Plant growth, fruit and seed production of tomatoes as influenced by sowing season and planting pattern

Shahidul Islam, MD.; Khan, Sharmin; Farooque, A.M.

Plant growth, fruit and seed production of tomatoes as influenced by sowing season and planting pattern

1996

Shahidul Islam, MD. | Khan, Sharmin | Farooque, A.M. (Bangladesh Agricultural Univ. Faculty of Agriculture. Dept. of Horticulture)

Establishment of a suitable planting pattern and sowing seasons for tomatoes was studied and discussed. The experiment was conducted during four different sowing seasons using three different planting patterns; 1) one plant per hill, 2) two plants per hill and 3) three plants per hill. The results of the experiment suggested that early winter sowing had a commendable performance for most of the characteristics examined compared with the other sowing seasons. The single plant per hill treatment exhibited comparatively better results than two or three plants, but the total yield of tomato fruits and seeds was the highest in three plants per hill. This data also suggested that fruit yield and seed yield significantly correlated with days to first flowering, the number of fruits per plant, the number of seeds per fruit, 1000 seed weight and the germination percentage of the seeds. The seed germination percentage had a significant correlation with days to first flowering, the number of seeds per fruit and 1000 seed weight. Correlation between different characteristics should be used for better planning of selection of desirable parameters. Moreover, fruit and seed weight had the most intimate relationship with the higher fruit and seed yields.

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