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- Title
EFFECT OF SOWING DATES ON FLOWERING, FRUIT SETTING AND YIELD OF TOMATO GENOTYPES.
- Authors
Hossain, M. F.; Ara, N.; Uddin, M. S.; Islam, M. R.; Kaisar, M. O.
- Abstract
A study was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, BARI, Thakurgaon, Bangladesh during 2009-10 to observe the sowing date effect on flowering and fruiting of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) genotypes. Three sowing dates viz. October 1, 15 and 30 were considered as factor A and tomato varieties viz. BARI Tomato-2, BARI Tomato-3, BARI Tomato-4, BARI Tomato-9 and BARI Hybrid Tomato-4 were considered as factor B. The experiment was laid out in RCBD (factorial) with three replications. Early flowering (52.40 days) as well as early fruit harvesting (119.13 days) was observed in October 1 sowing whereas, sowing on October 30 resulted in delayed flowering (71.73 days) and fruit harvesting (140.67 days). Number of fruits per plant was also maximum (27.40) in October 1 sowing and minimum (13.73) in October 30 sowing. Seed sowing of October 1 was found better in respect of yield (74.75 t/ha) compared to October 15 (58.55 t/ha) and October 30 (24.60 t/ha) sowing. Among the genotypes, BARI Tomato-2 produced the highest (68.12 t/ha) marketable yield followed by BARI Tomato-9 (56.16 t/ha) and BARI Tomato-3 while, BARI Tomato-4 produced lowest (36.91 t/ha). With regards to combined effect of variety and sowing date, BARI Tomato-2 gave highest yield (97.21 t/ha) when sown on October 1st followed by BARI Tomato-9 (89.56 t/ha) on same sowing date.
- Subjects
TOMATO breeding; TOMATO genetics; FRUIT quality; HORTICULTURAL products; PLANTING; PLANT propagation
- Publication
Journal of Agricultural Research (03681157), 2014, Vol 52, Issue 4, p547
- ISSN
0368-1157
- Publication type
Article