Per Se Performance of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Genotypes for Growth, Yield and Quality Traits under North Eastern Dry Zone of Karnataka, India

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted to study the twenty-five tomato genotypes for growth, yield and quality traits under north eastern dry zone of Karnataka during late-kharif season of 2022-23 and the experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. The study revealed that, there was significant differences (p < 0.05) observed for all the traits studied. The highest plant height was recorded in the genotype EC-157568 (166.48 cm), internodal length in EC-164677 (8.85 cm) and number of branches per plant in IC-249514 (18.68). The genotype EC-631361 was found to be early among all the genotypes under study by recording minimum 50 per cent flowering (20.33). The maximum number of flowers per cluster (7.85) and clusters per plant (17.79) were observed in the genotype EC-631409 and EC-688516, respectively. Significantly highest fruit length (58.37 mm), fruit girth (58.57 mm), average fruit weight (136.43 g), fruits per cluster (5.41) and fruits per plant (30.76) were recorded in the genotypes Baari, Akshaya, Arka Meghali, EC-631409 and EC-688516, respectively. Genotype EC-688516 recorded maximum fruit yield per plant (2.49 kg) and fruit yield per hectare (71.58 t). Maximum pericarp thickness (6.58 mm), TSS (6.73 0Brix) and titrable acidity (0.73%) was observed in the genotypes Arka Meghali, Arka Meghali and EC-688516, respectively.