Performance of a Set of Tomato Parental Lines and their Hybrids for Quality and Yield under Conditions of Bengaluru, India

Evaluation of Single Cross Hybrids in Tomato under Protected and Unprotected Conditions for Resistance to Bacterial Wilt and Tomato Leaf Curl Virus Diseases (Solanum lycopersicum)

“…Maximum lycopene was observed in Sonam (6.77 mg/100g) followed by Arka Samrat (5.73 mg/100g). These results were similar to the findings of Hazarika and Phookan (2005), Renuka et al, 2014 andBharathkumar et al, 2017.…”

Performance of Parents and F1 Hybrids for Quality Parameters in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

“…Among the crosses, Maximum fruit firmness was recorded in the cross L4 X T3 (6.17 kg per cm 2 ) followed by L4 X T4 (6.12 kg per cm 2 ) as compared to general mean value of all the crosses (4.26 kg per cm 2 ). Similar results were supported by the Renuka et al, (2014) and Bharathkumar et al, (2017). The maximum number of locules per fruit was found in line L4 (7.33) followed by L12 (5.67).…”

“…The maximum lycopene content was observed in L12 (7.00 mg/100 g) and the lowest in L7 (3.03 mg/100 g). The present findings are acknowledged by the results supported by in Renuka et al, (2014) and Bharathkumar et al, (2017). Colour value L* content was found highest in line L4 (36.56) and was least in the line L11 (47.13).…”

“…Only six crosses have shown significance in fruit size compared to commercial check Arka Samrat. These results are suggested by Chattopadhyay et al, 2013 andBharathkumar et al, 2017 in tomato crop.…”

“…Ascorbic acid is much important from nutrition point of view. The findings are suggested by Kumari and Sharma, (2011) and Droka et al, (2012), Renuka et al, 2014 andBharathkumar et al, 2017 in tomato crop.…”