The effect of covering material on the yield, quality and chemical composition of greenhouse-grown tomato fruit.
Spyridon Alexandros PetropoulosÂngela FernandesNikolaos KatsoulasLillian BarrosIsabel Cristina Fernandes Rodrigues FerreiraPublished in: Journal of the science of food and agriculture (2019)
The results showed that both cover materials and harvesting date may affect significantly tomato fruit quality, especially sugar and organic acid contents which are associated with fruit taste, as well as tocopherols which contribute to antioxidant properties and pigments that are associated with fruit ripening and earliness of marketable maturity. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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