Effects of two water retentive chemicals on seedling survival and yield of transplanted tomato

Code (CO)	MSI99P3246
Author (AU)	Rughoo, M. Govinden, N.
Title - English (ET)	Effects of two water retentive chemicals on seedling survival and yield of transplanted tomato
Thesis-Parent title (TH)	Lalouette, J. A., Bachraz, D. Y., and Sukurdeep, N. (eds), Proceedings of the fourth Annual Meeting of Agricultural Scientists, Boname Hall, MSIRI, Réduit, Mauritius, 21-22 October 1999.
Document Type(DT)	book chapter
Date of publication (DP)	2001
Source (SO)	p. 145-151
Publisher (PB)	Réduit: Food and Agricultural Research Council (FARC)
Language of text (LT)	En
Abstract (AB)	In a tomato research planning workshop in 1997, the use of water-retentive chemicals (hydrogels) was identified as a possible solution to minimize the effects of water stress. Nine replicated trials were planted during the summer and winter seasons of 1997 and 1998 in different localities of Mauritius to investigate the effects of two hydrogels at recommended rates on the survival of seedlings after transplantation and on the yield of cooking tomato var. Sirius. Six trials were irrigated and the remaining three were not. Farmyard manure and factory filter muds were also included in the treatments since they are commonly used as amendments in tomato production. Under irrigation, on average, 87
Descriptors - English (DE)	Tomatoes HYDROGEL POLYMER WATER RETENTIVE CHEMICAL FARMYARD MANURE FILTER MUD PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)	Tomatoes: Plant physiology
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Plant water relations
Date record entered (DA)	1999-10-14
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Affiliation (AF)	MSIRI
Processing status (PS)	LIST
MSIRI Staff (MS)	FC