Pollen, Fruit Yield and Fruit Quality Performances of Heat Tolerant Tomato Varieties to sustain production in West Africa
| Autor: | Darrah, Y.O. Kugblenu, Ofori, B. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Science and Development; Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021); 16-26 |
| ISSN: | 2550-3421 2821-9007 |
| Popis: | Tomato production in tropical areas presents a major challenge due to seasonal high temperature stress which can lead to excessive flower drop and low yields. Thus, making available heat tolerant (HT) varieties a major priority to sustain tomato production now and in the future. There are however varying reports of performance of HT tomato varieties especially those grown under different agroecological areas other than the ones where they were developed. It is therefore important to test the performance of these varieties before they are introduced into new areas. A pot experiment was conducted to test nine HT tomato varieties for yield, pollen traits and fruit quality under moderately elevated temperatures. Data was collected on flower, pollen and yield traits, fruit quality traits including pH and Total soluble solids (TSS). Results show that there were significant (P < 0.05) differences among tomato varieties for flower number, flower drop, fruitset and fruit yield. Number of fruits per plant ranged from 3 in ‘Topgun’ to 18 in ‘Supremo’. Fruit yield was highest in ‘Solarfire’ (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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