EVALUATION ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF TOMATO VARIETIES IN WINTER SEASON AT SYLHET

HK Tamanna, MS Islam, MM Rob and DD Nath
Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 61-66

Abstract:

An investigation was carried out at the experimental field of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture during winter season from October 2015 to March 2016 with a view to evaluate the performance of seven promising tomato varieties under Sylhet condition in winter season. Three local tomato varieties viz., Raja, Maharaja, kanak two exotic varieties viz., Nor-306, Nor-313 along with two BARI realesed varieties BARI Hybrid Tomato-5, BARI Tomato-15 were evaluated in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Yield and yield attributes of seven varieties differed significantly. The highest harvesting period was observed in Maharaja (34.33 days). The lowest harvesting period was recorded in BARI Tamato-15 (26.67 days) but it was corresponding for earlier maturation (44.76 days from fruit set). The highest number of fruits plant-1 was recorded from the variety Moharaja (42.30) with the lowest TSS (4.43%). The lowest number of fruits plant-1 was recorded from BARI Tomato-15 (26.20). Wide variations were recorded for individual fruit weight among the varieties. Raja had the heaviest fruit weight (45.11 g fruit-1) closely followed by Kanak (45.10 g fruit-1). Fruit yield plant-1 ranged 0.42 kg to 1.57 kg. Corresponding plant-1 fruit yield was the highest for the Maharaja (1.57 kg) followed by Raja (1.40 kg) while lowest yield was in BARI Tomato-15 (0.42 kg). In respect of fruit yield hectare-1, the highest (60.08 t ha-1) was recorded from Moharaja followed by Raja (52.84 t ha-1) and the lowest yield was obtained in the BARI Tomato-15 which was 15.13 t ha-1. Considering the yield performance Moharaja, Raja, BARI Hybrid Tomato-5 were found most promising in Sylhet region for the production of tomato in winter season.

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Tomato variety, winter, growth and yield


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HK Tamanna, MS Islam, MM Rob and DD Nath. 2018. EVALUATION ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF TOMATO VARIETIES IN WINTER SEASON AT SYLHET, Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University 5(1): 61-66.