Australia: Different watering regimes boost crop yields
The Curtin University research found that fresh fruit production in tomatoes (Solanum esculentum) reduced by 19 per cent when the plant was grown in saline soil and by 88 per cent when it was irrigated with highly saline water.
But tomato plants still faired significantly better in saline conditions than the other vegetable crop tested in the study, including okra (Abelmoschus esculentus), in which fruit production was reduced by 59 per cent when grown in saline soil.
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