Claim · model-written summary
Roma VF yield increased about 35% with 10 mg l-1 GA3 over control.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Material
- Roma VFe0
- Treatment
- 10 mg l-1 GA3e0
- Outcome
- yield incremente0
- Direction
- incremente0
- Value
- about 35%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
e0“yield increment of about 35% for Roma VF and 18% for Fetan were produced at 10 mg l-1 GA3 and 10 + 15 mg l-1 2,4-D and GA3, respectively over the control”
t0“tomato”
Title
ena Gelmesa; Bekele Abebie; Lemma Desalegn Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science 2010. doi:10.5897/jpbcs.9000046
Other claims from this paper (16)
- Intervention effect Combined 2,4-D and GA3 increased tomato fruit length from 5.44 to 6.72 cm.
- Intervention effect 2,4-D increased tomato fruit weight by 13%.
- Intervention effect GA3 alone or with 2,4-D reduced tomato fruit weight.
- Intervention effect 2,4-D and GA3 increased fruit pericarp thickness by about 50%.
- Intervention effect Combined 2,4-D and GA3 increased acidity, soluble solids, and lycopene.
- Intervention effect 2,4-D lowered tomato fruit pH.
- Intervention effect GA3 had no effect on fruit pH.
- Intervention effect The spray treatments significantly improved final tomato fruit yield over control.
- Intervention effect Roma VF yielded 69.50 ton ha-1 with 10 mg l-1 GA3 without 2,4-D.
- Intervention effect Roma VF yielded 67.92 ton ha-1 with 15 mg l-1 GA3 without 2,4-D.
- Intervention effect Fetan marketable yield reached 74.39 ton ha-1 with 10 + 15 2,4-D and GA3.
- Intervention effect Fetan marketable yield reached 74.20 ton ha-1 with 5 + 0 2,4-D and GA3.
- Intervention effect Fetan yield increased 18% with combined 2,4-D and GA3 over control.
- Intervention effect 2,4-D significantly increased fruit size and weight.
- Intervention effect GA3 increased fruit number.
- Recommendation Authors recommend further investigation of application methods and concentrations across conditions and cultivars.