The application of high level of fertilization and inadequate management of fertigation in tomato crop can promote increase of salinity of the solution, nutritional imbalance and physiological disorders in the plants, consequently reduces the productivity and the quality of the fruits. The aim of this study was to evaluate different fertigation strategies in growth and production of mini tomato plants cultivated with substrate in a greenhouse. The experimental design was in randomized complete blocks with four treatments and twenty replicates. The treatments corresponded to four fertigation strategies, as follows: T1 [(control) fertigation with leaching of 20%]; T2 fertigation throughout the day and irrigation at the end of the day with leaching of 20%; T3 irrigation with leaching of 20%, followed by fertigation in all activations of the irrigation system; T4 fertigation with leaching of 20% and reuse of the leached solution. Stem height and diameter, number of clusters, total and commercial fruit production, fruit size, fruit color, total titratable acidity, soluble solids content and fruit texture were evaluated. No significant differences were detected among the treatments in relation to the growth variables of the mini tomato plants. The strategies of fertigation tested do not influence significantly the growth of tomato plants. The T1 and T4 managements provide higher commercial production and fruits with higher content of soluble solids when compared with other management strategies evaluated. Considering the nutritional factor, we recommend to reuse the nutrient solution used in the tomato cultivation with substrate, correcting daily the electrical conductivity of the solution.
RESUMO: Avaliou-se o efeito da irrigação e de fases de maturação dos frutos sobre o rendimento em massa de matéria seca e de óleo de sementes de pinhão-manso. O experimento foi conduzido na área experimental do departamento de Agricultura da Universidade Federal de Lavras-UFLA, em Lavras-MG, em uma lavoura de pinhão-manso irrigada por gotejamento, com três anos de idade. Frutos de pinhão-manso foram classificados em quatro fases de maturação, assim denominadas: F1 (frutos totalmente verdes e sementes brancas); F2 (20% de frutos verdes e o restante amarelos, marrons e secos); F3 (frutos amarelos com partes marrons, com início de deiscência e sementes pretas); e F4 (frutos marrons escuros, secos e deiscentes). As sementes foram extraídas para a determinação do teor de água, dimensões principais, volume, massa seca de mil sementes e teor de óleo. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o inteiramente casualizado, em esquema fatorial 4 X 2 (4 fases de maturação dos frutos e duas formas de manejo de águairrigado e sequeiro) e 3 repetições. A colheita de frutos na coloração marrom, em plantas irrigadas, proporcionou maior rendimento em massa seca e rendimento de óleo de sementes de pinhão-manso.
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