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To Study the Effect of Foliar Application of Yeast and Ascorbic acid on Growth and Yield of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculantum) Plant

Author: Bedabati Dasgupta and Hafiz Nekibur Rahman Ahmed

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Abstract

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculantum) is considered as an important horticultural crop worldwide. But instead of using various technologies and cultivars the production rate of tomato is low. With the increasing demand on consumption of tomato as well as on consumption of organic crops, there is a great necessitate for using new and organic technologies to increase the yield and maintain the environmental health. Therefore the present experiment was conducted with a target to increase more quantity of tomato with the application of yeast and ascorbic acid. In our study we have given foliar spray of yeast (5 and 10g/L) and ascorbic acid (0.1 and 0.2 ml/L). The experiment was laid out in five different plots including one control; each plot consists of six to ten replicas. The parameters taken was plant height, leaves number, branches number, flowers per plant, fruits per plant, chlorophyll and carotenoid content of leaves; protein, sugar, ascorbic acid and lycopene content of the fruit. The results showed ascorbic acid treatment shows better result in comparison to increase in yield and fruit number per plant in comparison to yeast treated plants. But lowest yield was recorded in the control group.

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Lycopersicon esculantum, yeast, ascorbic acid, lycopene content, Yield of Tomato

Conclusion

It is clear from the above experimental study that yeast and ascorbic acid both have potency in increasing the vegetative growth, yield and nutritional quality of the tomato crops. Though ascorbic acid has more potency but the effectiveness of the yeast treatment cannot be ignored and this experiment also proves a better arena for the use of bio fertilizer for the crop improvement.

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Bedabati Dasgupta and Hafiz Nekibur Rahman Ahmed (2023). To Study the Effect of Foliar Application of Yeast and Ascorbic acid on Growth and Yield of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculantum) Plant. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(4): 88-92.