Effect of container size on the growth and development of tomato seedlings

Oagile, Otsoseng; Gabolemogwe, Pitso; Matsuane, Christinah; Mathowa, Thembinkosi

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2016.504.100

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“…Seedlings of 14.26 and 16.97 cm height were obtained using volume of substrate of 22 and 100 cm 3 and 30 days in the nursery. These results were similar to the ones obtained by Sánchez et al (2012) (Oviedo et al, 2012;Oagile et al, 2016).…”

Section: Substrate Volumes and Nursery Dayssupporting

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Substrate volume and nursery times for earliness and yield of greenhouse tomato

Martínez-Gutiérrez

Morales

Aquino-Bolaños

et al. 2016

Emir. J. Food Agric

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Section: Substrate Volumes and Nursery Dayssupporting

confidence: 93%

Substrate volume and nursery times for earliness and yield of greenhouse tomato

Martínez-Gutiérrez

Morales

Aquino-Bolaños

et al. 2016

Emir. J. Food Agric

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“…The 72 plug cell volume recorded the greatest shoot biomass as compared to the 128 plug cell volume and this was obvious in both cocopeat and peat growing substrates. This result is similar to the findings reported by Oagile et al, (2016) who stated that shoot weights is significantly (p<0.01) affected by varying container sizes with the highest results recorded for plants grown in larger plug cell volume.…”

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“…This implies that the plug cell volume and substrate type did not significantly affect the development of plant leaves for the first three weeks of planting. Similar findings was found byOagile et al (2016).They stated that number of leaves showed a non-significant (p˃0.05) difference in response to treatments in the first three weeks. They indicated that a reduction in container cell volume reduces the space for roots to spread which affect the uptake of available minerals from the growth medium and indirectly affecting other physiological processes such as photosynthesis and respiration.…”

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Influence of plug cell volume and substrate type on the development of cucumber seedlings for transplanting

Kumi

Korkpoe

Osei

2020

IJTMR

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This study investigated the influence of plug cell volume ( 72 cell ( 36 mL ) and 128 cell tray ( 20 mL) ) and substrate type ( peat and cocopeat) on the development of cucumber seedlings. The experiment was designed in a factorial arrangement in a completely randomized design with four replications. The following growth data were measured: plant height, number of leaves, stem diameter and shoot and root biomass. The result showed significant differences among the treatments with respect to the plant height, stem diameter, as well as the shoot and root biomasses. Overall, it was found that growing cucumber seedlings in 36 mL cell volume with cocopeat produces a much better young plants for transplanting.

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“…Most of the published literature reports that the larger the container the better the development of seedlings (Antoniazzi et al, 2013;Oh et al, 2014;Oagile et al, 2016). However, this research found that the initial development, depending on the composition of the substrate, may be favored at lower cell volumes.…”

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Production of Antirrhinum majus seedlings on different substrates and containers

Silva¹,

Dotto²,

Hajar³

et al. 2017

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The aim of this study was to determine the effects of type of substrate and expanded polystyrene trays on the production of snapdragon seedlings. The experiment was completely randomized with a 3 x 2 factorial design (substrates x number of tray cells) and four replications. 'Baixa Sortida' snapdragon seeds, commercial substrate A (rice husk + vermiculite), commercial substrate B (Sphagnum + torrefied rice straw + perlite), A + B mixture (1:1) and expanded polystyrene trays with 72 and 128 cells were used. The characteristics evaluated were plant emergence rate, percentage of plant emergence at 14, 21, 28 and 35 days, number of leaves at 44 and 58 days after sowing, shoot height, root length and plant dry matter. The results showed that the substrates directly influenced the production of snapdragon seedlings. Seedling emergence and seedling development is favored by the mixture of the substrates A and B (1:1) as well as by the use of expanded polystyrene trays with 72 cells due to the higher volume available to the seedling.

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Effect of container size on the growth and development of tomato seedlings

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Substrate volume and nursery times for earliness and yield of greenhouse tomato

Substrate volume and nursery times for earliness and yield of greenhouse tomato

Influence of plug cell volume and substrate type on the development of cucumber seedlings for transplanting

Production of Antirrhinum majus seedlings on different substrates and containers

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