Evaluation of Cherry Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. var. cerasiforme Mill.) Genotypes for growth and yield Traits under Temperate Conditions of Kashmir Valley

Abstract:

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the fifteen cherry tomato genotypes for maturity and yield attributing traits to identify genotypes with high yielding ability. The experimental material, were considered at Experimental Farm, Division of Vegetable Science, SKUAST-K, Shalimar during kharif 2019. The experiment was laid out in a complete randomized block design with three replications. The observations were recorded on various maturity, growth and yield traits. Among the genotypes used for investigation, the earliest days to first flowering (21.08 days), the maximum number of flowers cluster-1 (8.35) and maximum number of fruits cluster-1 (7.43) were recorded in the genotype SK-CT-09. The earliest fruit harvest (76.79 days) and maximum number of harvest duration (71.97 days) were noted in genotype SK-CT-11. The tallest plant at final harvest (155.07 cm), the maximum number of flower clusters plant-1 (24.28) and highest average seed yield plant-1 (13.24 g) were recorded by the genotype SK-CT-10. The maximum number of fruits plant -1 (195.03) was recorded in SK-CT-15. The highest average fruit length of (2.34 cm) was observed in SK-CT-18. Fruit width was found highest in the genotypes SK-CT-16 and SK-CT-10 (2.37 cm each). The highest average fruit weight (6.83 g), highest number of seeds fruit-1 (54.40), highest 100 seed weight (0.35 g) and highest average seed weight fruit-1(0.14 g) was exhibited by genotype SK-CT-17.