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TABLE 3
(Continued)
Treatments
Plant
height,
cm
No. of
branches/
plant
Days taken
to first
harvest
No. of
fruits per plant
Yield
t/ha
T
6
59.7
28.1
68
44.2
17.4
T
7
58.6
26.8
69
42.5
15.3
T
8
57.2
22.3
74
35.3
13.0
SE (m)
0.965
0.798
0.756
0.530
0.456
CD (0.05)
2.798
2.317
2.542
1.566
1.312
TABLE 4
Mean yield and yield attributing parameters of tomato as affected by different
treatments.
Treat-
ments
Plant
height,
cm
No. of branch-
es/ plant
Days taken to
first harvest
No. of fruits/
plant
Yield
t/ha
T
1
58.6
24.1
69.5
39.8
17.0
T
2
57.3
22.5
70.5
38.1
15.5
T
3
57.0
21.8
71.0
36.2
13.8
T
4
55.6
21.5
73.0
30.6
12.4
T
5
61.7
28.8
66.5
45.7
19.0
T
6
60.0
27.6
67.5
43.7
17.1
T
7
58.4
26.1
69.0
41.5
15.0
T
8
57.2
21.7
75.0
35.0
12.8
SE (m)
0.951
0.761
0.745
0.523
0.448
CD (0.05)
2.722
2.392
2.523
1.511
1.304
The results in Tables 2 to 4 show that yield and yield attributing parameters are
signifi cantly superior in the treatment T
5
as compared to the rest of the treatments. The
treatment T
5
recorded the lowest days to harvest the fi rst fruit, that is, 66 days in 2006
and 67 days in 2007, respectively, with a mean value of 66.5 days. Compared to the
furrow irrigation without any mulch (treatment, T4), these values were 72 in 2006 and
74 in 2007, respectively, with mean value of 73 days. The mean value represents that
it takes 6.5 days less for the fi rst fruit to be harvested in treatment T5 as compared to
treatment T4.
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