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The research, developed by Marta Rodriguez-Albuquerque, has focused on the study of different roofing materials to analyze their influence on agronomic and nutritional, sensory and antioxidant properties of tomatoes grown in greenhouses.
The thesis is directed by Juana Maria Morillas, part of the research group "Nutrition, oxidative stress and bioavailability 'of the UCAM, and Maria Josefa López, Department of Horticulture IMIDA and allowed to examine the effect of five different cover materials on agronomic and nutritional characteristics of tomato.
Increased production
As it indicated in research, from different materials studied, Marta Rodriguez has shown that the use of one of five treatments evaluated allows increased production of tomato, up to 2kg more per plant.
This implies cuts cost to the producer, since the material used is kept longer without degradation and increases production.
However, for optimized performance, the study recommends the use of a thermal film material, another of the five analyzed-treatments allowing further development of all these nutritional attributes of the tomato.
"It is important to note that temperatures due to the fact that these treatments with the plastic material allow the transmission of a high percentage of infrared radiation are achieved. This means that in those colder months of the year in which the crop is develop, keep this high temperature inside the greenhouse and that favors the development of nutritional properties, "explains one of the directors of the thesis, Juana Maria Morillas.
From this moment, indicate the new doctor and his directors, "we are able to implement with interested companies, new knowledge to optimize production and quality of tomatoes grown in greenhouse under the most suitable films".
Source: UCAM
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