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http://dx.doi.org/10.5338/KJEA.2010.29.4.328

Changes of Tomato Growth and Soil Chemical Properties as Affected by Soil pH and Nitrogen Fertilizers  

Kang, Yun-Im (Protected Horticulture Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA)
Roh, Mi-Young (Protected Horticulture Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA)
Kwon, Joon-Kook (Protected Horticulture Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA)
Park, Kyoung-Sub (Protected Horticulture Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA)
Cho, Myeong-Whan (Protected Horticulture Research Station, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA)
Lee, Si-Young (Planning & Coordination, RDA)
Lee, In-Bok (National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA)
Kang, Nam-Jun (Department of Horticulture, Gyeongsang National University)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture / v.29, no.4, 2010 , pp. 328-335 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to determine effects of soil pH and form of nitrogen fertilizers on tomato growth and chemical properties of greenhouse soil using ferigation system. Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. Superdoterang) were grown for three months in 18 L pots filled with two soil (pH 6.8 and pH 8.7). 4 different nitrogen fertilizers (urea, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, and potassium nitrate) were fertigated with different concentrations of 0, 10, 50, and 100 mg N/L during tomato cultivation. Soil pH 8.7 decreased yield and chlorophyll fluorescence compared with soil pH 6.8. Yield at soil pH 8.7 increased by ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate fertigation. Soil pH 6.8 induced increment of yield by nitrogen concentration than form of nitrogen fertilizers. Soil pH after cultivation of tomato decreased by application of ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate. Soil EC by 100 mg N/L application of ammonium sulfate was twice as much as other fertilizers. Form of nitrogen fertilizer had less effect on concentration of soil $NH_4^+$-N and $NO_3^-$-N in soil but the concentrations slightly reduced at pH 8.7. These results indicate that application of urea and ammonium nitrate for a nitrogen source of fertigation has little affects on soil chemical properties before and after tomato cultivation.
Keywords
Ammonium; Fluorescence; Nitrate; Sulfate; Yield;
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