16034 18 archive 11683 disk0/00/01/60/34 2009-09-03 12:37:55 2009-09-03 12:37:55 2009-09-03 12:37:55 journalp show 0 es mexico yes 0 Tomato production in greenhouse using compost and vermicompost as sustrate 59-67 http://www.ujat.mx/publicaciones/uciencia/abril2009/4---494.pdf TRUE Efraín de la Cruz-Lázaro eclazaro@hotmail.com Maximiano A Estrada-Botello Valentín Robledo-Torres Rodolfo Osorio-Osorio Candido Márquez-Hernández Rufo Sánchez-Hernández UniversidadJuárez Autónoma de Tbasco pub 1organics Lycopersicon esculentum Mill, compost, vermicompost, organic agriculture, protected crop. The organic production of food is an alternative for consumers that prefer food free of pesticides, synthetic fertilisers, and with a high nutritional value. The purpose of this study was to evaluate substrates prepared with mixtures of compost and vermicompost with sand, at various levels, under greenhouse conditions. The tomato hybrid SUN-7705 (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) was analized in four substrates that included compost and vermicompost mixed at three different proportions (100, 75 y 50 %). The treatments were distributed in a completely randomised design with a factorial arrangement of 4x3 and five replicates. The greatest average yield (39.811 t ha) was obtained with the compost generated by decomposing bovine manure, corn stover (Zea mays L.), elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumacher) and black earth (CEMZT) at 75% + sand, and with the vermicompost generated by manure, bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flügge) and black earth (VEPT) at 100 and 50% + sand. This yield was greater than that recorded for organic tomato production in the field, without affecting the quality of the fruit. 2009 published Universidad y Ciencia 25 1 Universidad Juáez Autónoma de Tabasco public Tabasco, México 0186-2979 10766 3 16034 2 application/pdf Article es public

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