Abstract
Inappropriate spacing is one of the major problems in tomato production at the study area. A field experiment was conducted to determine inter- and intrarow plant spacing for yield and yield components of tomato at Shewarobit, central rift valley of Ethiopia, under irrigation condition. The treatment comprises of three intrarow spacing (20, 30, and 40 cm) and four interrow spacing (60, 80, 100, and 120 cm) replicated three times and arranged in randomized complete block design using tomato variety Weyno. Data collected on fruit yield and yield components were analysed using SAS. The main effect of interrow spacing significantly affected marketable fruit, unmarketable fruit, marketable fruit number, unmarketable fruit number, and fruit diameter. The 20 cm interrow spacing showed a marked increase in marketable fruit yield by 35.96% as compared to 30 cm spacing used by farmers. Planting tomato in closer interrow spacing (60 cm) resulted in 50% yield increment than the widest (120 cm) space between rows. Interaction effects of both inter- and intrarow spacing significantly (p < 0.05) affected plant height and fruit length. An intrarow and interrow spacing of 20 ∗ 100 cm and 20 ∗ 120 cm resulted in tallest plants and widest fruits, respectively. Therefore, farmers can use 20 cm intrarow spacing and 60 cm interrow spacing for planting of tomato seedling of Weyno variety.
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Claim · model-written summary
Interrow spacing significantly affected marketable fruit, unmarketable fruit and marketable fruit number; the direction is not stated.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- interrow spacinge1
- Outcome
- marketable fruit, unmarketable fruit, marketable fruit numbere1
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“tomato production at the study area”
e1“The main effect of interrow spacing significantly affected marketable fruit, unmarketable fruit, marketable fruit number, unmarketable fruit number, and fruit diameter”
Claim · model-written summary
Interrow spacing significantly affected unmarketable fruit number and fruit diameter; the direction is not stated.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- interrow spacinge1
- Outcome
- unmarketable fruit number, and fruit diametere1
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomato production at the study area”
e1“The main effect of interrow spacing significantly affected marketable fruit, unmarketable fruit, marketable fruit number, unmarketable fruit number, and fruit diameter”
Claim · model-written summary
The 20 cm interrow spacing increased marketable fruit yield by 35.96% compared with the 30 cm spacing used by farmers.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- 20 cm interrow spacinge2
- Outcome
- marketable fruit yielde2
- Direction
- increasee2
- Value
- 35.96%e2
- Comparator
- 30 cm spacinge2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomato production at the study area”
e2“The 20 cm interrow spacing showed a marked increase in marketable fruit yield by 35.96% as compared to 30 cm spacing used by farmers”
Claim · model-written summary
Closer interrow spacing (60 cm) increased tomato yield by 50% compared with the widest spacing (120 cm).
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- closer interrow spacing (60 cm)e3
- Outcome
- yielde3
- Direction
- increaseinferrede3
- Value
- 50%e3
- Comparator
- the widest (120 cm) space between rowse3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomato production at the study area”
e3“Planting tomato in closer interrow spacing (60 cm) resulted in 50% yield increment than the widest (120 cm) space between rows”
Claim · model-written summary
The interaction of inter- and intrarow spacing significantly affected tomato plant height and fruit length; the direction is not stated.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- inter- and intrarow spacinge4
- Outcome
- plant height and fruit lengthe4
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomato production at the study area”
e4“Interaction effects of both inter- and intrarow spacing significantly (p < 0.05) affected plant height and fruit length”
Claim · model-written summary
The intrarow and interrow spacing of 20 ∗ 100 cm gave the tallest tomato plants.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- intrarow and interrow spacinge5
- Outcome
- tallest plantse6
- Direction
- higherinferrede6
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomato production at the study area”
e5“An intrarow and interrow spacing of 20”
e6“resulted in tallest plants and widest fruits, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
The intrarow and interrow spacing of 20 ∗ 120 cm gave the widest tomato fruits.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- intrarow and interrow spacinge5
- Outcome
- widest fruitse6
- Direction
- higherinferrede6
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“tomato production at the study area”
e5“An intrarow and interrow spacing of 20”
e6“resulted in tallest plants and widest fruits, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Farmers can use 20 cm intrarow and 60 cm interrow spacing for planting tomato seedlings of the Weyno variety.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume7
- Material
- Weynoe7
- Outcome
- 20 cm intrarow spacing and 60 cm interrow spacinge7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e7“Therefore, farmers can use 20 cm intrarow spacing and 60 cm interrow spacing for planting of tomato seedling of Weyno variety”
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