Assessing the response of yield and comprehensive fruit quality of tomato grown in greenhouse to deficit irrigation and nitrogen application strategies

Wang, Chenxia; Feng, Gu; Chen, Jinliang; Yang, Hui; Jiang, Jingjing; Du, Taisheng; Zhang, Jianhua

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2015.07.010

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“…This is consistent with the research results of deficit irrigation in Turkey (Onder et al, 2005;Topcu et al, 2007) and Italy (Patane and Cosentino, 2010;Patane and Saita, 2015), as well as China, from where Wang et al (2015) report very similar WUE for full and deficit irrigation. Also, kaolin treatments resulted in higher YWUE than kaolin-free treatments.…”

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Effect of irrigation regime and application of kaolin on yield, quality and water use efficiency of tomato

Djurović

Ćosić

Stričević

et al. 2016

Scientia Horticulturae

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a b s t r a c tModern agriculture is faced with two tasks: (1) to produce enough food for a growing global population, and (2) to ensure satisfactory crop quality while using water resources efficiently. A study of the effect of kaolin on the yield, quality and water use efficiency of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), grown under different irrigation regimes, is reported in the paper. The research was conducted in an open field with carbonate chernozem soil, at Stara Pazova (40 km north of Belgrade, Serbia). It lasted for three years (2011, 2012, and 2013). The experimental setup was a two-factorial, completely random block system, with three replications. The first factor was the irrigation regime and the second the application of kaolin. Two irrigation treatments were studied: (a) full irrigation (F), covering 100% of ETc (crop evapotranspiration), and (b) deficit irrigation (D) at 50% of ETc. The kaolin treatments were: (a) control treatment, without kaolin (C) and treatment with a 5% suspension of kaolin (K).On average, the highest fresh tomato fruit yields were achieved under full irrigation, with kaolin (FK) (21.0 kg m −2 ). The FK treatment also resulted in the greatest dry weight of the fruits (1.1 kg m −2 ). The average fruit weight was rather uniform and ranged from 71.7 g with DC to 75.4 g with DK. The average sugar and lycopene content was quite uniform over the study period, while the irrigation regime had a significant effect on the average organic acid content and total antioxidant activity. Deficit irrigation treatments resulted in a higher organic acid content and higher total antioxidant activity than full irrigation. The application of kaolin had a greater effect of the water use efficiency of tomato than the irrigation treatment.

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Effect of irrigation regime and application of kaolin on yield, quality and water use efficiency of tomato

Djurović

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Stričević

et al. 2016

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“…This supply is obtained directly from the soil air. The relationship between soil moisture regime (influenced by both irrigation and rainfall) and tomato quality has been widely recognized14. However, irrigation increases the soil water content surrounding the roots, reducing air-filled porosity, and SDI is no exception.…”

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Yields and Nutritional of Greenhouse Tomato in Response to Different Soil Aeration Volume at two depths of Subsurface drip irrigation

Niu

Dyck

et al. 2016

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This study investigated the effects of 4 aeration levels (varied by injection of air to the soil through subsurface irrigation lines) at two subsurface irrigation line depths (15 and 40 cm) on plant growth, yield and nutritional quality of greenhouse tomato. In all experiments, fruit number, width and length, yield, vitamin C, lycopene and sugar/acid ratio of tomato markedly increased in response to the aeration treatments. Vitamin C, lycopene, and sugar/acid ratio increased by 41%, 2%, and 43%, respectively, in the 1.5 times standard aeration volume compared with the no-aeration treatment. An interaction between aeration level and depth of irrigation line was also observed with yield, fruit number, fruit length, vitamin C and sugar/acid ratio of greenhouse tomato increasing at each aeration level when irrigation lines were placed at 40 cm depth. However, when the irrigation lines were 15 cm deep, the trend of total fruit yields, fruit width, fruit length and sugar/acid ratio first increased and then decreased with increasing aeration level. Total soluble solids and titrable acid decreased with increasing aeration level both at 15 and 40 cm irrigation line placement. When all of the quality factors, yields and economic benefit are considered together, the combination of 40 cm line depth and “standard” aeration level was the optimum combination.

