Abstract
The agronomic response of four tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) varieties to fertilizer application was examined at the CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Kwadaso-Kumasi in the Forest agro-ecological zone of Ghana during the 2013 growing season. The four tomato varieties Shasta, Heinz, CRI POO and CRI 034 were evaluated on five different fertilizer types using a split plot arrangements in randomized complete block design with three replications. The Tomato varieties were the main plots, with the fertilizer treatments as the subplots. The CSIR-CRI breeding lines (CRI P00 and CRI P034) were able to yield higher than the exotic varieties. Using Winner fertilizer (6 g/plant at two weeks after transplanting (WAT) ) and Sulfan (3 g/plant at 4 WAT) CRI P00 produced the highest yield (26.4 t/ha) followed by chicken manure (250 g/plant at 2 and 4 WAT) (23.1 t/ha). CRI P00 with Winner + Sulfan fertilizer application also produced significantly (p≤0.05) higher fruit yield (26.4 t/ha). Fertilizer application however did not have any significant effect on the days to flowering over the control.Fertilizer application however, increased the number of branching for the tomato plants with Unik15 + Urea having significantly more branches compared to the control. Results from this study showed that tomato yields in the Forest zones in Ghana can be increased using improved varieties and recommended fertilizer rates.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
CSIR-CRI breeding lines CRI P00 and CRI P034 yielded higher than exotic tomato varieties.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Material
- CRI P00 and CRI P034e1
- Outcome
- yielde1
- Direction
- highere1
- Comparator
- exotic varietiese1
- Setting
- Kwadaso-Kumasie0
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Verbatim
e1“The CSIR-CRI breeding lines (CRI P00 and CRI P034) were able to yield higher than the exotic varieties”
e0“The agronomic response of four tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) varieties to fertilizer application was examined at the CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Kwadaso-Kumasi in the Forest agro-ecological zone of Ghana”
Claim · model-written summary
CRI P00 with Winner and Sulfan fertilizer produced the highest tomato yield, 26.4 t/ha, significantly higher at p<=0.05.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Material
- CRI P00e2
- Treatment
- Winner fertilizer (6 g/plant at two weeks after transplanting (WAT) ) and Sulfan (3 g/plant at 4 WAT)e2
- Outcome
- yielde2
- Direction
- higheste2
- Value
- 26.4 t/hae2
- Qualifier
- p≤0.05e3
- Setting
- Kwadaso-Kumasie0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e2“Using Winner fertilizer (6 g/plant at two weeks after transplanting (WAT) ) and Sulfan (3 g/plant at 4 WAT) CRI P00 produced the highest yield (26.4 t/ha)”
e3“CRI P00 with Winner + Sulfan fertilizer application also produced significantly (p≤0.05) higher fruit yield (26.4 t/ha)”
e0“The agronomic response of four tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) varieties to fertilizer application was examined at the CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Kwadaso-Kumasi in the Forest agro-ecological zone of Ghana”
Claim · model-written summary
CRI P00 with chicken manure ranked behind the Winner and Sulfan treatment, at 23.1 t/ha.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Material
- CRI P00e2
- Treatment
- chicken manure (250 g/plant at 2 and 4 WAT)e4
- Outcome
- yielde2
- Direction
- followed bye4
- Value
- 23.1 t/hae4
- Setting
- Kwadaso-Kumasie0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e4“followed by chicken manure (250 g/plant at 2 and 4 WAT) (23.1 t/ha)”
e2“Using Winner fertilizer (6 g/plant at two weeks after transplanting (WAT) ) and Sulfan (3 g/plant at 4 WAT) CRI P00 produced the highest yield (26.4 t/ha)”
e0“The agronomic response of four tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) varieties to fertilizer application was examined at the CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Kwadaso-Kumasi in the Forest agro-ecological zone of Ghana”
Claim · model-written summary
Unik15 with urea gave significantly more tomato branches than the control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume5
- Treatment
- Unik15 + Ureae5
- Outcome
- number of branchinge5
- Direction
- moree5
- Qualifier
- significantlye5
- Comparator
- controle5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“Fertilizer application however, increased the number of branching for the tomato plants with Unik15 + Urea having significantly more branches compared to the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Fertilizer application did not have a significant effect on days to flowering compared with the control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Fertilizer applicatione7
- Outcome
- days to floweringe7
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede7
- Comparator
- controle7
- Setting
- Kwadaso-Kumasie0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e7“Fertilizer application however did not have any significant effect on the days to flowering over the control”
e0“The agronomic response of four tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) varieties to fertilizer application was examined at the CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Kwadaso-Kumasi in the Forest agro-ecological zone of Ghana”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato yields in the Forest zone of Ghana can be increased using improved varieties and recommended fertilizer rates.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume6
- Treatment
- improved varieties and recommended fertilizer ratese6
- Outcome
- tomato yieldse6
- Direction
- increasede6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e6“tomato yields in the Forest zones in Ghana can be increased using improved varieties and recommended fertilizer rates”
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