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GROWTH, YIELD AND PRODUCTIVITY OF DETERMINATE AND INDETERMINATE TOMATO VARIETIES (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) AS INFLUENCED BY CROP SPACING IN ABEOKUTA, SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA

Authors: SHOBO Bolatito , Bodunde G., Makinde A., Olowe V. I.

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: International Journal Of Science Commerce And Humanities

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Field eexperiments were conducted at two locations; the Teaching and Research Farm of the Federal University of Agriculture, Alabata, Abeokuta and at the Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research Farm, Opeji, near Abeokuta, to examine the influencee of crop spacing on productivity of determinate and indeterminate tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) varieties. The experimental design was a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) and two varieties of tomato, Roma VF (determinate) and Beske (indeterminate) with three crop spacings of 50 cm x 40 cm, 50 cm x 50 cm and 50 cm x 60 cm constituted the treatments which were replicated three times. Plot size was 2.0 m x 3.0 m. Data collected on vegetative parameters, number of days to first and 50% flowering, number of flowers per plant, number of days to maturity and fruit yield were subjected to analysis of variance. Crop spacing and variety influenced growth and fruit yield of both determinate and indeterminate tomato. Varieties differed in plant height, number of leaves, branches, flowers, and fruit yield. Fruit yield was generally low as a result of rainfed cultivation. Variety Beske had a yield of 1.56 t/ha and 4.48 t/ha at Alabata and Opeji respectively, while Roma VF had a yield of 1.26 t/ha and 2.20 t/ha at Alabata and Opeji, respectively. There was a significant (P?0.05) effect of crop spacing on number of fruits harvested and total fruit yield at both locations as spacing of 50 cm x 40 cm gave the highest yield of 2.16 t/ha and 4.15 t/ha at Alabata and Opeji, respectively. Transplanting tomato at the spacing of 40cm x 50cm is most productive.

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SHOBO,B. Bodunde,J.G Makinde,E.A Olowe,V.I . (2015). GROWTH, YIELD AND PRODUCTIVITY OF DETERMINATE AND INDETERMINATE TOMATO VARIETIES (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) AS INFLUENCED BY CROP SPACING IN ABEOKUTA, SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA, 3 (), 68-68.

SHOBO,B. Bodunde,J.G Makinde,E.A Olowe,V.I . "GROWTH, YIELD AND PRODUCTIVITY OF DETERMINATE AND INDETERMINATE TOMATO VARIETIES (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) AS INFLUENCED BY CROP SPACING IN ABEOKUTA, SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA" 3, no (), (2015): 68-68.

SHOBO,B. and Bodunde,J.G and Makinde,E.A and Olowe,V.I and . (2015). GROWTH, YIELD AND PRODUCTIVITY OF DETERMINATE AND INDETERMINATE TOMATO VARIETIES (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) AS INFLUENCED BY CROP SPACING IN ABEOKUTA, SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA, 3 (), pp68-68.

SHOBOB, BodundeJG, MakindeEA, OloweVI, . GROWTH, YIELD AND PRODUCTIVITY OF DETERMINATE AND INDETERMINATE TOMATO VARIETIES (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) AS INFLUENCED BY CROP SPACING IN ABEOKUTA, SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA. 2015, 3 ():68-68.

SHOBO,Bolatito , Bodunde,J. G., Makinde,E. A., and Olowe,V. I. . "GROWTH, YIELD AND PRODUCTIVITY OF DETERMINATE AND INDETERMINATE TOMATO VARIETIES (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) AS INFLUENCED BY CROP SPACING IN ABEOKUTA, SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA", 3 . (2015) : 68-68.

S.Bolatito B.J. G. M.E. A. & O.V. I. , "GROWTH, YIELD AND PRODUCTIVITY OF DETERMINATE AND INDETERMINATE TOMATO VARIETIES (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) AS INFLUENCED BY CROP SPACING IN ABEOKUTA, SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA" vol.3, no., pp. 68-68, 2015.

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