Utilization of zeolites as soil conditioner in tomato-growing

✍ Scribed by S. Valente; N. Burriesci; S. Cavallaro; S. Galvagno; C. Zipelli

• Book ID: 104290422
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 362 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0144-2449
• DOI: 10.1016/s0144-2449(82)80069-9

✦ Synopsis

Zeolites (N36), obtained by hydrothermal synthesis from Lipari pumice, have been tested as soil conditioner in tomato-growing. The results have been compared with the raw pumice and a commercial 4-A zeolite. The addition of the zeolite N36 resulted in an average yield of tomato higher than 50% in comparison with the control plant. It is suggested that the exchange properties of the aluminosilicates do not play an important role in tomato-growing and the beneficial effect has to be ascribed to other factors such as the presence of Fe and K.