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Commercial Quality of Tomato Fruit: A A A A B C B

The study evaluated the commercial quality of tomato fruits produced in various organic substrates, revealing significant differences in quality parameters among treatments. The control substrate with chemical fertilization yielded the highest values for equatorial diameter, pericarp thickness, texture firmness, and soluble solids content. All treatments achieved firmness values above 6.00 N, indicating a firm texture, with VC treatments showing adequate soluble solids for processing.

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Commercial Quality of Tomato Fruit: A A A A B C B

The study evaluated the commercial quality of tomato fruits produced in various organic substrates, revealing significant differences in quality parameters among treatments. The control substrate with chemical fertilization yielded the highest values for equatorial diameter, pericarp thickness, texture firmness, and soluble solids content. All treatments achieved firmness values above 6.00 N, indicating a firm texture, with VC treatments showing adequate soluble solids for processing.

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Fortis Hernandez M et al. (2021).

Not Bot Horti Agrobo 49(1):11999

Commercial quality of tomato fruit


The tomato fruit quality parameters were different among all treatments (p < 0.05), except in polar
diameter (Table 5). Tomato fruits produced in the control substrate (fertilized chemically) had the highest
values of equatorial diameter, pericarp thickness, texture firmness and soluble solids content followed by VC
substrates and SM substrates (p < 0.05). Nevertheless, tomato fruits of all treatment substrates had firmness
values above 6.00 N (Figure 3), which could be considered as a firm texture in this produce; in addition to that
tomato fruits produced in VC treatments had adequate soluble solids content for tomato processing (Figure
4).

Table 5. Results* of the quality variables of Saladette tomato fruit produced in organic substrates
formulated with sand-vermicompost and sand-solarized manure
Polar Equatorial Pericarp
Treatment substrate
diameter diameter thickness
TA (Control with chemical fertilization**) 63.6 a 51.8 a 9.1 a
VC 20 (80% Sand + 20% Vermicompost) 62.5 a 48.6 a 8.6 a
VC 30 (70% Sand + 30% Vermicompost) 62.4 a 48.8 a 7.6 b
VC 40 (60% Sand + 40% Vermicompost) 63.5 a 48.8 a 9.7 a
SM 20 (80% Sand + 20% Solarized manure) 62.8 a 45.6 b 6.0 c
SM 30 (70% Sand + 30% Solarized manure) 62.2 a 46.9 b 6.3 b
SM 40 (60% Sand + 40% Solarized manure) 62.1 a 43.1 b 6.5 b
*Result means (n = 4), reported in mm. ** Treatment fertilized with Steiner solution. Values followed by different
letters in the same column are significantly different, according to the Tukey test (p < 0.05).

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a
a a
12 a
b
10 b
c
Firmess (N)

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TA VC 20 VC 30 VC 40 SM 20 SM 30 SM 40
CTL Substrate
Figure 3. Firmness of tomato of Saladette tomato fruit produced in organic substrates formulated with
sand-vermicompost and sand-solarized manure
Results (n = 4) reported in kg/m2. TA: Control with chemical fertilization; VC 20: 80% Sand + 20% Vermicompost;
VC 30: 70% Sand + 30% Vermicompost; VC 40: 60% Sand + 40% Vermicompost; SM 20: 80% Sand + 20% Solarized
manure; SM 20: 80% Sand + 20% Solarized manure; SM 20: 80% Sand + 20% Solarized manure. Bars with a different
letter are significantly statistical different, according to the Tukey test (p < 0.05).

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