Water and Fertilizer Use Efficiency in Subirrigated Containerized Tomato
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Cultural Conditions and Plant Material
2.2. Irrigation Systems
2.3. Nutrient Solutions
2.4. Plant Growth, Yield and Mineral Composition
2.5. Tissue Mineral Analysis and Substrate pH and EC
2.6. Water and Nutrient Use Efficiency
2.7. Statistical Design and Analysis of Irrigation Method Effect
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Dry Weight g Per Plant | |||||
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Irrigation System | Root | Stem | Leaves | Fruits | Total |
Subirrigation | 32.6 | 65.6 | 252.7 | 69.3 | 420.2 |
Drip irrigation | 42.4 | 71.4 | 313.2 | 76.1 | 503.0 |
ANOVA | p ≤ 0.001 | p = 0.189 | p ≤ 0.041 | p ≤ 0.640 | p ≤ 0.027 |
Irrigation Systems | pH | EC (dS m−1) |
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Subirrigation | 6.65b | 2.33a |
Drip irrigation | 6.77a | 0.64b |
Growth medium layer | ||
Top | 6.18b | 2.53a |
Middle | 6.98a | 0.84c |
Bottom | 6.95a | 1.07b |
ANOVA Irrigation systems | p = 0.014 | p ≤ 0.001 |
Medium layer | p = 0.031 | p ≤ 0.001 |
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Méndez-Cifuentes, A.; Valdez-Aguilar, L.A.; Cadena-Zapata, M.; González-Fuentes, J.A.; Hernández-Maruri, J.A.; Alvarado-Camarillo, D. Water and Fertilizer Use Efficiency in Subirrigated Containerized Tomato. Water 2020, 12, 1313. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051313
Méndez-Cifuentes A, Valdez-Aguilar LA, Cadena-Zapata M, González-Fuentes JA, Hernández-Maruri JA, Alvarado-Camarillo D. Water and Fertilizer Use Efficiency in Subirrigated Containerized Tomato. Water. 2020; 12(5):1313. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051313
Chicago/Turabian StyleMéndez-Cifuentes, Ariel, Luis Alonso Valdez-Aguilar, Martín Cadena-Zapata, José Antonio González-Fuentes, José Alfredo Hernández-Maruri, and Daniela Alvarado-Camarillo. 2020. "Water and Fertilizer Use Efficiency in Subirrigated Containerized Tomato" Water 12, no. 5: 1313. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051313