Performance of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Hybrids for Growth, Yield and Quality Inside Polyhouse under Mid Hill Condition of Uttarakhand

Evaluation of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon L.) Hybrids for Fruit Yield Characters in Hill Region of Uttarakhand, India

“…Since, pericarp cells contain a number of starch grains, therefore the cultivars where accumulation of assimilates in the pericarp was more, the thickness was also high. Almost similar findings on variability in fruit pericarp thickness of tomato hybrids have also been observed by Sekhar et al, (2009) from 5.5 mm to 7.0 mm, Sharma et al, (2013) from 3.44 mm to 6.79 mm, Cheema et al, (2013) from 3.5 mm to 5.5 mm, Shankar et al, (2013) from 3.83 mm to 6.70 mm and Singh et al, (2014) from 3.10 mm to 5.89 mm.…”

“…The population mean for this trait was 11.48. The results of present investigation could also be compared with findings of Sekhar et al, (2009) (19.47 to 36.27), Alam et al, (2010) from (5.7 to 7.5) and Singh et al, (2014) (6.00 to 8.33) in tomato hybrids (Table 1).…”

“…Similar results on variability in number of fruit locules have been obtained by Kurain et al, (2001) from 2.4 to 5.0, Sekhar et al, (2009) from 2.70 to 4.00, Shankar et al, (2013) from 2.33 to 6.50 and Cheema et al, (2013) from 2.00 to 4.50 in hybrid tomatoes. Variability in fruit diameter has also been reported by from 3.36 cm to 6.47 cm polar diameter and 4.47 cm to 6.65 cm radial diameter, Singh et al, (2014) from 3.13 cm to 5.43 cm and Degade et al, (2015) from 10.58 cm to 12.42 cm in tomato hybrids.…”

“…Fruit set percentage in tomato is one of the important parameter for the rainy season tomato yield in hills, which is also a measurement of a particular hybrid/variety towards tolerance to low temperature and high rainfall. In the most of cases, fruit setting ability of a particular hybrid/variety determines ultimate fruit yield in tomato (Alam et al, 2010 andSingh et al, 2014). While studying the performance of tomato hybrids, Alam et al, (2010) also reported a range of fruit set percentage from 32.96% to 52.86%, Similarly Singh et al, (2014) reported highest fruit set in cultivar Laxmi (80.50%) and lowest in PS-61 (50.65%) ( Table 1).…”

Physicochemical Properties of Three Different Tomato Cultivars of Telangana, India and Their Suitability in Food Processing

“…Total soluble solids content is one of the most important quality parameters in processing tomato cultivars, having higher TSS content are better suited for the preparation of processed products like tomato powder, canned products, ketchup, sauce and chutney (Singh et al, 2014). High TSS is desirable to yield higher recovery of processed products.…”