Effects of irrigation with desalinated seawater and hydroponic system on tomato quality
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Antolinos López, Vera; Sánchez Martínez, María José; Maestre Valero, José Francisco; López Gómez, Antonio; Martínez-Hernández, Ginés BenitoSponsors
This study was funded by the LIFE Program of the European Union through the DESEACROP project (LIFE16-ENV-ES-000341).Publication date
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Antolinos, V.; Sánchez-Martínez, M.J.; Maestre-Valero, J.F.; López-Gómez, A.; Martínez-Hernández, G.B. Effects of Irrigation with Desalinated Seawater and Hydroponic System on Tomato Quality. Water 2020, 12, 518. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12020518Keywords
Electrical conductivityLycopene
Vitamin C
Phenolic compounds
Antioxidant
Abstract
The use of desalinated seawater (DSW) as an alternative to conventional water resources is gradually gaining more interest due to the strong water deficit and increasing pressure on water resources in semi-arid regions. Furthermore, the combination of this alternative irrigation with the hydroponic cultivation system would allow continuous production almost through the whole year and hydroponic-related high crop yield. Nevertheless, the e_ects of DSW irrigation in hydroponic systems on the product quality need to be firstly studied to avoid product quality losses. In this study, we evaluated the e_ects on the quality of two tomato cvs. (Ramyle and Racymo) of three di_erent irrigation treatments (T1, DSW; T2, DSW/well water mix; and T3, well water) under hydroponic or traditional cultivation systems. The soluble solid content of samples (highly correlated to dry matter content) grown under hydroponic conditions and T3 irrigation showed the highest values (5.8 _Brix) although such di_erences ...
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