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

Table 3.

Content of macro- and micronutrients in dried tomato fruits varied according to different strategies of multi-nutrient fertilizer application containing selenium, assessed at each harvest.

Tomato Harvest 1 (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Bunches)
Treatment	N	P	K	Ca	Mg	S	Fe	Cu	Mn	Zn	B
Treatment	^{______________________________} (g kg⁻¹) ^{________________________________}						^{_____________________________} (mg kg⁻¹) ^{_____________________________}
T1	34.2 ± 1.3	5.8 ± 0.4	33.4 ± 6.6	2.5 ± 0.3	2.5 ± 0.3	2.7 ± 0.3	92.5 ± 6.8	31.6 ± 1.1 b	21.9 ± 0.9	36.5 ± 4.6	18.4 ± 3.2
T2	33.0 ± 1.2	6.2 ± 0.8	58.1 ± 5.4	2.8 ± 0.3	2.5 ± 0.3	2.9 ± 0.4	77.2 ± 8.8	33.3 ± 4.6 b	22.8 ± 2.0	37.3 ± 4.7	19.1 ± 2.4
T3	34.1 ± 1.6	5.9 ± 0.4	42.5 ± 9.4	2.6 ± 0.1	2.6 ± 0.1	2.8 ± 0.1	103.1 ± 4.6	48.3 ± 2.2 a	23.1 ± 1.3	44.0 ± 2.3	18.4 ± 0.7
T4	34.0 ± 1.3	6.7 ± 0.5	38.6 ± 10.5	2.7 ± 0.4	2.7 ± 0.3	3.1 ± 0.3	83.1 ± 8.6	43.2 ± 5.0 a	21.2 ± 1.3	42.6 ± 4.9	19.8 ± 2.3
T5	32.2 ± 1.3	6.6 ± 0.3	42.6 ± 7.9	2.8 ± 0.4	2.6 ± 0.1	3.1 ± 0.2	97.3 ± 7.1	32.0 ± 2.0 b	21.7 ± 0.7	39.4 ± 2.3	20.1 ± 1.2
p-value	0.530 ^NS	0.647 ^NS	0.367 ^NS	0.966 ^NS	0.923 ^NS	0.900 ^NS	0.160 ^NS	0.001 *	0.788 ^NS	0.555 ^NS	0.967 ^NS
Treatment	N	P	K	Ca	Mg	S	Fe	Cu	Mn	Zn	B
Treatment	^{______________________________} (g kg⁻¹) ^{________________________________}						^{_____________________________} (mg kg⁻¹) ^{_____________________________}
T1	21.7 ± 0.5 b	3.5 ± 0.2	41.6 ± 1.6	1.7 ± 0.1	2.1 ± 0.1	2.1 ± 0.1	64.7 ± 2.4	16.0 ± 1.2	15.6 ± 0.5	23.3 ± 0.9	13.0 ± 0.7 b
T2	23.1 ± 1.8 b	4.1 ± 0.2	47.7 ± 1.2	1.9 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.1	2.3 ± 0.1	63.9 ± 1.7	16.5 ± 2.7	19.4 ± 1.4	26.3 ± 1.8	16.6 ± 0.9 a
T3	22.8 ± 1.0 b	3.4 ± 0.2	44.3 ± 1.3	1.7 ± 0.1	2.3 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.1	57.6 ± 2.2	12.7 ± 1.2	16.2 ± 0.5	22.7 ± 0.8	14.8 ± 0.3 ab
T4	21.8 ± 1.5 b	3.8 ± 0.3	42.8 ± 2.8	1.8 ± 0.1	2.3 ± 0.3	2.3 ± 0.3	58.0 ± 4.1	13.1 ± 2.0	16.7 ± 1.3	24.6 ± 2.9	14.9 ± 1.3 ab
T5	28.7 ± 1.3 a	4.2 ± 0.3	46.6 ± 2.8	2.1 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.2	2.5 ± 0.1	64.6 ± 1.2	13.9 ± 1.9	18.2 ± 0.9	26.7 ± 2.5	17.6 ± 1.0 a
p-value	0.015 *	0.125 ^NS	0.260 ^NS	0.073 ^NS	0.257 ^NS	0.488 ^NS	0.154 ^NS	0.430 ^NS	0.062	0.563 ^NS	0.018 *
Treatment	N	P	K	Ca	Mg	S	Fe	Cu	Mn	Zn	B
Treatment	^{______________________________} (g kg⁻¹) ^{________________________________}						^{_____________________________} (mg kg⁻¹) ^{_____________________________}
T1	24.2 ± 1.9	3.3 ± 0.3	38.1 ± 1.6	1.8 ± 0.2	2.4 ± 0.2	2.0 ± 0.2	73.9 ± 2.1	6.1 ± 0.8	17.0 ± 0.9	17.7 ± 1.5 b	13.7 ± 0.6
T2	24.6 ± 1.5	3.3 ± 0.1	35.9 ± 1.6	1.9 ± 0.1	2.4 ± 0.1	2.0 ± 0.1	74.1 ± 8.4	12.0 ± 2.3	17.4 ± 1.3	20.2 ± 1.0 b	14.5 ± 0.6
T3	25.2 ± 1.4	3.4 ± 0.3	38.5 ± 2.2	1.8 ± 0.2	2.5 ± 0.2	2.3 ± 0.2	73.0 ± 4.8	7.4 ± 1.0	16.4 ± 0.9	19.9 ± 1.3 b	16.2 ± 0.7
T4	26.9 ± 1.8	4.2 ± 0.4	43.1 ± 1.7	2.0 ± 0.2	2.7 ± 0.2	2.3 ± 0.2	86.4 ± 9.4	10.0 ± 1.6	18.9 ± 1.6	29.4 ± 2.8 a	15.4 ± 1.9
T5	24.5 ± 1.8	3.2 ± 0.3	37.9 ± 1.2	1.7 ± 0.2	2.4 ± 0.2	2.1 ± 0.1	77.7 ± 4.7	10.2 ± 2.5	16.2 ± 1.1	34.1 ± 3.1 a	14.1 ± 0.6
p-value	0.772 ^NS	0.149 ^NS	0.102 ^NS	0.885 ^NS	0.592 ^NS	0.495 ^NS	0.638 ^NS	0.119 ^NS	0.592 ^NS	0.001 *	0.370 ^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); *: statistically significant (p < 0.05). Means with standard error within each treatment group that shares the same letter in each column are not considered statistically different according to the Duncan test (p > 0.05).