Summary
In response to environmental challenges facing the agricultural sector, growers are moving toward innovative and sustainable cultivation methods such as the hydroponic production system. This study evaluated the effect of different sources of manure on the physico-chemical and nutritional qualities of tomatoes (cv. CLX 532) grown under a hydroponic system. The experiment was set up in a completely randomized design with four treatments, which included three types of animal manure-derived hydroponic nutrient extracts, namely, chicken (CHME), cow (CME) and goat (GME), and a commercial fertilizer as a control. Tomato fruit from each treatment were harvested and analysed for macro- and micronutrients, physicochemical attributes such as total soluble solids (TSS), titratable acidity (TA), total
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