%0 Journal Article %A Shabani Sangtarashani, E. %A Tabatabaei, S. J. %T The Effect of Potassium Concentration in Nutrient Solution on Lycopene, Vitamin C and Qualitative Characteristics of Cherry Tomato in Saline Conditions %J Journal of Crop Production and Processing %V 3 %N 7 %U http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-1810-en.html %R %D 2013 %K Qualitative parameters, Yield, Sodium chloride, Nutrient solution, Hydroponic, %X 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 %> http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-1810-en.pdf %P 133-143 %& 133 %! %9 Research %L A-10-1-58 %+ Dept. of Hort. Sci., College of Agric., Univ. of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran. %G eng %@ 2251-8517 %[ 2013