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15.4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
15.4.1 YIELD AND YIELD ATTRIBUTING PARAMETERS
Data for 2006 and 2007 included yield attributing characters: Plant height, number of
branches per plant, days taken to first harvest, number of fruits per plant and the yield
of tomato; and are presented in Tables 2 and 3 including the statistical data. The mean
data of different yield attributing parameters and yield of tomato are also presented in
Table 4 along with the statistical test data.
TABLE 2
Yield and yield attributing parameters of tomato as affected by different treatments
for the year 2006.
Treatments
Plant height,
cm
No. of branches
per plant
Days taken
to first
harvest
No. of
fruits
per plant
Yield
t/ha
T
1
58.0
23.6
70
39.4
16.5
T
2
56.8
22.0
71
37.8
15.0
T
3
57.0
21.6
72
35.7
13.5
T
4
55.0
20.1
74
30.2
12.0
T
5
60.8
28.5
66
45.4
18.8
T
6
60.3
27.1
67
43.2
16.8
T
7
58.1
25.3
69
40.5
14.7
T
8
57.2
21.3
75
34.7
12.5
SE (m)
0.955
0.698
0.771
0.490
0.43
CD (0.05)
2.898
2.117
2.340
1.486
1.29
TABLE 3
Yield and yield attributing parameters of tomato as affected by different treatments
for the year 2007.
Treatments
Plant
height,
cm
No. of
branches/
plant
Days taken
to first
harvest
No. of
fruits per plant
Yield
t/ha
T
1
59.2
24.6
69
40.1
17.5
T
2
57.8
23.0
70
38.3
16.6
T
3
57.0
21.9
70
36.7
14.1
T
4
56.2
20.8
72
31.0
12.8
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