The effects of soil proprieties on the yield and the growth of tomato plants and fruits irrigated by treated wastewater

Ouansafi, Soukaina; Abdelilah, Fahde; Kabine, Mostafa; Maaghloud, Hind; Bellali, Fatima; Bouqdaoui, Karima El

doi:10.3934/agrfood.2019.4.921

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“…In this study, significant interactions between soil texture and fertilization type were observed only for qualitative variables. The yield and fruit number were higher in the loamy soil, probably due to the plants' better utilization of both water and nutrients, particularly nitrogen [34]. This statement is supported by the higher mean fresh weight and dry weight of plants grown in the loamy soil, resulting in increased water content in the fresh weight and a higher concentration of organic and inorganic molecules in the dry weight, respectively [35].…”

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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

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The use of plant-based compost has been increasing within environmentally sustainable crop systems, as its incorporation into soil improves its structure and implies a slow release of nutrients to the plants. Due to the limited literature regarding compost application to industrial crops and the important role of the soil type, research was conducted on the industrial tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) hybrid Coronel F1 at the Department of Agricultural Sciences of Naples, University Federico II, in 2019 and 2020. The study was based on the factorial combination of three fertilization types (compost, compost + mineral, and mineral) and three soil textures (clayey, loamy, and sandy). The highest crop yield was observed in loamy soil with mineral fertilization (+12.7% compared to clayey and loamy soils; +12.1% and +60.3% compared to compost + mineral and compost, respectively). Compost application increased plant dry weight (+23% compared to mineral fertilization), while sandy soil had a lower dry residue (−3%). The combination of loamy soil and compost exhibited the highest fruit dry matter percentage (approximately 7%). These findings suggest that applying compost to industrial tomato plants, alone or with mineral fertilizers, improves fruit quality and promotes crop system sustainability, and the optimal strategy depends on the target crop and soil type.

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confidence: 84%

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

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“… da Silva et al (2008) also found that increasing irrigation water salinity caused the reduction of plant growth due to excess salts concentrations around the plant root zone. Another study found that increasing irrigation water salinity from 0.5 to 6.0 dS.m −1 in EC causes a decrease in plant LA, which could be linked to reducing water availability and absorption, which affects cell division and elongation ( Vieira et al, 2016 ), decrease in the root's osmotic potential, and thus contributes to a decrease in the number of cells, depletion of leaf nutrient content, and decreased leaf elongation ( Ouansafi et al, 2019 ).…”

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Evaluation of irrigation suitability potential of brewery effluent post treated in a pilot horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland system: implications for sustainable urban agriculture

Alayu

Leta

2021

Heliyon

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The use of untreated or partially treated wastewater reuse for urban and peri-urban agricultural irrigation is a common practice in developing countries like Ethiopia. Such practices, however, pose significant environmental and public health risks. The objective of this study was to evaluate the irrigation suitability of anaerobic digestion brewery effluent (ADBE) and two-stage horizontal subsurface constructed wetland post-treated ADBE (CWPBE). A series of pot experiments were conducted in a plastic - greenhouse system arranged in three sets of irrigation schemes: Treatment Group1 (TG1): municipal pipe tap water (MPTW) irrigated pots; Treatment Group2 (TG2): ADBE irrigated pots, and Treatment Group3 (TG3): CWPBE irrigated pots. Pots packed with the same amount of sandy clay loam soil and local tomato seeds sown were irrigated following an updated tomato irrigation schedule derived from the FAO CROPWAT stimulation model for 120 days. The findings from key irrigation water quality parameters showed that the CWPBE achieved the prescribed irrigation water standards with values of pH (7.4 ± 0.15), electrical conductivity (1.9 ± 0.11 dS.m −1 ), total suspended solids (25 ± 4.17 mgL -1 ), chemical oxygen demand (185.1 ± 1.66 mgL -1 ), total nitrogen (17.4 ± 0.7 mgL -1 ), total phosphorous (8.8 ± 0.26 mgkg -1 ), calcium (10.5 ± 3.6 mgkg -1 ), magnesium (4.9 ± 0.98 mgkg -1 ), sodium (4.4 ± 1.51 mgkg -1 ), potassium (2.3 ± 1.15 mgkg -1 ), sodium adsorption ratio (1.6 ± 0.34), and total coliform (8 ± 0.16×10 −5 CFU/100 mL). Moreover, tomato plants grown in TG3 attained higher growth such as number of leaves (85.6 ± 4.68), plant height (92.2 ± 1.29 cm), stem diameter (13.1 ± 2.35 cm) and leaf area (35.5 ± 1.03 cm 2 ) as well as higher biomass (61.2 ± 1.33 kgm −2 ) and fruit (46.4 ± 3.51 kgm −2 ) yields over other treatment groups. The results revealed that irrigation waters significantly improved both growth and yield parameters of tomato plants with the ascending order of TG1 < TG2 < TG3. Moreover, CWPBE showed minima short-term residual effect on soil physicochemical properties as compared to ADBE, and thus, it has potential suitability for agricultural irrigation reuse.

