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Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 4 Effects of soil treatments on tomato cropping response

From: Effects of on-farm composted tomato residues on soil biological activity and yields in a tomato cropping system

 

Tomato system response

Green biomass (Q ha −1 )

Yield

Quality of berries

Total (t ha −1 )

Marketable (t ha −1 )

Discard (t ha −1 )

Weight (g)

pH

Optical residue (°Bx)

C1

98.05 bc

66.6 de

62.5 c

8.51 a

75.8 a

4.15 a

3.02 a

C2

117.08 b

83.3 bcd

75.7 bc

10.70 a

84.3 a

4.09 a

3.37 a

C3

128.13 b

73.6 cde

69.6 bc

8.72 a

78.4 a

4.15 a

2.98 a

C4

149.38 a

93.1 abc

88.1 ab

13.80 a

86.9 a

4.19 a

3.71 a

COW

91.81 c

60.6 e

55.1 c

8.35 a

82.0 a

4.03 a

3.03 a

MNR

144.24 a

105.8 a

101.2 a

12.1 a

74.3 a

4.31 a

3.44 a

MSR

148.61 a

100.6 ab

96.7 a

12.2 a

74.9 a

4.20 a

3.56 a

CTRL

109.72 bc

73.0 cde

68.2 bc

12.4 a

81.0 a

4.17 a

2.81 a

  1. Different letters indicate significant differences (ANOVA, Duncan's test, P ≤ 0.05).
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