The Impact of Different Plant Training Systems on Quantitative and Qualitative Parameters of Greenhouse Tomato Cultivars
Journal Title: International Journal of Farming and Allied Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 6
Abstract
Toadjust the fruiting and improve the vegetative growth, the choice of the most appropriate plant trainingsystem was studied in common cultivarsplanted for research purposes in two agricultural years in two separate experiments. Each was conducted in terms of random block design with three treatments and three replicationsat Jiroft and Kahnooj Shahid Moghbeli agricultural research center greenhouses. In both experiments, the effect of one-, two-, and four-stem training systemswas investigated on two tomato cultivars calledFalcato (large seed greenhouse type) and Salomy (small seed, salad type)largely known as the common regional greenhouse cultivars. The parameters measured in both experiments included the average fruit length, diameter, weight, vitamin C content, acidity, yield per unit of area, and the soluble solid content. As for the Falcato cultivar, the results indicated that asthe sub-branches rose from one to four, the total yield increased, too. Since the fruit number in the plant had increased evidently in four-branch treatment compared to one-branch,and besides, the fruit weight decreased due to the rise of competition over the fruit number, the result of the competition might entail a decrease in the fruit size. One-branch training is recommended in terms of the fruit size, marketability, and fresh consumption, yet the other two methods, namely the two- and fourbranch training are preferred to and recommended instead of the one-branch,from the perspective of processing industry and yield improvement. Examination of the quantitative and qualitative parametersof the fruit in Salomy cultivar showed the two-branch training method enjoys a much better improvement and growth procedurevis-à-vis other treatments, therefore, training by yielding two-branch training method revealed the best results.
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Sibgol Khoshkam, Zari Seyedi and Ahmad Aeen
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