Use of By-Products from the Tequila Industry. Part 12: Composted Agave Bagasse for Growing Grape Tomatoes
Use of By-Products from the Tequila Industry. Part 12: Composted Agave Bagasse for Growing Grape Tomatoes作者机构：Departamento de Madera Celulosa y Papel Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías Universidad de Guadalajara Guadalajara México Departamento de Ingeniería de Proyectos Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías Universidad de Guadalajara Guadalajara México Departamento de Producción Agrícola Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias Universidad de Guadalajara Guadalajara México
出 版 物：《American Journal of Plant Sciences》 (美国植物学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2022年第13卷第9期
页 面：1227-1232页
学科分类：081704[工学-应用化学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 0703[理学-化学] 070301[理学-无机化学]
主 题：Agave Bagasse Grape Tomatoes Tequila Industry
摘 要：Here, we evaluated the possibility of growing grape tomatoes on three different mixtures of composted agave bagasse substrate. Tomatoes were grown in 28-L pots for 106 days under a drip irrigation system with a hydroponic crop nutrient solution. The average production of grape tomatoes was 338.9, 358.9, and 325.7 g/pot/cut for each of the substrates studied, and no significant difference was observed between treatments (p 0.5). The mean of numbers of grape tomatoes were 34.6, 38.8, and 34.2/pot/cut for each of the substrates studied, and no significant difference was observed between treatments (p 0.5). The mean weight of individual grape tomatoes was about 10.4 g for all of the substrates tested. These results confirmed the notion that a composted agave bagasse substrate could replace an expensive imported substrate. The remaining challenge is to produce agave bagasse substrate commercially, because to date, agave bagasse substrates have only been produced on a pilot scale for testing. Therefore, it is necessary to implement a stabilized process for producing agave bagasse at a commercial level. This process must consider economic production costs and market value to ensure that the product is competitive with other substrates typically used in soilless crops.
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