Effect of pruning on yield and quality of selected indeterminate tomato lines
Abstract
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In this study, we investigated the effect of prunning intensity on
tomato fruit yield of five introductions and one variety. Tomato
line significantly affected all tomato yield components in addition
to marketable and non-marketable yield. The number of
marketable fruits per hectare was highest in line P20 (319,692)
followed by line 186-2 (06) (163,7730). Prunning intensity also
influenced all tomato yield components except total fruit yield
(t/ha). The number of marketable fruits per hectare was highest
in the 2-stem system (136,518) followed by the 3-stem system
(135,251), while the least was recorded in the single stem
prunning system. Pending wide-scale evaluation of these lines,
P20 and 186-2(06) have potential of becoming good varieties
in Tanzania.
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