STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF SOME CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON GROWTH AND YIELD IN TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

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dc.contributor.advisorSHUKLA, Y R
dc.contributor.authorSHILPA
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-13T05:47:44Z
dc.date.available2020-07-13T05:47:44Z
dc.date.issued2020-07
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Studies on the effect of some crop management practices on growth and yield in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)” was carried out at the Experimental Farm, Department of Vegetable Science, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, (HP) during Kharif season year 2017-2018 and 20182019. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (Factorial) with three replications comprising of twelve treatments having two levels of planting methods i.e. P1=raised bed and P2=flat bed, three levels of mulches treatments i.e. M1=black mulch, M2=silver/black mulch and M3=no mulch and two levels of training systems i.e. T1=two stem training system and T2=three stem training system. A popular variety of tomato ‘Solan Lalima’ was used as planting material in the present studies. Seedlings of tomato were transplanted on 12th April, 2017-18 and 2018-19 in a plot size of 11.34 m2 at a spacing of 90 × 30 cm accommodating 42 plants per plot in three replications. The recommended package of practices and plant protection measures were followed from time to time to produce healthy crop. Among the different planting methods, mulching treatments and training systems the plants which were grown on raised bed (P1) when applied with black mulch (M1) and trained to two stem training system (T1) resulted significantly maximum number of flower clusters per plant, number of fruits per cluster, fruit length (cm), fruit breadth (cm), pericarp thickness (mm), fruit weight (g), number of pickings, harvest duration (days), number of fruits per plant, fruit yield/plant (kg), fruit yield/plot (kg), fruit yield/ha (q/ha), leaf area index, plant height (cm), TSS (0Brix), ascorbic acid content (mg/100 g of fresh weight), lycopene content (mg/100 g of fresh weight), shelf life (days), minimum days to 50 per cent flowering, least number of days to marketable maturity, less incidence of buckeye rot (%), minimum severity of Alternaria leaf blight (%), minimum severity of bacterial leaf spot (%), less incidence of Fusarium wilt (%), minimum weed intensity (%), maximum weed control efficiency (%), less weed count (m-2), minimum fresh and dry weight of weeds. Analysis of variance showed significant differences among two way interaction for most of the characters studied. Among the first order interactions viz., planting methods and polythene mulch, polythene mulch and training system, planting methods and training systems; P1M1 (raised bed and black polyethylene mulch), P1T1 (raised bed planting method with two stem training system) and M1T1 (black polyethylene mulch with two stem training system) significantly affected most of the characters under study. The treatment combination involving raised bed, black mulch and two stem training system (P1M1T1) was found superior over all other treatments in terms of growth characters, fruit characters, yield characters, quality attributes, disease parameters, weed parameters and also had maximum benefit: cost ratio. The highest fruit yield (992.64 q/ha) of Solan Lalima with maximum net returns (Rs 1,181,364.19/ha) and highest benefit: cost ratio (3.84) was obtained with the treatment combination involving raised bed planting method, black polyethylene mulch and two stem training system (P1M1T1). Therefore, raised bed planting method, black polythene mulch in combinationen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810149028
dc.keywordscrop management,yield,tomato,Experimental Farmen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages175+Xen_US
dc.publisherNAUNI,UHFen_US
dc.subPlant Pathologyen_US
dc.subjectnullen_US
dc.themecrop management,yield,tomato,Experimental Farmen_US
dc.these.typePh.Den_US
dc.titleSTUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF SOME CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON GROWTH AND YIELD IN TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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