Simona Hogea, Gabriela Șovărel, Marcel Costache, Emilia Cenușă, Marius Velea
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essential elements, fertilization, tomato
Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) are an important vegetable crop throughout the world, with approximately 181 million tonnes from 5 Mha. In Southern Europe, it ranks as the highest yielding vegetable with 0.2 Mha, and the major producers in the Mediterranean basin are Turkey, Egypt, Italy, Spain, and Morocco. Tomato plants require at least twelve nutrients, also called “essential elements”, for normal growth and reproduction. These are nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sulfur (S), boron (B), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn) and molybdenum (Mo). In orde to identify the essential elements soil samples were taken from Giurgiu County, Vărăști village, from a greenhouse where tomatoes are grown. The determinations of the soil sample recorded low ammonium, high amounts of sodium, magnesium, chlorides, phosphorus, nitrates and nitrites. Fertilization recommendations were made to correct the quantities of the main nutrients analyzed. After applying the recommended fertilizers, a soil sample was taken again to compare the results with the first sample.
Cite this paper: Hogea, S., Șovărel, G., Costache, M., Cenușă, E., Velea, M. (2025). MINERAL NUTRITION OF TOMATOES BASED ON SOIL ANALYSIS. Current Trends in Natural Sciences, 14(27), 232-236. https://doi.org/10.47068/ctns.2025.v14i27.027
