IJESD 2021 Vol.12(10): 304-310 ISSN: 2010-0264
doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2021.12.10.1354
doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2021.12.10.1354
Use of Olive-Mill Wastewater for the Containment of Phelipanche ramosa in Open Field of Processing Tomato Crop
Francesco Lops, Antonia Carlucci, Laura Frabboni, Annalisa Tarantino, and Grazia Disciglio
Abstract—Phelipanche ramosa (L.) Pomel is a root holoparasitic weed that infested many crops, particularly the processing tomato. In semi-arid regions of the world, this problem is increasing, both in intensity and in acreages. In the last few years, researches for the control of this parasite has increased its effort to use suitable methods, as well as the utilization of natural compounds. In this regard, four experimental trials were carried out over three growing seasons (2014, 2016 and 2017), at Foggia (Apulia Region, Southern Italy), in the open field, on processing tomato (cv. “Dres”) crop, infested by P. ramosa, where the olive-mill wastewater (OMW) was incorporated into the soil at the dose of 80 m3 ha-1 40 days prior to tomato seedling transplant in comparison with the untreated control. The numbers of P. ramosa emerged shoots (branched plants) were significantly lower in the OMW treatment than in the untreated control. The tomato marketable yield showed a significantly higher value in the OMW treatment than the untreated control. No significant differences for the fruit qualitative characteristics were observed.
Index Terms—Phelipanche ramosa, olive-mill wastewater, tomato crop, control, sustainable methods, parasitic.
The authors are with the Department of Agricultural Food and Environmental Science, University of Foggia, Italy (corresponding author: Grazia Disciglio; e-mail: grazia.disciglio@unifg.it).
Index Terms—Phelipanche ramosa, olive-mill wastewater, tomato crop, control, sustainable methods, parasitic.
The authors are with the Department of Agricultural Food and Environmental Science, University of Foggia, Italy (corresponding author: Grazia Disciglio; e-mail: grazia.disciglio@unifg.it).
Cite: Francesco Lops, Antonia Carlucci, Laura Frabboni, Annalisa Tarantino, and Grazia Disciglio, "Use of Olive-Mill Wastewater for the Containment of Phelipanche ramosa in Open Field of Processing Tomato Crop," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 304-310, 2021.
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