ISHS Acta Horticulturae 323: Symposium on Soil and Soilless Media under Protected Cultivation in Mild Winter Climates
PROTECTED CULTIVATION FOR TOMATO UNDER SALT AFFECTED SOILS |
| Author: | A.F. Abou-Hadid |
| Keywords: | Protected Cultivation, salty soils, agromanagement |
| Abstract:
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) plants were grown under both open field and plastic house conditions in the Northern coast of Egypt. The soil was originally saline before being covered with one meter sand layer. The added sand layer was the actual rooting media. Winter cultivations in the two successive seasons of 1990 and 1991 proved that the plastic houses improve productivity of plantsperunit area. This increase was due to protecting the plants from the wind damages and reducing evaporation from the soil as a result of the increased biomass. Water use efficiency was improved dramatically from 1.1–1.2 kg/m in the open field to 15.2–16.9 Kg/m under plastic house conditions. | |
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