Abstract
This study was carried out to determine the effect of manual and chemical methods of axillary bud pruning on yield of tomato. Manual method of axillary bud pruning was mainly by nipping at different time intervals while chemical method involved treatment with Indole acetic acid (IAA) at different interval of application. The experiment was carried out in the experimental field of the Regional College of agriculture Bambili, North West Region of Cameroon. The experimental layout was a complete block design with the 3 main blocks being manual pruning by nipping, chemical pruning by IAA, and the control (zero pruning) repeated thrice. Results obtained revealed that both methods of axillary bud pruning improved fruit yield. Chemical method of axillary bud suppression through exogenous application of 100μM IAA at 7 days interval gave significantly higher fruit diameter, fruit weight and number of marketable fruits compared to the time consuming and laborious nipping method and the control.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Manual axillary bud pruning improved tomato fruit yield.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- axillary bud pruninge0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- control (zero pruning)e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“both methods of axillary bud pruning improved fruit yield.”
t0“Tomato”
e1“control (zero pruning)”
Claim · model-written summary
Chemical axillary bud pruning improved tomato fruit yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- chemical pruning by IAAe1
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- control (zero pruning)e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“both methods of axillary bud pruning improved fruit yield.”
e1“chemical pruning by IAA, and the control (zero pruning)”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Application of 100μM IAA every 7 days significantly increased fruit diameter relative to nipping and control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- exogenous application of 100μM IAA at 7 days intervale0
- Outcome
- fruit diametere0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- nipping method and the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Chemical method of axillary bud suppression through exogenous application of 100μM IAA at 7 days interval gave significantly higher fruit diameter, fruit weight and number of marketable fruits compared to the time consuming and laborious nipping method and the control.”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Application of 100μM IAA every 7 days significantly increased fruit weight relative to nipping and control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- exogenous application of 100μM IAA at 7 days intervale0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- nipping method and the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Chemical method of axillary bud suppression through exogenous application of 100μM IAA at 7 days interval gave significantly higher fruit diameter, fruit weight and number of marketable fruits compared to the time consuming and laborious nipping method and the control.”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Application of 100μM IAA every 7 days significantly increased the number of marketable fruits relative to nipping and control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- exogenous application of 100μM IAA at 7 days intervale0
- Outcome
- number of marketable fruitse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- nipping method and the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Chemical method of axillary bud suppression through exogenous application of 100μM IAA at 7 days interval gave significantly higher fruit diameter, fruit weight and number of marketable fruits compared to the time consuming and laborious nipping method and the control.”
t0“Tomato”
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