Abstract
One major reason for extremely low production of tomato in Ghana is that the length of the growing season last only for a few months due to the high temperature influx during the remaining months. The temperatures recorded during these months are above the optimum for tomato flowering and fruiting and this consequently affects yield. To solve this problem a number management practices may be undertaken such has growing heat tolerant tomato varieties or providing shade to mitigate the devastating effect of high temperatures. Therefore the present study was conducted outside the normal growing season from June to October, which has a mean temperature of 23°C. Heat tolerant tomato cultivars were grown from April to July with a mean temperature of 25°C to evaluate their performance under these conditions and to assess the effect of shading on the production of one of the genotypes. Fruiting percentage was significantly lower in exotic hybrids compared to a local variety. Different genotypes showed no differences in the production of viable pollen. Shading decreased final shoot and root biomass by 67 and 47%, respectively, whiles fruit yield was not affected. Also among cultivars yields were similar.
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Claim · model-written summary
Exotic hybrids had lower fruiting percentage than a local tomato variety.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Material
- exotic hybridse0
- Outcome
- Fruiting percentagee0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- a local varietye0
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Verbatim
e0“Fruiting percentage was significantly lower in exotic hybrids compared to a local variety.”
t0“TOMATOES”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato genotypes did not differ in viable pollen production.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- Different genotypese0
- Outcome
- production of viable pollene0
- Direction
- no differencese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Different genotypes showed no differences in the production of viable pollen.”
t0“TOMATOES”
Claim · model-written summary
Shading decreased final tomato shoot biomass by 67%.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- shoote0
- Treatment
- Shadinge0
- Outcome
- shoot and root biomasse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Value
- 67e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Shading decreased final shoot and root biomass by 67 and 47%, respectively, whiles fruit yield was not affected.”
t0“TOMATOES”
Claim · model-written summary
Shading decreased final tomato root biomass by 47%.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- roote0
- Treatment
- Shadinge0
- Outcome
- shoot and root biomasse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Value
- 47%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Shading decreased final shoot and root biomass by 67 and 47%, respectively, whiles fruit yield was not affected.”
t0“TOMATOES”
Claim · model-written summary
Shading did not affect tomato fruit yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Shadinge0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- not affectede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Shading decreased final shoot and root biomass by 67 and 47%, respectively, whiles fruit yield was not affected.”
t0“TOMATOES”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato cultivars had similar yields.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- cultivarse0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- similare0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Also among cultivars yields were similar.”
t0“TOMATOES”
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