PERFORMANCE OF EXOTIC TOMATO LINES AT SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The experiment was carried out at Horticulture Farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh from October 2016 to April 2017. The experiment was conducted with nine exotic tomato lines and a commercial variety BARI Tomato-14 to study the performance of the exotic tomato lines under the environmental condition of this University. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. Among the all parameters of growth and yield performance, the tallest plant (137.7cm), high fruit set (56.28%), highest yield (95.6 t/ha) was observed in L3 while shortest plant (80.66cm), minimum fruit set (16.27%) and lowest yield (28.13 t/ha) was observed in L8. Considering the quality parameters, Vitamin-C content was found highest (26.96 mg per 100 g fruit) in L9 and maximum TSS (4.35) was also found in L9 while the pH

was recorded highest (4.88) in L2. Regarding storage, maximum shelf life (16.67 days) was recorded in L3. In the present study it was observed that L3 gave better performance but other lines were also adopted well and gave good performance in respect of yield and quality parameters.