Relationship between Growth, Yield parameters and Fruit Yield of Kharif Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

Abstract:

A field experiment was conducted during kharif season 2019 to study and identify the relationship between growth, yield parameters with the fruit yield of tomatoes under open field conditions at Agriculture Research Institute, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. The crop was planted on eight different dates viz., July 02, July 12, July 22, August 02, August 11, August 23, September 03 and September13 as main plots and two cultivars viz., US 440 and TO-3251 (Saaho) as sub-plots in split-plot design and replicated thrice. Results revealed that, growth parameters like plant height, Number of branches, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Dry matter production and yield attributes like Average fruit weight, Number of fruits per plant were significantly positively correlated with fruit yield of Kharif tomato during Vegetative stage, Flowering stage, fruit development and harvest stages.