Title
Seedlings production of two tomato (Solanum licopersicum L.) cultivars under different environments and substrates
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Monteiro Neto J.L.L.
Araújo W.F.
Vilarinho L.B.O.
Nunes T.K.D.O.
Da Silva E.S.
Da Silva Maia S.
De Albuquerque J.D.A.A.
Chagas E.A.
Da Silva Siqueira R.H.
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Abstract
The type of environment and substrates quality in seedlings production are essential for the production of productive plants under field conditions. In order to determine the best environment and substrate for seedlings production of two tomato cultivars (IPA 06 and Santamélia), two experiments, completely randomized and arranged in subdivided plots with five replicates, were conducted under the environmental conditions of Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil. Treatments consisted of the association among five environments (A1 - greenhouse, A2 - Chromatinet ® 35% red, A3 - Chromatinet ® 50% red, A4 - Chromatinet ® 35% Silver and A5 - Chromatinet ® 50% Silver) and four substrates S1 - OrganoAmazon®; S2 - OrganoAmazon® + PuroHumus®; S3 - OrganoAmazon® + PuroHumus® + soil + bovine manure, and S4-OrganoAmazon® + PuroHumus® + soil + bovine manure + carbonized rice husk (CRH) on the following variables: number of leaves, plant height, stem diameter, dry shoot and root biomass, plant height/stem diameter ratio accordingly to colon & Dickson quality index of seedlings. Substrates made with the addition of PuroHumus®, without presenting CRH (S2 and S3), which favored the increasing of all analyzed variables. In addition, greenhouse, especially when is associated to S2 substrate, had achieved the best environment for seedlings production of the two evaluated tomato cultivars. Photoconverter shading nets we re not efficient in tomato seedlings production under climatic conditions of Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil.
Start page
270
End page
276
Volume
67
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Horticultura, Viticultura
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85040607641
Source
Acta Agronomica
ISSN of the container
01202812
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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