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“…High tomato consumption reduces the risk of certain diseases (Al-Amri, 2013;Massot et al, 2010;Nguyen and Schwartz, 1999). As tomato production is increasing, consumer demand is gradually changing from increased fruit quantity to better fruit quality (Chen et al, 2013;Wang et al, 2015). Water is an essential factor in tomato growth, yield, and fruit quality (Chen et al, 2014;Sun et al, 2013;Wang et al, 2015).…”

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“…As tomato production is increasing, consumer demand is gradually changing from increased fruit quantity to better fruit quality (Chen et al, 2013;Wang et al, 2015). Water is an essential factor in tomato growth, yield, and fruit quality (Chen et al, 2014;Sun et al, 2013;Wang et al, 2015). Many studies have shown that deficit irrigation improves tomato fruit quality because it leads to increased amounts of sugar, VC, and betacarotene in the fruit (Chen et al, 2013;Favati et al, 2009;Patan e and Cosentino, 2010;Wang et al, 2015;Yang et al, 2017).…”

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“…Water is an essential factor in tomato growth, yield, and fruit quality (Chen et al, 2014;Sun et al, 2013;Wang et al, 2015). Many studies have shown that deficit irrigation improves tomato fruit quality because it leads to increased amounts of sugar, VC, and betacarotene in the fruit (Chen et al, 2013;Favati et al, 2009;Patan e and Cosentino, 2010;Wang et al, 2015;Yang et al, 2017). However, the improvement in tomato fruit quality gained by deficit irrigation is matched by an undesirable reduction of yield due to smaller fruit size and earlier plant senescence (Chen et al, 2014;Hanson et al, 2006;Topcu et al, 2007;Wang et al, 2015;Zheng et al, 2013).…”

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Quantitative Analysis of Tomato Yield and Comprehensive Fruit Quality in Response to Deficit Irrigation at Different Growth Stages

Jiang¹,

Zhao²,

Tong³

et al. 2019

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To investigate the quantitative response of tomato yield and fruit quality to deficit irrigation applied at different growth stages, greenhouse experiments were conducted in 2017 and 2018. Three irrigation treatments (full irrigation and two-thirds or one-third of full irrigation) were applied to greenhouse-grown tomato plants at flowering and fruit development (stage 2) and at fruit maturation stage (stage 3). Grey relational analysis (GRA), the technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (TOPSIS), and principal components analysis (PCA) were used to calculate the comprehensive fruit quality indexes, and combinatorial evaluation method was determined. The results showed that deficit irrigation significantly reduced evapotranspiration (ET) and tomato yield and that relative yield had a negative linear correlation with relative seasonal water deficit (1−ETi/ETc). However, deficit irrigation improved fruit quality, especially at stage 2. Total soluble solids, the total soluble sugar concentration, the sugar-to-acid ratio, and vitamin C in the tomatoes all increased significantly in plants that were deficit irrigated compared with fully irrigated plants, while organic acids and lycopene decreased in both years. There were linear correlations between fruit quality parameters and 1−ETi/ETc. The comprehensive quality index derived from GRA and PCA is reliable, and the comprehensive quality indexes given by GRA, PCA, and a combination of GRA and PCA showed positive linear correlation with 1−ETi/ETc. The comprehensive quality ranking showed that in both years, F2/3M1 (two-thirds full irrigation at stage 2) gave a better result and CK (full irrigation) the worst. An appropriate water deficit at the flowering and fruit development stage, which results in a trade-off between acceptable yield and improved fruit quality, is recommended. Our results provide a sound basis for tomato production that has a desirable balance between high yield and high fruit quality.

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Assessing the response of yield and comprehensive fruit quality of tomato grown in greenhouse to deficit irrigation and nitrogen application strategies

Cited by 127 publications

References 53 publications

Effect of irrigation regime and application of kaolin on yield, quality and water use efficiency of tomato

Effect of irrigation regime and application of kaolin on yield, quality and water use efficiency of tomato

Yields and Nutritional of Greenhouse Tomato in Response to Different Soil Aeration Volume at two depths of Subsurface drip irrigation

Quantitative Analysis of Tomato Yield and Comprehensive Fruit Quality in Response to Deficit Irrigation at Different Growth Stages

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