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Abstract
An experiment was conducted for two consecutive years since 2014 to 2016 in Jimma area, south west with ten improved tomato varieties and on farmer’s local in randomized complete block design with three replications. Among the varieties tested, there was a high significant variation (P<0.05) in mean number of fruit cluster per plant, mean marketable fruit number per plant and mean marketable fruit yield ton per hectare in each year and mean of two years evaluation. Since 2014/15, Variety Eshete scored highest significance difference among varities with the score of 7.5 in mean number of fruit cluster per plant. Mean of marketable fruit number per plant in variety Bishola, Metadel and Melkasalsa scored highest significance difference among all tested varities with the score of 14, 13.25 and 13 respectively. Mean of marketable fruit yield in ton per hectare was highly significant difference in variety Melkasalsa (33.01ton ha -1 ) and followed by Miya (28.25 ton ha -1 ). Since 2015/16, the variety Melkasalsa resulted in highest significance difference in its mean number of fruit cluster per plant among all tested varities with the score of 23.33 which was three fold of its first year. Mean of marketable fruit number per plant was resulted in highest significance difference in variety Melkasalsa (54) which was four fold of its first year (13). Mean of marketable fruit yield in ton ha -1 was highly significant difference in variety Melkasalsa (40.547 ton ha -1 ) and about 22.83% yield advantage than the former year. The least marketable fruit yield ton ha -1 was recorded by the variety Bishola (6.6 ton ha -1 ) and Metadel (8.66 ton ha -1 ). Mean of marketable fruit yield in ton ha -1 over two years was highly significant difference in variety Melkasalsa (36.78 ton ha -1 ). As a result Melkasalsa was recommended for Jimma area and to be expanded through demonstrations. Keywords: fruit number, fruit cluster, fruit yield, improved variety. DOI : 10.7176/JNSR/9-20-04 Publication date :October 31 st 2019
Highlights
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) is one of the most widely grown vegetable crops in the world
The highest maximum monthly temperature was observed January with 26.16oc and the least was observed in month of February with 11.64oc (Fig 1).The highest relative humidity was observed in the month of December with 79.16% and the least is in the month of March with 67.48% (Fig 1)
In mean of marketable fruit number per plant, variety Bishola, Metadel and Melkasalsa scored highest significance difference among all tested varities with the score of 14, 13.25 and 13 fruit number per plant respectively. It was statistical parity with the variety Eshete with score of 12.83 mean marketable fruit number per plant. In consistency with this result, Yeshiwas et al( 2016) reported that, variety Moneymaker gave the highest number of fruits per plant (46.4) than any other tomato varieties the same ecology to this experiment
Summary
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) is one of the most widely grown vegetable crops in the world. It is one of the most popular and important edible nutritious vegetable crops for fresh consumption as well as for processing in the world It is widely cultivated in tropical, subtropical and temperate climates (FAO, 2006). To china, United State of America, India, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia are the leaders (FAO, 2006) It is used as canned vegetable having multiple uses and supplies essential nutrients in human diets (Choudhury, 1979). The processed products like tomato paste, tomato juice, and tomato catch-up are widely usable It is used in preparing soups, sauces, stews, salads and other dishes, and used in large quantities as compared to other vegetables. It is consumed in every household in different styles, but in certain areas, such as Walo, Hararge, Shawa, Jimma and Wallaga, it is an important co-staple food (Ambecha et al, 2012)
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