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Hydroponic Tomato Yield Affected by Chlormequat Chloride, Seeding Time, and Transplant Maturity

Year: 1987

Type: article

Abstract: The addition of chlormequat chloride to tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) transplants decreased fruit yield, number, and size. Flowering was accelerated both by chlormequat chloride and by transplanting at a more advanced stage of development. By transplanting a more mature plant without chlormequat chloride, yield was increased over the first 3 weeks of harvest. Although it is difficult to manage a “leggy” transplant, typical of flowering hydroponic tomato transplants grown under low light levels and close spacing, increased yield was sufficient to justify this management practice. Chemical name used: 2-chloro- N , N , N -trimethylethanaminium chloride (chlormequat chloride).

Source: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

DOI: 10.21273/jashs.112.2.198

Authors: Paul R. Adler, Gerald E. Wilcox

Institution: Purdue University West Lafayette

Language: English

Topic: Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques

Subfield: Soil Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,500