@ARTICLE{Shabani Sangtarashani, author = {Shabani Sangtarashani, E. and Tabatabaei, S. J. and }, title = {The Effect of Potassium Concentration in Nutrient Solution on Lycopene, Vitamin C and Qualitative Characteristics of Cherry Tomato in Saline Conditions}, volume = {3}, number = {7}, abstract ={Potassium (K) has a special place in improving the quality of agricultural products. To evaluate the effect of K concentration in nutrient solution on lycopene content, vitamin C and qualitative characteristics of cherry tomato in NaCl salinity conditions, an experiment was carried out as a completely randomized design with five treatments and three replications at university of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, in 2010. Treatments consisted of four concentrations of K (0.2, 2, 7 and 14 mM) in nutrient solution with 60 mM NaCl concentration. A nutrient solution treatment without salinity was considered as control. The experiment was conducted in greenhouse, in a hydroponic system. The results indicated that increasing of K concentration increased lycopene content in fruit. Lycopene content in control treatment showed significant difference (P }, URL = {http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-1810-en.html}, eprint = {http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-1810-en.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Crop Production and Processing}, doi = {}, year = {2013} }