Effect of organic amendments and compost extracts on tomato production and storability in ecological production systems

پژوهشهای زراعی ایران

Article 12, Volume 6, Issue 1 - Serial Number 11, 2008, Pages 111-116   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/gsc.v6i1.1181

Authors

R Ghorbani; A Koocheki; Gh Asadi^* ; M Jahan

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted in Shiravan, Iran, during 2005 in order to investigate the effects of organic amendments, synthetic fertilizers and compost extracts on crop health, productivity and storability of commonly used tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). Treatments included different fertilizers of cattle, sheep and poultry manures, house-hold compost and chemical fertilizers, and five aqueous extracts from cattle manure, poultry manures, green-waste and house-hold composts and water as control. The effect of fertilizer type on tomato yield and marketable yield was significant (P