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Effects of water table depths and fertilizer treatments on yield and quality of tomatoes

A field lysimeter experiment was conducted during 1993 and 1994 using 4 water table depths (WTD) (0.3, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0 m), 13 treatment levels of calcium (0, 1500, and 2500 kg/ha) and potassium (0, 160, and 400 kg/ha), to determine their effects on tomato quality and yield. Plant parameters measured included: yield (fruit/plant), fruit height, maximum and minimum equatorial width, degree of catfacing (scale of 1 to 5), and sunscald (scale of 0 to 2). / Water table treatment was usually highly significant for the parameters measured at harvest. Largest height, equatorial width and yield of tomato fruit occur with 0.6 to 0.8 m WTD. Fertilizer treatments were rarely significant by WTD, but if they were, they tended to be in the 0.3 or 1.0 m WTD. Maintaining a WTD of 0.6 to 0.8 m and fertilizing with 160 kg/ha of K can improve quality and total yield of tomatoes.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.22818
Date January 1995
CreatorsTrenholm, Leif
ContributorsMadramootoo, C. A. (advisor)
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Science (Department of Agricultural Engineering.)
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Relationalephsysno: 001464769, proquestno: MM05642, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest.

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