Effects of the Application of a Plant-Based Compost on Yield and Quality of Industrial Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Grown in Different Soils

Cozzolino, Eugenio; Salluzzo, Antonio; Piano, Luisa del; Tallarita, Alessio; Cenvinzo, Vincenzo; Cuciniello, Antonio; Cerbone, Antonietta; Lombardi, Pasquale; Caruso, Gianluca

doi:10.3390/app13148401

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Amending clayey and sandy soils with nano - bio phosphorous for regulating tomato growth, biochemical, and physiological characteristics

Baroutkoob,

Haghighi,

Hajabbasi

2024

Sci Rep

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Phosphorus is a critical nutrient that significantly enhances tomato production, so maintaining an adequate level of phosphorus plays an essential role in enhancing the growth of tomato by being present in the soil. This study assessed the impact of soil texture and phosphorus content on tomato plant properties using a factorial, complete, randomized design with four replications. Treatments included clayey and sandy soils with varying phosphorus sources: non-phosphorus (P0), calcium phosphate (CaP1 and CaP2), and nano-hydroxyapatite (PN1 and PN2), where 1 indicates a concentration of 0.12 g and 2 indicates a concentration of 0.23 g per 5-kilogram pot of fertilizer. Results indicated that treatments significantly influenced yield parameters such as average fruit weight, juice content, antioxidant activity, and fruit volume. In the clayey soil, CaP2 treatment had a superior effect on yield, average fruit weight, and shoot fresh weight. In comparison with sandy conditions, CaP2 produced a 50% increase in fruit number, 29% increase in average fruit weight, and 91% increase in fruit yield. The treatments then impacted the shoot fresh weight and root length, while the phosphorus concentration appeared to be more dependent on soil type than on phosphorus sources. Similar to the CaP1 and CaP2 treatments, the PN1 treatment in clay soil also resulted in the highest fresh and dry weights of tomato shoots when compared with the control group. Generally, the findings from this study suggest that the use of CaP2 can serve as a reliable method to improve the growth, yield, and fruit quality of tomatoes, especially in clayey soil environments. However, nano-based phosphorous sources need to be tested more to see if they can improve tomato performance in a range of soil conditions. Also, further research should look into the long-term effects of phosphorous interventions on soil health and sustainability. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1038/s41598-024-76389-8.

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Amending clayey and sandy soils with nano - bio phosphorous for regulating tomato growth, biochemical, and physiological characteristics

Baroutkoob,

Haghighi,

Hajabbasi

2024

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Metabolic modeling of a plant-pathogen interaction quantifies the metabolic bottlenecks underlying bacterial wilt

Gerlin,

Genin,

Baroukh

2024

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During plant infection, complex metabolic interactions take place between the plant and the pathogen, among which occurs a true battle for resources. On one side, the pathogen harvests nutrients at the expense of the plant to sustain its growth and virulence. On the other side, the plant tries to prevent pathogen multiplication by competing for nutrients or using anti-microbial compounds. Plants and pathogens have thus contrary objectives in an intertwined system that is particularly difficult to untangle experimentally. To help decipher this interaction, we used genome-scale metabolic modeling by combining a multi-organ model of a plant, a model of a pathogen, quantitative data and a mathematical approach using sequential flux balance analyses (FBAs). We applied this modelling strategy to the interaction between the pathogenic bacterium Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum and its natural host the tomato plant. This allowed, for the first time, quantitative modeling of the fluxes of matter occurring during plant infection. The model showed that, for the pathosystem studied, i) the plant's photosynthetic capacity is a more stringent environmental condition than minerals for bacterial proliferation ii) reduction of the plant transpiration is what limits and then stops plant growth and later pathogen growth, iii) hijacking stem resources can boost bacterial growth but is accessory, and iv) pathogen-excreted putrescine is predicted to be directly reused for plant biomass. This study provides the first holistic and quantitative view of a plant-pathogen interaction, and highlighted the criticality of water flow when the bacteria responsible of the infection is a fast-growing, xylem-colonizing one.

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Effects of the Application of a Plant-Based Compost on Yield and Quality of Industrial Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Grown in Different Soils

Cited by 2 publications

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Amending clayey and sandy soils with nano - bio phosphorous for regulating tomato growth, biochemical, and physiological characteristics

Amending clayey and sandy soils with nano - bio phosphorous for regulating tomato growth, biochemical, and physiological characteristics

Metabolic modeling of a plant-pathogen interaction quantifies the metabolic bottlenecks underlying bacterial wilt

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