Effect of Age of Transplants on Fruit and Seed Yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

Tomato is a major cash crop of the mid-hill regions of Himachal Pradesh. Among various factors that affect its growth and yield, age of the transplant - an important factor - is generally ignored by farmers. Therefore, the present investigation was undertaken at Vegetable Research Farm, Department o...

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Autores principales: Y R Shukla, Thuktan Chhopal, Rajender Sharma
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Publicado: Society for Promotion of Horticulture - Indian Institute of Horticultural Research 2013
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:dae492873f0640d3a3823aadc1750b0e2021-12-02T13:15:47ZEffect of Age of Transplants on Fruit and Seed Yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)0973-354X2582-4899https://doaj.org/article/dae492873f0640d3a3823aadc1750b0e2013-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jhs.iihr.res.in/index.php/jhs/article/view/347https://doaj.org/toc/0973-354Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2582-4899Tomato is a major cash crop of the mid-hill regions of Himachal Pradesh. Among various factors that affect its growth and yield, age of the transplant - an important factor - is generally ignored by farmers. Therefore, the present investigation was undertaken at Vegetable Research Farm, Department of Vegetable Science, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, during the summer of 2008 and 2009 to ascertain optimum age of transplants for maximizing fruit and seed yield in tomato var. Solan Vajr. The experiment was laid out in RBD, with 3 replications. Age of the transplant starting with 15 days, and with subsequent gaps of 3 days each (upto 42 days, i.e., 10 stages) comprised different treatments. Among the various treatments imposed, 33-day old (middleaged) transplants performed best with respect to fruit and seed yield than younger or older transplants. This treatment also gave the best results for number of fruits per plant, fruit yield per plot (kg), seed recovery (%), seed yield per plot (g), and germination percentage.Y R ShuklaThuktan ChhopalRajender SharmaSociety for Promotion of Horticulture - Indian Institute of Horticultural Researcharticleage of transplantfruit and seed yield‘solan vajr’seed recoverygermination percentagePlant cultureSB1-1110ENJournal of Horticultural Sciences, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 99-102 (2013)
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topic age of transplant
fruit and seed yield
‘solan vajr’
seed recovery
germination percentage
Plant culture
SB1-1110
spellingShingle age of transplant
fruit and seed yield
‘solan vajr’
seed recovery
germination percentage
Plant culture
SB1-1110
Y R Shukla
Thuktan Chhopal
Rajender Sharma
Effect of Age of Transplants on Fruit and Seed Yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
description Tomato is a major cash crop of the mid-hill regions of Himachal Pradesh. Among various factors that affect its growth and yield, age of the transplant - an important factor - is generally ignored by farmers. Therefore, the present investigation was undertaken at Vegetable Research Farm, Department of Vegetable Science, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, during the summer of 2008 and 2009 to ascertain optimum age of transplants for maximizing fruit and seed yield in tomato var. Solan Vajr. The experiment was laid out in RBD, with 3 replications. Age of the transplant starting with 15 days, and with subsequent gaps of 3 days each (upto 42 days, i.e., 10 stages) comprised different treatments. Among the various treatments imposed, 33-day old (middleaged) transplants performed best with respect to fruit and seed yield than younger or older transplants. This treatment also gave the best results for number of fruits per plant, fruit yield per plot (kg), seed recovery (%), seed yield per plot (g), and germination percentage.
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Thuktan Chhopal
Rajender Sharma
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Thuktan Chhopal
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title Effect of Age of Transplants on Fruit and Seed Yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
title_short Effect of Age of Transplants on Fruit and Seed Yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
title_full Effect of Age of Transplants on Fruit and Seed Yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
title_fullStr Effect of Age of Transplants on Fruit and Seed Yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Age of Transplants on Fruit and Seed Yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
title_sort effect of age of transplants on fruit and seed yield of tomato (solanum lycopersicum l.)
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