Tomato plant response to some microclimatic variable modifications in a natural shade-protected system

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Published: Jul 4, 2013
Keywords:
tomato, maize, associated crops, natural shade, microclimate management

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María de los A. Pino
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas

Abstract

With the objective of finding better tomato productions in the so-called early and late seasons, a tomatomaize multicropping system was used, where maize was employed as tomato-shading plant to modify some microclimatic variables -light intensity, air temperature and relative humidity- so to create an ecosystem for reducing the typical blossom and fruit drops in both seasons. This work was developed at the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences using INCA 9-1 tomato and improved Francisco maize varieties, in a 3:2 row combination, evaluating every yield component. Results showed a similar behavior of variables, the N-S oriented tomato-maize polyculture system being remarkable. The polyculture modified the microclimate by reducing light
intensity and air temperature between 26.7 and 25 % and from
2 to 4oC, respectively.

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Pino, M. de los A. (2013). Tomato plant response to some microclimatic variable modifications in a natural shade-protected system. Cultivos Tropicales, 21(2), 33–36. Retrieved from https://ediciones.inca.edu.cu/index.php/ediciones/article/view/740
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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2000)
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Original Article

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