The Effect of Different Irrigation Applications on the Blossom-end Rot in Treated Wastewaterirrigated Tomatoes (lycopersicon Esculentum)
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: The study investigates the effect of water deficit conditions on blossom-end rot (BER) in tomato.Drip irrigation was used in irrigation.Therefore, experiment was conducted as a randomized complete block design (three replicates), in a 2 × 5 factorial arrangement, corresponding to two different water resources [treated wastewater (TWW) and freshwater (FW)] and five different irrigation practices.The irrigation strategies comprised full irrigation (100%), deficit irrigation, which involves the use of 75% and 50% of the water used in full irrigation, and partial root drying (PRD).According to the study results, in the full irrigation applications, blossom-end rot according to the fruit number values were 10.85% in fresh water irrigation while it was the lowest with 8.57% for treated wastewater.Also, in full irrigation applications, blossom-end rot values according to fruit weight were found to be lower compared to those in other applications.It was determined that there was a negative relation between blossom-end rot and Ca value.The lowest blossom-end rot incidence was observed in the full irrigation applications, while it was lower in the PRD applications than in the D applications.In the production of marketable tomato, the PRD applications can be more advantageous than the D applications under water shortage conditions.
Authors: A DOĞAN DEMIR, U ŞAHIN, Y DEMIR
Institutions: Bingöl University, Atatürk University
Language: English
Subfield: Soil Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2921924571