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Article

Enhancing Tomato Productivity and Quality in Moderately Saline Soils through Salicornia-Assisted Cultivation Methods: A Comparative Study

by
Marco Santin
*,†,
Prangthip Parichanon
†,
Maria Calogera Sciampagna
,
Annamaria Ranieri
and
Antonella Castagna
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56126 Pisa, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Horticulturae 2024, 10(6), 655; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10060655
Submission received: 30 April 2024 / Revised: 11 June 2024 / Accepted: 19 June 2024 / Published: 20 June 2024
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Abstract

The presence of high salt in soils is a substantial abiotic constraint for agricultural activities worldwide, particularly in Mediterranean regions. Researchers have discovered a simple and efficient way to repair soils that have suffered from excessive salt use. They use plants that can overcome salt, like halophytes, to improve the soil quality. This research aimed to evaluate the tomato productivity and quality cultivated using different methods. We look at three different ways to grow tomatoes with the halophyte Salicornia europaea L. in a moderately salty soil: monoculture (only tomatoes), intercropping (mixed cultivation), and sequential cropping (growing tomatoes where halophytes were grown before). We considered how the different ways of managing crops affected tomato yield, biochemical factors in tomato plants (like phenolic and flavonoid contents), antioxidant levels, carotene profiles, and fruit quality and production. Sequential cropping showed the highest tomato productivity, while intercropping exhibited high concentrations of total phenolics, total flavonoids, carotenoids, and antioxidant capacity. The tomatoes had a sweet taste due to the higher total soluble solid content (TSSC) and maintained their quality due to the higher titratable acidity (TA).
Keywords: saline agriculture; halophytes; antioxidant capacity; flavonoids; phenols; carotenoids; intercropping; sequential cropping saline agriculture; halophytes; antioxidant capacity; flavonoids; phenols; carotenoids; intercropping; sequential cropping

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Santin, M.; Parichanon, P.; Sciampagna, M.C.; Ranieri, A.; Castagna, A. Enhancing Tomato Productivity and Quality in Moderately Saline Soils through Salicornia-Assisted Cultivation Methods: A Comparative Study. Horticulturae 2024, 10, 655. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10060655

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Santin M, Parichanon P, Sciampagna MC, Ranieri A, Castagna A. Enhancing Tomato Productivity and Quality in Moderately Saline Soils through Salicornia-Assisted Cultivation Methods: A Comparative Study. Horticulturae. 2024; 10(6):655. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10060655

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Santin, Marco, Prangthip Parichanon, Maria Calogera Sciampagna, Annamaria Ranieri, and Antonella Castagna. 2024. "Enhancing Tomato Productivity and Quality in Moderately Saline Soils through Salicornia-Assisted Cultivation Methods: A Comparative Study" Horticulturae 10, no. 6: 655. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10060655

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Santin, M., Parichanon, P., Sciampagna, M. C., Ranieri, A., & Castagna, A. (2024). Enhancing Tomato Productivity and Quality in Moderately Saline Soils through Salicornia-Assisted Cultivation Methods: A Comparative Study. Horticulturae, 10(6), 655. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10060655

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