TITLE:
Yield of Tomato in Soil Treated with Compost, Amorphous Primary Minerals and Microorganisms
AUTHORS:
Juan Martín Parra Delgado, Edgar Quero Gutiérrez, Leopoldo Partida Ruvalcaba, Teresa de Jesús Velázquez Alcaraz, Tomás Díaz Valdés, Felipe Ayala Tafoya, Marino Valenzuela López
KEYWORDS:
Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., Macronutrients and Micronutrients, Beneficial Elements, Redox, Sustainability
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.2 No.9,
September
17,
2015
ABSTRACT:
This research was conducted to determine the chemical condition initial
and final of the soil, having been treated with compost, primary minerals
amorphous (MPA) and microorganisms (M) as well as response of the hybrid “Moctezuma”
of saladette tomato (Lycopersicon
esculentum Mill.). Compost and MPA were applied 30 days before the
transplant, the Steiner solution from the transplant and the microorganisms
every eight days up to harvest in drip irrigation; the population density was
25,000 plants per hectare, the which they were handled to a stem in separate
rows 1.6 meters between they. The experimental design was randomized complete block with four replications
and nine treatments. The 25 Mg·ha﹣1 of compost and 6 Mg·ha﹣1 of MPA
(T8) were sufficient to yield 114.0 Mg·ha﹣1 with an increase of 9.3%
compared to 104.3 Mg·ha﹣1 achieved with Steiner solution. Compost,
MPA and M were made that the soil increased the fertility from before
transplantation, and until the harvest is continued providing enough nutrients,
with the exception to Cl and S, which were not detected after harvest. Deficiencies
of Cl and S perhaps were one of the causes of that plants did not produced
beyond that achieved with Steiner solution or T8, this latter that
in turn allowed manage more sustainably the soil and plants that with Steiner
solution, while with T8 was supplied organic matter and assimilable
mineral by plants.