Effect of Growing Conditions on Growth and Yield Attributes of Cherry Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. var. cerasiforme)

. Chandni

Department of Horticulture (Vegetable and Floriculture), Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar – 813210, India.

Deepti Singh *

Department of Horticulture (Vegetable and Floriculture), Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar – 813210, India.

Shirin Akhtar

Department of Horticulture (Vegetable and Floriculture), Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar – 813210, India.

Randhir Kumar

Department of Horticulture (Vegetable and Floriculture), Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar – 813210, India.

Subrat Bahera

Department of Statistics, Mathematics and Computer Applications, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar – 813210, India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

Cherry tomato is a high value crop which due to neutraceutical properties commercially cultivates under protected condition, for its demand in national and international market, it is necessary to develop varieties with high yield. It is need to evaluate cherry tomato varieties with desirable in protected and field conditions. The present investigation was conducted to study the performance of eighteen genetically diverse genotypes of cherry tomato in open field trained on trellis and naturally ventilated polyhouse conditions. Twelve growth and yield traits, viz., plant height, days to 50% flowering, days to first fruiting, number of flowers and fruits per truss, average fruit weight, polar and equatorial fruit diameter, pericarp thickness, number of fruits per plant, yield per plant and total yield were observed. In open field condition, genotype BRCT-30 and BRCT-32 gave the best performance in terms of earliness with maximum values for number of flower-fruit per truss and total yield (415.98 q/ha and 408.75 q/ha, respectively). In polyhouse condition, genotype BRCT-20 and BRCT-35 gave the maximum value for total yield (701.21 q/ha and 611.21 q/ha, respectively) with mid-early values for flowering and fruiting.

Keywords: Cherry tomato, polyhouse, trellis, yield


How to Cite

Chandni, ., Deepti Singh, Shirin Akhtar, Randhir Kumar, and Subrat Bahera. 2021. “Effect of Growing Conditions on Growth and Yield Attributes of Cherry Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum L. Var. Cerasiforme)”. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 11 (8):15-23. https://doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i830454.