EFFECT OF PLANT GEOMETRY AND TRAINING ON SEED QUALITY AND BENEFIT: COST RATIO IN TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.) SEED PRODUCTION
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 44
Abstract
The present investigations were carried out to study the effect of different plant geometries and training levels on the seed quality of tomato cultivar Solan Lalima, at the department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan during Kharif season, 2013. The treatment combinations comprised of four training levels i.e. Y1 (single stem), Y2 (double stem), Y3 (unpruned with horizontal string) and Y4 (unpruned bush stakes, control) and eight plant geometries viz. S1 (60×15 cm), S2 (60+30×15 cm), S3 (60×30 cm), S4 (60+30×30 cm), S5 (90×15 cm), S6 (90+30×15 cm), S7 (90×30 cm) and S8 (90+30×30 cm). Analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the treatment combinations for all the characters studied. The treatment combination Y1S7 (single stem and plant spaced at 90×30 cm) gave the best results for thousand seed weight (3.90 g), germination percentage (89.33 %), seedling length (14.20 cm), seedling dry weight (1.55 mg), seed vigour index-Length & Mass (1269.20 & 138.25, respectively) but it gave a low seed yield per unit area (257.55 kg/ha). The combination Y2S5 (double stem and 90×15 cm) gave a higher seed yield per hectare (519.71 kg) over all other treatments. This treatment also gave highest benefit: cost ratio (5.17:1) which is an ultimate goal of any experiment.
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ROHIT VERMA
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