Debranching improves morpho - physiological characters, fruit quality and yield of tomato
Farmers are commercially cultivated tomato with different levels of shoot pruning but this production practice has not been defined clearly. The experiment was conducted under sub-tropical condition to assess the effect of different levels of debranching on morpho-physiological, reproductive and yie...
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| description | Farmers are commercially cultivated tomato with different levels of shoot pruning but this production practice has not been defined clearly. The experiment was conducted under sub-tropical condition to assess the effect of different levels of debranching on morpho-physiological, reproductive and yield contributing characters in determinate tomato cultivar cv. Binatomato-5. The debranching levels were: i) control, ii) only mainstem (MS), iii) MS with 2 branches, iv) MS with 3 branches and v) MS with 4 branches. Based on recommended spacing (50 cm × 50 cm), the higher fruit yield plant⁻¹ as well as ruit yield per hectare were observed in more branch bearing plants of the treatment control (MS with 5-6 branches), MS with 3 branches and MS with 4 branches due to production of higher number of fruits plant⁻¹ with being the highest in MS with 3 branches due to increase fruit size. The lowest fruit yield per plant as well as per hectare was observed in uniculm plants due to lower number of fruits per plant. This study suggests that plants that have MS with three branches may be recommended for commercial cultivation of tomato under sub-tropical condition. |
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| spelling | upm-554262017-10-02T06:20:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55426/ Debranching improves morpho - physiological characters, fruit quality and yield of tomato Alam Mondal, M. Monjurul Razzaque, A. H. M. Puteh, Adam B. Farmers are commercially cultivated tomato with different levels of shoot pruning but this production practice has not been defined clearly. The experiment was conducted under sub-tropical condition to assess the effect of different levels of debranching on morpho-physiological, reproductive and yield contributing characters in determinate tomato cultivar cv. Binatomato-5. The debranching levels were: i) control, ii) only mainstem (MS), iii) MS with 2 branches, iv) MS with 3 branches and v) MS with 4 branches. Based on recommended spacing (50 cm × 50 cm), the higher fruit yield plant⁻¹ as well as ruit yield per hectare were observed in more branch bearing plants of the treatment control (MS with 5-6 branches), MS with 3 branches and MS with 4 branches due to production of higher number of fruits plant⁻¹ with being the highest in MS with 3 branches due to increase fruit size. The lowest fruit yield per plant as well as per hectare was observed in uniculm plants due to lower number of fruits per plant. This study suggests that plants that have MS with three branches may be recommended for commercial cultivation of tomato under sub-tropical condition. University of Karachi 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55426/1/Debranching%20improves%20morpho-physiological%20characters%2C%20fruit%20quality%20and%20yield%20of%20.pdf Alam Mondal, M. Monjurul and Razzaque, A. H. M. and Puteh, Adam B. (2016) Debranching improves morpho - physiological characters, fruit quality and yield of tomato. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 48 (6). pp. 2249-2253. ISSN 0556-332; ESSN: 2070-3368 https://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/48(6)/10.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Alam Mondal, M. Monjurul Razzaque, A. H. M. Puteh, Adam B. Debranching improves morpho - physiological characters, fruit quality and yield of tomato |
| title | Debranching improves morpho - physiological characters, fruit quality and yield of tomato |
| title_full | Debranching improves morpho - physiological characters, fruit quality and yield of tomato |
| title_fullStr | Debranching improves morpho - physiological characters, fruit quality and yield of tomato |
| title_full_unstemmed | Debranching improves morpho - physiological characters, fruit quality and yield of tomato |
| title_short | Debranching improves morpho - physiological characters, fruit quality and yield of tomato |
| title_sort | debranching improves morpho - physiological characters, fruit quality and yield of tomato |
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