Abstract
The fruit quality characteristics of eight tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cultivars namely; UN-83, Nsukka Local, Roma VFN, Ronita, Ife-1, Rossol, NHle 7-7-1 and Ace VF were assessed under seven fertilizer application schemes in two field experiments at Nsukka, Southeast Nigeria. The tomato cultivars, UN-83, Roma VFN and Ronita excelled in most of the fruit quality characteristics studied, especially, resistance to cracking, low seed content, firmness, percent titratable acidity and soluble solids and, longer shelf life. On the average, fertilizer application at two weeks after transplanting either in single dose or in two splits with the second split applied at flowering, gave better fruit quality characteristics than the other application schedules except the two split application with one- half at transplanting and one- half at flowering. Keywords: Tomato, Fruit quality, Fertilizer, Lycopersicon esculentum > Agro-Science Vol. 6 (1) 2007: pp. 71-81
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Tomato cultivars UN-83, Roma VFN and Ronita excelled in most fruit quality characteristics.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Material
- UN-83, Roma VFN and Ronitae0
- Outcome
- fruit quality characteristicse0
- Direction
- excellede0
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e0“The tomato cultivars, UN-83, Roma VFN and Ronita excelled in most of the fruit quality characteristics studied, especially, resistance to cracking, low seed content, firmness, percent titratable acidity and soluble solids and, longer shelf life”
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Fertilizer application at two weeks after transplanting gave better fruit quality than the other application schedules in tomato.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- fertilizer application at two weeks after transplantinge1
- Outcome
- fruit quality characteristicse1
- Direction
- bettere1
- Qualifier
- except the two split application with one- half at transplanting and one- half at floweringe3
- Comparator
- other application schedulese1
- Setting
- Nsukka, Southeast Nigeriae2
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e0“The tomato cultivars, UN-83, Roma VFN and Ronita excelled in most of the fruit quality characteristics studied, especially, resistance to cracking, low seed content, firmness, percent titratable acidity and soluble solids and, longer shelf life”
e1“fertilizer application at two weeks after transplanting either in single dose or in two splits with the second split applied at flowering, gave better fruit quality characteristics than the other application schedules”
e2“in two field experiments at Nsukka, Southeast Nigeria”
e3“except the two split application with one- half at transplanting and one- half at flowering”
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