National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
An experiment was conducted on seedling age of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) at Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) during rabi 2014-15 in sandy loam soil of medium fertility. There were 8 treatments of seedlings age viz. 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40 and 44 days old which were tested in RBD replicated thrice. Tomato variety Azad T-5 was used. Seeds were sown in nursery bed from 20.9.2014 at 4 days interval upto 18.10.2014 and seedlings were transplanted in main field on 04.11.2014 in all plots as per treatment. Crop was uniformly manured with 20 t/ha FYM and fertilized with 120 kg N+60 kg P2O5+40 K2O/ha. The results revealed that 24 days old seedlings recorded highest values of plant height (63.19 cm), plant spread from E-W (171.13 cm), number of fruits/plant (31.72), weight/fruit (41.55 g), fruit weight/plant (725 g) and fruit yield (308.63 q/ha), whereas number of primary and secondary branches/plant (7.35 and 9.65, respectively) and fruit diameter (4.41 cm) were found maximum with 28 days old, seedlings. However, 20 days old seedlings performed significantly at par with 24 days old seedlings in most of the crop characters including fruit yield per unit area. It is thus proved that 20-24 days old seedlings are most suitable for transplanting of tomato during rabi season to get higher crop yield in central part of Uttar Pradesh.
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