. 2024 Aug 17;13(16):2288. doi: 10.3390/plants13162288

Table 2.

Total productivity (Total), productivity divided by each transverse diameter class (>60 mm; >50 mm and <60 mm; >40 mm and <50 mm; <40 mm), and non-commercial standard productivity (Non-Com,), height and diameter of the fruit, number of fruits per plant (FN), and average fruit mass (AFM) according to different strategies of multi-nutrient fertilizer application containing selenium in each harvest.

Tomato Harvest 1 (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Bunches)
Treatment	Yield (t ha⁻¹)						Height (mm)	Diameter (mm)	FN	AFW (g fruit ⁻¹ )
Treatment	Total	>60 mm	>50 and <60 mm	>40 and <50 mm	<40 mm	Non-Com.	Height (mm)	Diameter (mm)	FN	AFW (g fruit ⁻¹ )
T1	26.8 ± 1.2	23.7 ± 1.7	2.7 ± 1.1	0.2 ± 0.1	0.1 ± 0.1	0.0 ± 0.0	65.9 ± 1.1	51.3 ± 0.9	21.6 ± 1.3	102.8 ± 3.7
T2	26.1 ± 1.1	23.3 ± 1.6	2.2 ± 0.5	0.3 ± 0.1	0.1 ± 0.1	0.2 ± 0.1	66.2 ± 1.4	51.5 ± 0.7	20.6 ± 0.9	104.9 ± 4.9
T3	26.3 ± 0.5	23.0 ± 0.5	2.8 ± 0.5	0.4 ± 0.1	0.0 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.1	66.3 ± 0.3	51.1 ± 0.6	21.5 ± 0.5	101.3 ± 2.1
T4	26.5 ± 1.1	22.1 ± 1.4	3.6 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.2	0.1 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	63.5 ± 1.2	49.6 ± 0.7	23.3 ± 0.4	94.1 ± 3.9
T5	26.3 ± 1.5	22.3 ± 1.9	3.3 ± 0.4	0.4 ± 0.1	0.1 ± 0.1	0.2 ± 0.1	65.1 ± 1.6	50.8 ± 0.9	22.1 ± 0.9	98.3 ± 4.8
p-value	0.997 ^NS	0.954 ^NS	0.435 ^NS	0.217 ^NS	0.366 ^NS	0.564 ^NS	0.553 ^NS	0.640 ^NS	0.572 ^NS	0.598 ^NS
Treatment	Yield (t ha⁻¹)						Height (mm)	Diameter (mm)	FN	AFM (g fruit ⁻¹ )
Treatment	Total	>60 mm	>50 and <60 mm	>40 and <50 mm	<40 mm	Non-Com.	Height (mm)	Diameter (mm)	FN	AFM (g fruit ⁻¹ )
T1	24.1 ± 1.6	20.9 ± 1.9	2.4 ± 0.4	0.6 ± 0.1	0.2 ± 0.1	0.1 ± 0.1	62.7 ± 1.3	52.1 ± 1.1	20.7 ± 0.8	95.8 ± 5.1
T2	24.2 ± 0.9	19.8 ± 1.3	3.3 ± 0.4	0.5 ± 0.3	0.2 ± 0.1	0.4 ± 0.3	62.8 ± 0.8	51.3 ± 0.9	21.8 ± 0.8	91.7 ± 3.9
T3	24.3 ± 0.9	21.0 ± 0.6	2.5 ± 0.4	0.5 ± 0.1	0.1 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.2	63.3 ± 1.0	52.0 ± 0.8	21.6 ± 1.0	93.1 ± 3.7
T4	23.2 ± 0.9	18.5 ± 1.2	3.4 ± 0.5	0.9 ± 0.2	0.2 ± 0.1	0.2 ± 0.1	61.7 ± 0.6	50.2 ± 0.5	22.4 ± 0.4	85.5 ± 2.7
T5	26.5 ± 1.1	22.9 ± 1.3	2.6 ± 0.5	0.6 ± 0.1	0.3 ± 0.1	0.2 ± 0.1	62.7 ± 0.8	51.3 ± 0.5	24.1 ± 0.9	91.0 ± 2.5
p-value	0.361 ^NS	0.221 ^NS	0.312 ^NS	0.535 ^NS	0.688 ^NS	0.844 ^NS	0.924 ^NS	0.654 ^NS	0.206 ^NS	0.576 ^NS
Treatment	Yield (t ha⁻¹)						Height (mm)	Diameter (mm)	FN	AFM (g fruit ⁻¹ )
Treatment	Total	>60 mm	>50 and <60 mm	>40 and <50 mm	<40 mm	Non-Com.	Height (mm)	Diameter (mm)	FN	AFM (g fruit ⁻¹ )
T1	29.9 ± 0.9	23 ± 1.8	5.1 ± 1.2	1.5 ± 0.7	0.3 ± 0.1	0.0 ± 0.0	60.3 ± 1.6	50.3 ± 1.3	26.3 ± 1.9	95.2 ± 6.5
T2	32.7 ± 1.7	27.4 ± 2.2	4.2 ± 0.7	0.9 ± 0.3	0.2 ± 0.1	0.0 ± 0.0	61.3 ± 0.7	50.6 ± 0.5	28.3 ± 1.2	95.4 ± 2.2
T3	30.3 ± 1.5	24.4 ± 0.7	4.3 ± 0.7	1.3 ± 0.6	0.2 ± 0.1	0.1 ± 0.1	60.7 ± 1.5	48.2 ± 0.7	28.1 ± 2.5	90.3 ± 3.4
T4	31.3 ± 1.4	25.8 ± 1.2	4.8 ± 0.7	0.5 ± 0.2	0.2 ± 0.1	0.0 ± 0.0	61.7 ± 1.1	50.4 ± 1.1	26.8 ± 2.1	97.4 ± 4.5
T5	30.9 ± 1.1	26.6 ± 1.2	3.6 ± 0.7	0.7 ± 0.2	0.1 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	61.6 ± 0.4	49.5 ± 0.6	26.5 ± 1.0	96.4 ± 2.3
p-value	0.776 ^NS	0.400 ^NS	0.654 ^NS	0.700 ^NS	0.721 ^NS	0.587 ^NS	0.885 ^NS	0.369 ^NS	0.944 ^NS	0.785 ^NS

T1: Control (without application of multi-nutrient fertilizer (MNF)); T2: Application at the beginning of flowering (2 kg ha⁻¹ of MNF providing 5 g of Se ha⁻¹); T3: Application at the beginning of flowering +3rd bunch (4 kg ha⁻¹ of MNF providing 10 g of Se ha⁻¹); T4: Application at the beginning of flowering +6th bunch (4 kg ha⁻¹ of MNF providing 10 g of Se ha⁻¹); T5: Application at the beginning of flowering +3rd bunch +6th bunch (6 kg ha⁻¹ of MNF providing 15 g of Se ha⁻¹). ^NS: statistically non-significant (p > 0.05).