Abstract
The productivity of tomato is influenced mainly by environmental factors, agronomic practices and cultivar potential. Accordingly, a field experiment was conducted at Mizan-Aman, southern Ethiopia in 2016/ 2017 to evaluate the effect of intra-row spacing (20, 30, 40 and 50 cm) on the performance of three tomato varieties(Fetan, Bishola and Roma VF) with the constant inter-row spacing of 70 cm in completely randomized block design with three replications. Data on crop phenology, growth performance, yield and quality parameters were recorded and subjected to analysis of variance using SAS version-9 software. Results of the study indicated that both intra-row spacing and variety had a significant effect on phenology as well as parameters including; the number of branches, the number of fruit cluster and fruit per plant, fruit weight, total fruit yield, marketable and unmarketable yield and total soluble solids (TSS). However, the number of fruits per cluster, fruit shape index, titratable acidity (TA) and pH were significantly different only among varieties, while plant height was significantly affected by intra-row spacing. Closer spacing enhanced early maturity, while wider intra-row (50 cm) produced a maximum number of branches, cluster and fruits per plant, fruit weight, unmarketable yield and TSS. Generally, 20 and 30 cm intra-row spacing was found to be suitable for the production of maximum total and marketable yield. From the three tomato varieties, Fetan was early maturing with the highest total and marketable yield. The varieties were also significantly different in fruit weight, with the highest value obtained from Bishola followed by Fetan. The outcome of this study revealed that, the intra-row spacing of.30 cm and variety Fetan could be promoted for production in Mizan-Aman and similar agro-ecologies.
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Claims 18
Claim · model-written summary
Intra-row spacing and variety significantly affected tomato phenology.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Material
- varietye0
- Treatment
- intra-row spacinge0
- Outcome
- phenologye0
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Verbatim
e0“both intra-row spacing and variety had a significant effect on phenology as well as parameters including; the number of branches, the number of fruit cluster and fruit per plant, fruit weight, total fruit yield, marketable and unmarketable yield and total soluble solids (TSS)”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Intra-row spacing and variety significantly affected tomato the number of branches, the number of fruit cluster and fruit per plant.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- varietye0
- Treatment
- intra-row spacinge0
- Outcome
- the number of branches, the number of fruit cluster and fruit per plante0
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Verbatim
e0“both intra-row spacing and variety had a significant effect on phenology as well as parameters including; the number of branches, the number of fruit cluster and fruit per plant, fruit weight, total fruit yield, marketable and unmarketable yield and total soluble solids (TSS)”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Intra-row spacing and variety significantly affected tomato fruit weight, total fruit yield, marketable and unmarketable yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- varietye0
- Treatment
- intra-row spacinge0
- Outcome
- fruit weight, total fruit yield, marketable and unmarketable yielde0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“both intra-row spacing and variety had a significant effect on phenology as well as parameters including; the number of branches, the number of fruit cluster and fruit per plant, fruit weight, total fruit yield, marketable and unmarketable yield and total soluble solids (TSS)”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Intra-row spacing and variety significantly affected tomato total soluble solids (TSS).
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- varietye0
- Treatment
- intra-row spacinge0
- Outcome
- total soluble solids (TSS)e0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“both intra-row spacing and variety had a significant effect on phenology as well as parameters including; the number of branches, the number of fruit cluster and fruit per plant, fruit weight, total fruit yield, marketable and unmarketable yield and total soluble solids (TSS)”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato the number of fruits per cluster differed significantly among varieties.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- varietiese0
- Outcome
- the number of fruits per clustere0
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Verbatim
e0“the number of fruits per cluster, fruit shape index, titratable acidity (TA) and pH were significantly different only among varieties”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato fruit shape index differed significantly among varieties.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- varietiese0
- Outcome
- fruit shape indexe0
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Verbatim
e0“the number of fruits per cluster, fruit shape index, titratable acidity (TA) and pH were significantly different only among varieties”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato titratable acidity (TA) differed significantly among varieties.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- varietiese0
- Outcome
- titratable acidity (TA)e0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“the number of fruits per cluster, fruit shape index, titratable acidity (TA) and pH were significantly different only among varieties”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato pH differed significantly among varieties.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- varietiese0
- Outcome
- pHe0
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e0“the number of fruits per cluster, fruit shape index, titratable acidity (TA) and pH were significantly different only among varieties”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato plant height was significantly affected by intra-row spacing.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- intra-row spacinge0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
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Verbatim
e0“plant height was significantly affected by intra-row spacing”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Closer spacing enhanced early tomato maturity.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Closer spacinge0
- Outcome
- early maturitye0
- Direction
- enhancede0
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e0“Closer spacing enhanced early maturity”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The 50 cm spacing produced maximum tomato number of branches, cluster and fruits per plant.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- wider intra-row (50 cm)e0
- Outcome
- number of branches, cluster and fruits per plante0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“wider intra-row (50 cm) produced a maximum number of branches, cluster and fruits per plant, fruit weight, unmarketable yield and TSS”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The 50 cm spacing produced maximum tomato fruit weight.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- wider intra-row (50 cm)e0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“wider intra-row (50 cm) produced a maximum number of branches, cluster and fruits per plant, fruit weight, unmarketable yield and TSS”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The 50 cm spacing produced maximum tomato unmarketable yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- wider intra-row (50 cm)e0
- Outcome
- unmarketable yielde0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“wider intra-row (50 cm) produced a maximum number of branches, cluster and fruits per plant, fruit weight, unmarketable yield and TSS”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The 50 cm spacing produced maximum tomato TSS.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- wider intra-row (50 cm)e0
- Outcome
- TSSe0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“wider intra-row (50 cm) produced a maximum number of branches, cluster and fruits per plant, fruit weight, unmarketable yield and TSS”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The 20 and 30 cm spacing produced maximum total and marketable tomato yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- 20 and 30 cm intra-row spacinge0
- Outcome
- total and marketable yielde0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“20 and 30 cm intra-row spacing was found to be suitable for the production of maximum total and marketable yield”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Fetan matured early and had the highest total and marketable tomato yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- Fetane0
- Outcome
- early maturing with the highest total and marketable yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fetan was early maturing with the highest total and marketable yield”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Bishola had the highest tomato fruit weight, followed by Fetan.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- Bisholae0
- Outcome
- fruit weighte0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- Fetane0
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Verbatim
e0“The varieties were also significantly different in fruit weight, with the highest value obtained from Bishola followed by Fetan.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend 30 cm spacing and Fetan for tomato production in Mizan-Aman and similar agro-ecologies.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Material
- Fetane0
- Treatment
- intra-row spacing of.30 cme0
- Outcome
- could be promoted for productione0
- Setting
- Mizan-Amane0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the intra-row spacing of.30 cm and variety Fetan could be promoted for production in Mizan-Aman and similar agro-ecologies”
t0“tomato”
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