GROWTH AND YIELD EVALUATION OF TOMATO HYBRIDS DURING SUMMER IN SYLHET REGION

M S Islam, M H Hosain and D Deb Nath
Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 49-53

Abstract:

A field experiment was conducted at the experimental field of Horticulture Department, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh to find out the suitability of tomato production during summer season of May to October, 2014. Five tomato hybrids viz., BARI hybrid tomato-3, BARI hybrid tomato-4, NHC-1, NHC-2 and NHC-3 were evaluated for tomato production during summer season under Sylhet condition. Different parameters like number of fruits plant-1, individual fruit weight, fruit length, fruit width, total soluble solids, fruit yield plant-1, etc. were significantly differed among the tomato hybrids. Significant variation in respect to fruit yield was also observed among the hybrids. The highest number of fruits plant-1 was counted from the BARI hybrid tomato-3 (25.30) followed by BARI hybrid tomato-4 (24.33). The heaviest individual fruit was observed for the NHC-2 (43.23 g) while it was the lowest for BARI hybrid tomato-3 (35.70 g). The NHC-2 hybrid had the highest fruit length (4.50 cm) and fruit width (3.40 cm). Among the hybrids maximum 5.3% total soluble solid was observed in BARI hybrid tomato-3. The hybrid, BARI hybrid tomato-4 produced the highest fruit yield (0.97 kg plant-1) followed by NHC-1 (0.91 kg plant-1). Benefit cost ratio revealed that one can earn more than four thousand taka decimal-1 by growing tomato during summer season in Sylhet region. This indicates that there is a bright scope of tomato production during summer in Sylhet region.

Keywords:

Tomato hybrids, summer season and Sylhet region


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M S Islam, M H Hosain and D Deb Nath. 2017. GROWTH AND YIELD EVALUATION OF TOMATO HYBRIDS DURING SUMMER IN SYLHET REGION, Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University 4(1): 49-53.