Potential for macro and micronutrients extraction from tomato plants with different soil water stresses

R.R. Rodrigues¹, S.C. Pizetta¹, G.M. Pereira¹, M.E.P.C. Jaeggi², R.S. Rocha²,*, I.M. Pereira², D.P. Cruz², J.N. Batista², R.K.G. Silva², P.M. Bernardes³, A.S. Fonseca⁴, G.C. Entringer² and G.A. Gravina²

¹Federal University of Lavras (FULA). Aquenta Sol, Lavras - MG, 37200-000, Brazil
²State University of North Fluminense / Postgraduate Program in Plant production. Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000. Parque California, 28035-200, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
³Belo Monte Agricultural Family School, 29400-000, Mimoso do Sul – ES, Brazil
⁴Ibitirama family Agricola school, 29540-000, Ibitirama – ES, Brazil

Abstract:

Different tomato cultivars may present differentiated water needs, making it indispensable to study water demand. Thus, the objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of six water stresses in the soil on the extraction potential of macro and micronutrients in the aerial part of tomato in vegetative stage, cultivar  Dominador’ F1, under protected cultivation and drip. The  experiment was installed in a greenhouse with a randomized block design with four replications. The treatments consisted of six soil water stresses as indicative of the time of irrigation. The preset stresses were 20, 45, 70, 95, 120 and 145 kPa at 20 cm depth. At 140 days after transplanting, the variables evaluated were: the macro and micronutrient content of shoots. The results showed that to obtain higher levels of macro (P and S) and micronutrients (B and Cu) of the total aerial part of the ‘Dominador’ tomato plant F1, it was obtained at a voltage of 20 kPa, and its value was reduced linearly with the increase of the water tension in the soil.

Key words:

production, quality, Solanum lycopersicon L.