Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) hybrid Hermosa indeterminate study of yield and fruit quality under greenhouse conditions responding at organic manure application

Étude indéterminée de la tomate (Solanum lycopersicum) hybride Hermosa sur le rendement et la qualité des fruits en serre répondant à l'épandage de fumier organique

Pedro V. Vazquez (1) , Manuel Eduardo Morales (2, 1) , Merle C. Navarro Cortez (1)

1 Universidad Tecnológica de la Costa
2 CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International

The organics alternatives in the vegetables production are a strategy to produce free chemical polluted foods that endanger human health. In the present study, the Hermosa indeterminate tomato variety was used and the following treatments were evaluated in a completely randomized design: Compost 2 tons/ha + VAM and BAC + Compost tea 50% (Treatment 1), Compost 4 tons/ha + VAM and BAC + Compost tea 50% (Treatment 2), Compost 6 tons/ha + VAM and BAC + Compost tea 50% (Treatment 3), VAM and BAC + Compost tea 50% (Treatment 4) and Absolute control (Treatment 5). The results indicate that Treatment 3 (Compost 6 ton/ha + VAM and BAC + Compost tea 50%) had the highest plant height at 120 days after planting (414.07 cm). Regarding the number of fruits per plant, fruit weight per experimental unit, fruit weight per m² and fruit weight per plant, no significant differences were identified. The five treatments show no significant difference in polar and equatorial diameter of the fruit weight, fruit density and unit volume. For five treatments evaluated, the pH, Brix and fruit firmness variables do not show significant difference

Mots clés: Tomato; Lycopersicum; manure

Domaines: Agronomie

Pedro V. Vazquez, Manuel Eduardo Morales, Merle C. Navarro Cortez. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) hybrid Hermosa indeterminate study of yield and fruit quality under greenhouse conditions responding at organic manure application. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2016, 11 (3), pp.166-170. ⟨10.5897/AJAR2014.9164⟩. ⟨hal-02539634⟩