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Article

Morpho-Quantitative Traits and Interrelationships between Environmental Factors and Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary Attack in Tomato

by
Roxana Alexandra Sabo
1,
Csaba-Pál Racz
2,
Ioan Oroian
1,
Petru Burduhos
1,*,
Camelia Manuela Mîrza
3,
Claudia Balint
1,
Cristian Mălinaș
1 and
Antonia Cristina Maria Odagiu
1
1
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3–5 Calea Mănăștur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeș Bolyai University, 11 Arany Janos Street, 400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
3
Faculty of Medicine, “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Victor Babeș Street, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2024, 16(1), 301; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010301
Submission received: 29 October 2023 / Revised: 5 December 2023 / Accepted: 6 December 2023 / Published: 28 December 2023
(This article belongs to the Collection Landscape Approaches in Era of Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: Sustainable Forestry and Agriculture, Close-to-Nature Forestry, and Conservations in OECMs)
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Abstract

The growing imperative for sustainable development generates research in the field and explores innovative approaches to manage vegetable crops to reduce the usage of synthetic inputs commonly associated with conventional practices as well as to promote the undertaking of organic solutions. Tomatoes are universally recognized as a highly significant and popular fruit vegetable due to their large use palette. Trials were carried out in the Gâlgău area, Transylvania, Romania. Bifactorial experiments were organized to quantify the influence of fertilization and treatments on the morpho-productive and quantitative traits of the Ruxandra tomato cultivar and on Phytophthora infestans levels of infection. The use of mixed fertilization resulted in the best performances of morphological traits (highest leaf area, highest number of leaves and fruits, highest chlorophyll content) and part of the productive traits (highest content of dry matter), and the lowest levels of infection in cv. Ruxandra, while the use of NPK soil fertilization led to the best performances in fruit weight and NUE, whatever the administered treatment. The treatment with herbal extracts showed a similar efficacy in increasing the averages of morpho-productive traits and diminishing the P. infestans level of infection compared with the conventional treatment. The treatment efficacy was mainly influenced by temperature and relative air humidity, regardless of the fertilization strategies applied.
Keywords: sustainable food; Phytophthora infestans; herbal extracts; tomato crop; sustainable development sustainable food; Phytophthora infestans; herbal extracts; tomato crop; sustainable development

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Sabo, R.A.; Racz, C.-P.; Oroian, I.; Burduhos, P.; Mîrza, C.M.; Balint, C.; Mălinaș, C.; Odagiu, A.C.M. Morpho-Quantitative Traits and Interrelationships between Environmental Factors and Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary Attack in Tomato. Sustainability 2024, 16, 301. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010301

AMA Style

Sabo RA, Racz C-P, Oroian I, Burduhos P, Mîrza CM, Balint C, Mălinaș C, Odagiu ACM. Morpho-Quantitative Traits and Interrelationships between Environmental Factors and Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary Attack in Tomato. Sustainability. 2024; 16(1):301. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010301

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Sabo, Roxana Alexandra, Csaba-Pál Racz, Ioan Oroian, Petru Burduhos, Camelia Manuela Mîrza, Claudia Balint, Cristian Mălinaș, and Antonia Cristina Maria Odagiu. 2024. "Morpho-Quantitative Traits and Interrelationships between Environmental Factors and Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary Attack in Tomato" Sustainability 16, no. 1: 301. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010301

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Sabo, R. A., Racz, C.-P., Oroian, I., Burduhos, P., Mîrza, C. M., Balint, C., Mălinaș, C., & Odagiu, A. C. M. (2024). Morpho-Quantitative Traits and Interrelationships between Environmental Factors and Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary Attack in Tomato. Sustainability, 16(1), 301. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010301

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