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“…This latter result was expected since soil effects are generally due to a wide combination of factors like water, nutrients, pH, EC, rhizosphere microbiome, etc. [74][75][76][77][78][79], that may influence, both directly and indirectly, growth, development, and plant metabolism, including the secondary one [47,[57][58][59][60][61]. For this reason, the influence of soils is generally reported to be more attributable to fertility overall (i.e., OM and OC content, mineral nitrogen richness, etc.)…”

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A Multipurpose Sustainable Farming System for Tobacco Crops in the Mediterranean Area

Sifola,

del Piano,

Todisco

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The present study aimed to test a multipurpose sustainable tobacco farming system allowing more efficient use of production factors (e.g., mineral N fertilizer) thanks to larger commercial yields, albeit diversified (smoke products, bioactive compounds for nutraceutical and cosmeceutical uses, energy), per unit of land area. Three tobacco types (dark air-cured, IBG; light air-cured, Bu; dark fire-cured, Ky) were grown in the field in 2021 on three different soils (sandy clay loam, SCL; sandy loam, SL; clay loam, CL). The total waste biomass (WB, kg dry weight, d.w. ha−1) was measured. Commercial leaves yield (CLY, kg d.w. ha−1), N agronomic efficiency (NAE, kg d.w. kg−1 N), total polyphenols content (TP, mg kg−1 d.w.), antioxidant activity (ABTS, DPPH and FRAP, mmol Trolox Equivalent, TE, kg−1 d.w.) and yield of polyphenols (PY, kg ha−1) were determined. The calorific value (CV, MJ kg−1 d.w.), volatile matter (VM, %) and ash contents (%) were also measured, and biomass energy yield (BEY, GJ ha−1 yr−1) was then calculated. Very high percentages (>40%) of total biomass produced by the different tobacco types were pre-harvest waste. NAE increased by 2- to more than 8-fold thanks to a greater potential commercial biomass produced with the same amount of N fertilizer used. Four main components were found in the tobacco polyphenols profile, namely 3-O-CQA, luteolin 7 rutinoside, rutin and quinic acid, which accounted for more than 80% of TP. BEY ranged between 122.3 GJ ha−1 yr−1 (Bu) and 29.9 GJ ha−1 yr−1 (Ky). Both polyphenols yield and energy potential per unit land area and/or per growing season appeared competitive with those from other herbaceous crops. The proposed multipurpose system appeared as a production circuit characterized by a virtuous and sustainable flow of resources.

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The effects of soil proprieties on the yield and the growth of tomato plants and fruits irrigated by treated wastewater

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

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

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

Evaluation of irrigation suitability potential of brewery effluent post treated in a pilot horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland system: implications for sustainable urban agriculture

A Multipurpose Sustainable Farming System for Tobacco Crops in the Mediterranean Area

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