Impact of Legumes as a Pre-Crop on Nitrogen Nutrition and Yield in Organic Greenhouse Tomato
An organic greenhouse crop of tomato was established in February following cultivation of cowpea (CP) or common bean (CB) for green pod production, or faba bean (FB) for green manuring. The vegetative residues of CP and CB were incorporated to the soil together with farmyard manure (FYM), prior to e...
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doaj-d21d8e92038f45399136bcb519a160b62021-03-03T00:04:24ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472021-03-011046846810.3390/plants10030468Impact of Legumes as a Pre-Crop on Nitrogen Nutrition and Yield in Organic Greenhouse TomatoAnastasios Gatsios0Georgia Ntatsi1Luisella Celi2Daniel Said-Pullicino3Anastasia Tampakaki4Dimitrios Savvas5Laboratory of Vegetable Crops, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Vegetable Crops, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, ItalyLaboratory of General and Agricultural Microbiology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Vegetable Crops, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, GreeceAn organic greenhouse crop of tomato was established in February following cultivation of cowpea (CP) or common bean (CB) for green pod production, or faba bean (FB) for green manuring. The vegetative residues of CP and CB were incorporated to the soil together with farmyard manure (FYM), prior to establishing the tomato crop. The FB plants were incorporated to the soil at anthesis together with either FYM or composted olive-mill waste (CO). Green manuring with FB resulted in higher soil mineral N levels during the subsequent tomato crop and higher tomato fruit yield when combined with FYM, compared to compost. The level of soil mineral N was the main restrictive factor for yield in organic greenhouse tomato. FB for green manuring as preceding crop to tomato increased significantly the level of soil mineral N and tomato yield compared to CB or CP aiming to produce green pods. The lowest tomato yield was obtained when the preceding crop was CB cultivated for green pod production. The soil mineral N was significantly higher when FYM was applied as base dressing compared with CO, despite the higher total N concentration in CO, pointing to slower mineralization rates of CO during tomato cultivation.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/3/468cowpeafaba beancommon beanBNForganicrhizobia |
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Anastasios Gatsios Georgia Ntatsi Luisella Celi Daniel Said-Pullicino Anastasia Tampakaki Dimitrios Savvas Impact of Legumes as a Pre-Crop on Nitrogen Nutrition and Yield in Organic Greenhouse Tomato Plants cowpea faba bean common bean BNF organic rhizobia |
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Anastasios Gatsios Georgia Ntatsi Luisella Celi Daniel Said-Pullicino Anastasia Tampakaki Dimitrios Savvas |
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Anastasios Gatsios |
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Impact of Legumes as a Pre-Crop on Nitrogen Nutrition and Yield in Organic Greenhouse Tomato |
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Impact of Legumes as a Pre-Crop on Nitrogen Nutrition and Yield in Organic Greenhouse Tomato |
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Impact of Legumes as a Pre-Crop on Nitrogen Nutrition and Yield in Organic Greenhouse Tomato |
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Impact of Legumes as a Pre-Crop on Nitrogen Nutrition and Yield in Organic Greenhouse Tomato |
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Impact of Legumes as a Pre-Crop on Nitrogen Nutrition and Yield in Organic Greenhouse Tomato |
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impact of legumes as a pre-crop on nitrogen nutrition and yield in organic greenhouse tomato |
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An organic greenhouse crop of tomato was established in February following cultivation of cowpea (CP) or common bean (CB) for green pod production, or faba bean (FB) for green manuring. The vegetative residues of CP and CB were incorporated to the soil together with farmyard manure (FYM), prior to establishing the tomato crop. The FB plants were incorporated to the soil at anthesis together with either FYM or composted olive-mill waste (CO). Green manuring with FB resulted in higher soil mineral N levels during the subsequent tomato crop and higher tomato fruit yield when combined with FYM, compared to compost. The level of soil mineral N was the main restrictive factor for yield in organic greenhouse tomato. FB for green manuring as preceding crop to tomato increased significantly the level of soil mineral N and tomato yield compared to CB or CP aiming to produce green pods. The lowest tomato yield was obtained when the preceding crop was CB cultivated for green pod production. The soil mineral N was significantly higher when FYM was applied as base dressing compared with CO, despite the higher total N concentration in CO, pointing to slower mineralization rates of CO during tomato cultivation. |
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