Two Genotypes of Tomato Cultivated in Gobi Agriculture System Show a Varying Response to Deficit Drip Irrigation under Semi-Arid Conditions

• Published in: Agronomy (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 9; p. 2133
• Main Authors: Xiao, Xuemei, Liu, Xiaoqi, Jin, Ning, Wu, Yue, Tang, Zhongqi, Khan, Khuram Shehzad, Lyu, Jian, Yu, Jihua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 19.09.2024
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Aridity; Benzoic acid; bioactive compounds; Carotenoids; Crop yield; Cultivars; Cultivation; deficit drip irrigation; Dihydroxybenzoic acid; Drip irrigation; Farm buildings; Farming systems; Field capacity; Flavonoids; Food quality; Fruit cultivation; Fruits; Gallic acid; Genotypes; Greenhouses; Irrigation; Irrigation water; Lycopene; Moisture content; p-Coumaric acid; Polyphenols; Semi arid areas; solar greenhouse; Substrates; tomato; Tomatoes; Water conservation; Water content; Water deficit; Water shortages; water use efficiency; yield; China

Water-saving irrigation is of extraordinary importance for tomato production in semi-arid areas of northwest China. For this purpose, we conducted a two-season trial in a solar greenhouse of two tomato genotypes named ‘181’ and ‘Mao Fen 802’ and cultivated with substrate, under four irrigation regim...