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Article

Effects of the Application of a Plant-Based Compost on Yield and Quality of Industrial Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Grown in Different Soils

by
Eugenio Cozzolino
1,
Antonio Salluzzo
2,*,
Luisa del Piano
1,
Alessio Vincenzo Tallarita
3,*,
Vincenzo Cenvinzo
3,
Antonio Cuciniello
1,
Antonietta Cerbone
2,
Pasquale Lombardi
4 and
Gianluca Caruso
3
1
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)—Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, 81100 Caserta, Italy
2
Territorial and Production Systems Sustainability Department—Research Centre Portici, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), 80055 Portici, Italy
3
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy
4
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)—Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, 84098 Pontecagnano, Italy
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(14), 8401; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148401
Submission received: 23 May 2023 / Revised: 13 July 2023 / Accepted: 17 July 2023 / Published: 20 July 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)
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Abstract

The use of plant-based compost has been increasing within environmentally sustainable crop systems, as its incorporation into soil improves its structure and implies a slow release of nutrients to the plants. Due to the limited literature regarding compost application to industrial crops and the important role of the soil type, research was conducted on the industrial tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) hybrid Coronel F1 at the Department of Agricultural Sciences of Naples, University Federico II, in 2019 and 2020. The study was based on the factorial combination of three fertilization types (compost, compost + mineral, and mineral) and three soil textures (clayey, loamy, and sandy). The highest crop yield was observed in loamy soil with mineral fertilization (+12.7% compared to clayey and loamy soils; +12.1% and +60.3% compared to compost + mineral and compost, respectively). Compost application increased plant dry weight (+23% compared to mineral fertilization), while sandy soil had a lower dry residue (−3%). The combination of loamy soil and compost exhibited the highest fruit dry matter percentage (approximately 7%). These findings suggest that applying compost to industrial tomato plants, alone or with mineral fertilizers, improves fruit quality and promotes crop system sustainability, and the optimal strategy depends on the target crop and soil type.
Keywords: mineral fertilization; organic fertilization; yield; growth; firmness; dry matter; antioxidants; phenols; lycopene; ascorbic acid mineral fertilization; organic fertilization; yield; growth; firmness; dry matter; antioxidants; phenols; lycopene; ascorbic acid

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Cozzolino, E.; Salluzzo, A.; Piano, L.d.; Tallarita, A.V.; Cenvinzo, V.; Cuciniello, A.; Cerbone, A.; Lombardi, P.; Caruso, G. Effects of the Application of a Plant-Based Compost on Yield and Quality of Industrial Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Grown in Different Soils. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 8401. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148401

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Cozzolino E, Salluzzo A, Piano Ld, Tallarita AV, Cenvinzo V, Cuciniello A, Cerbone A, Lombardi P, Caruso G. Effects of the Application of a Plant-Based Compost on Yield and Quality of Industrial Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Grown in Different Soils. Applied Sciences. 2023; 13(14):8401. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148401

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Cozzolino, Eugenio, Antonio Salluzzo, Luisa del Piano, Alessio Vincenzo Tallarita, Vincenzo Cenvinzo, Antonio Cuciniello, Antonietta Cerbone, Pasquale Lombardi, and Gianluca Caruso. 2023. "Effects of the Application of a Plant-Based Compost on Yield and Quality of Industrial Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Grown in Different Soils" Applied Sciences 13, no. 14: 8401. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148401

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Cozzolino, E., Salluzzo, A., Piano, L. d., Tallarita, A. V., Cenvinzo, V., Cuciniello, A., Cerbone, A., Lombardi, P., & Caruso, G. (2023). Effects of the Application of a Plant-Based Compost on Yield and Quality of Industrial Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Grown in Different Soils. Applied Sciences, 13(14), 8401. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148401

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