NUTRITION AND BLOSSOM-END ROT OF TOMATOES AS INFLUENCED BY SOIL WATER REGIME

Two cultivars of tomatoes (Lltc^opersicon escu- percentage. Increased soil water stress in!:!ly^l , Moreton hvbdd aild ca?ai"glrryiiril, creased N and decreased p concenrration in were grown under greenhouse conditions on plant tissue. co"i""t *io", .f K; N;;^^c;; Riverdale clav and bakville-clav rgil^;;ii;: ".* rt.;;r"-;;i;i;;'fi."nt1y afrecred. The The three water resimesr.rsed. were q;ia ;;p;- cnange rn nut'ent concentration increased city, field capacitv- to 5ovi r"iil"ti" *iiJ. with severity of water stress. Incidence of depletion, and one-half of the solf- vaiving blossom-en<t'rot in"r.ur"a with increasing soil between field capacity and.wilting per;;i;;; warer srress. with the other half maintained ai the wiltiis

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