Title
Rooftop urban agriculture model with two tomato varieties (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill) and toppings in the high jungle – Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
ASTES Publishers
Abstract
The study objective was to design and evaluate the agroecological system of an agricultural model with vegetable covers (Luffa cylindrica, Cyclanthera pedata and Mucuna pruriens) associated with tomato plants (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill), Rio Grande and Cherry varieties. The agroecological system is shown with its components of inputs, processes and outputs. The main entrances being solar radiation, rainwater and air as main sources for plant photosynthesis. Components of rooftop agroecosystem are soil, plants, animals and microbes, which form the food pyramid in ecological balance. Production benefits the family in terms of food safety with safe pesticide-free tomatoes. At the same time there is a plant barrier on the roofs to reduce the effects of solar radiation that favors the comfort of the family; in this way the research is framed in the nature of cities with green roofs with their multiple ecological benefits. A new tomato variety obtained by natural crossbreeding between the Cherry and Rio Grande varieties has also been obtained, with medium-sized fruits favorable to the organic tomato market, whose average equatorial diameter is 2.82 ± 0.086 cm, and the average polar diameter 2.47 ± 0.105 cm.
Start page
446
End page
450
Volume
5
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Agricultura
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85081555422
Source
Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems
ISSN of the container
2415-6698
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus