Mean Performance of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Genotypes under Chhattisgarh Plains for Fruit Yield, Quality and its components

Author: Mahesh Pamukuntla, Dhananjay Sharma, Thriveni Vangapandu, Yamini Siwna, Archna Banjare and Gulab Das Barman

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Abstract

The present investigation was carried out in the field of AICRP on Vegetable Crops at Horticultural Research cum Instructional Farm, Department of Vegetable Science, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.) during Rabi 2020–21 to evaluate the mean performance of tomato genotypes for yield, quality, and its components. The research material consists of ten diverse genotypes/variety of tomato collected from the AICRP on Vegetable Crops, Raipur. All the genotypes were grown in RBD with three replications. Significant differences were observed for all the traits studied, indicating a substantial amount of variation. The experiment results revealed that genotype TODVR-4 exhibited the best for the following characters: plant height (cm), number of primary branches, number of secondary branches, and days to 50% flowering. TODVR-5 showed best for days to first fruit set. TODVR-6 showed the best for Total Soluble Solids (%), TODVR-8 showed the best for stem girth (cm), and TODVR-9 showed the best for days to first flowering, number of fruits per cluster, days to attain marketable maturity, and number of fruits per plant. TOLCV-1 performed best for characters like fruit diameter (cm) and average fruit weight (g), while TOLCV-2 performed best for fruit length (cm) and pericarp thickness (mm). TOLCV-4 performed best for the characters fruit yield per plot (kg), fruit yield per hectare (q), and number of locules per fruit.

Keywords

Genotype, tomato, yield, quality, Solanum lycopersicum

Conclusion

By considering the mean performance, a wide range of variation was observed among ten genotypes of tomato, evaluated for eighteen characters. From above study we concluded that traits like fruit yield per hectare, fruit yield per plot, number of fruits per plant, average fruit weight, number of fruits per cluster, number of locules per fruit and quality characters etc. are important traits for which selection based on best mean performance could be very effective for cultivation under Chhattisgarh plains condition. The improvement of these characters and the best performing genotypes for fruit yield per hectare and quality are TOLCV-4, TOLCV-2, TODVR-4 and TODVR-8 can be effective and which can also be retained in the future generations.

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Mahesh Pamukuntla, Dhananjay Sharma, Thriveni Vangapandu, Yamini Siwna, Archna Banjare and Gulab Das Barman (2023). Mean Performance of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Genotypes under Chhattisgarh Plains for Fruit Yield, Quality and its components. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(9): 592-596.