Determination of the optimum plot size for tomato seedlings

Autor: Jeniffer Ribeiro de Oliveira, Weslley do Rosário Santana, Mayara Nascimento Santos, Edilson Romais Schmildt
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Revista Ceres, Vol 68, Iss 2, Pp 126-134 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2177-3491
0034-737x
DOI: 10.1590/0034-737x202168020006
Popis: ABSTRACT The objectives of this work were to determine the optimum plot size for tomato seedlings by Hatheway’s method, using the Mestiço and Ozone cultivars, and verify the possibility to obtain the optimum plot size only by non-destructive characteristics. Non-destructives (aerial part height, stem diameter, number of leaves and leaf area) and destructives (aerial part dry matter, root dry matter, total dry matter and Dickson quality index) characteristics were evaluated. For each characteristic evaluated, experimental plans were simulated in a randomized block design with the combination of I treatments (I = 3, 4, 5, ..., 10, 15, 20 and 25) and R repetitions (R= 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7). The optimum plot size ranged according to the characteristic evaluated. Considering the number of treatments, repetitions and the same experimental accuracy, the stem diameter showed the highest size plot. Thus, the stem diameter can be used as a basis characteristic for the non-destructives characteristics, without the need to destroy the seedling.
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