter. The alc+/alc genotype reduced the rate of firmness loss and delayed evolution of the red color of the fruit, thus contributing to an increase of the post-harvest shelf life for all three genotypic backgrounds.

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