Abstract
Seasonality in tomato production in Ethiopia is causing discrepancy in supply and demand for fresh tomatoes. Despite the importance of tomatoes in the daily diet of the people and ever increasing demand throughout the year, tomatoes are not produced during the rainy periods and fresh tomato supply is limited and the price climbs up. Stressing on continuous production throughout the year and concomitant constant supply of fresh tomatoes, different planting periods were evaluated for productivity and fruit quality of two improved varieties. Randomized complete block design in split plot arrangement in three replications was used. Transplanting in the onset (June), middle (July) and end (August) of the rainy season were considered main plots whereas varieties Melkashola and Melkasalsa as sub plots. Interactions, except year and transplanting time, were found non significant while respective main effects were significantly different in marketable fresh and nonmarketable tomato yields. Significantly (P<0.01) highest marketable fresh tomato yield was obtained from transplanting in the middle (July) of the rainy season (126.55 kg/30m 2 ) of 2005. High early harvest was made from variety Melkasalsa whereas total marketable yield is high for variety Melkashola. On the other hand, percentage nonmarketable yield was significantly high from transplanting in the end (August) of the rainy season. It is proven that tomatoes can be produced throughout the year even in the rainy seasons. Although high yield with good quality tomatoes are produced in the rainy season, further effort is required, with the use of appropriate IDM practices, to minimize the proportion of nonmarketable tomatoes.
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Claim · model-written summary
Transplanting in the middle of the rainy season gave the highest marketable fresh tomato yield.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- transplanting in the middle (July) of the rainy seasone1
- Outcome
- marketable fresh tomato yielde1
- Direction
- higheste1
- Value
- 126.55 kg/30m 2e1
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Verbatim
e0“Seasonality in tomato production in Ethiopia”
e1“Significantly (P<0.01) highest marketable fresh tomato yield was obtained from transplanting in the middle (July) of the rainy season (126.55 kg/30m 2 ) of 2005”
Claim · model-written summary
Variety Melkasalsa gave high early harvest.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Material
- Melkasalsae2
- Outcome
- early harveste2
- Direction
- Highe2
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Verbatim
e0“Seasonality in tomato production in Ethiopia”
e2“High early harvest was made from variety Melkasalsa”
Claim · model-written summary
Variety Melkashola had high total marketable yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Material
- Melkasholae3
- Outcome
- total marketable yielde3
- Direction
- highe3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seasonality in tomato production in Ethiopia”
e3“total marketable yield is high for variety Melkashola”
Claim · model-written summary
Transplanting at the end of the rainy season gave a significantly high percentage of nonmarketable yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- transplanting in the end (August) of the rainy seasone4
- Outcome
- percentage nonmarketable yielde4
- Direction
- highe4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seasonality in tomato production in Ethiopia”
e4“percentage nonmarketable yield was significantly high from transplanting in the end (August) of the rainy season”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomatoes were shown to be produced throughout the year, even in the rainy seasons.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume5
- Outcome
- produced throughout the year even in the rainy seasonse5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seasonality in tomato production in Ethiopia”
e5“It is proven that tomatoes can be produced throughout the year even in the rainy seasons”
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