Research Article

Effects of Different Regulatory Methods on Improvement of Greenhouse Saline Soils, Tomato Quality, and Yield

Table 3

Main quality indexes of tomato fruit. Columns with the same letter represent values that are not significantly different at the 0.05 level of probability according to the Duncan’s multiple range test.

YearTreatmentDensity (g cm−3)Volume (cm3)Soluble solid (%)Total acid (g 100 g−1)Vitamin C (mg 100 g−1)Sugar/acid ratio

2011CK0.940a114.34b7.66a0.672b13.82a9.61a
Straw mulching0.957a138.98a6.95b0.598c11.80c8.79c
Soil structure conditioner0.948a127.87ab7.12ab0.621c12.54b9.04b
Water-retaining agent0.948a122.05b7.25ab0.746a13.55a9.11b

2012CK0.937a110.48b7.58a0.666ab14.12a9.87a
Straw mulching0.949a130.66a7.02b0.613b11.89c9.01b
Soil structure conditioner0.944a122.32ab7.28ab0.627b12.64b9.12b
Water-retaining agent0.940a128.68a7.37a0.708a13.85a9.29b

2013CK0.939a122.48a8.07a0.622b14.11a10.04a
Straw mulching0.948a124.93a7.14b0.646ab12.54b9.37b
Soil structure conditioner0.941a125.28a7.11b0.699a12.19b9.25c
Water-retaining agent0.945a121.15a7.08b0.638ab14.09a9.41b