Abstract
Tomato is one of the vital vegetable crops cultivated in Wolaita, southern Ethiopia, for domestic utilization and income generation. Its productivity is challenged mainly by the lack of well‐adapted varieties and feasible fertilizer rates. Therefore, field research was conducted at Wolaita Sodo University to evaluate the response of tomato varieties to blended nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur (NPS) fertilizer rates and to determine economically feasible NPS rates for tomato production during the 2021/2022 cropping seasons. Three tomato varieties (AVTO 0301, AVTO 1314, and AVTO 1464) and five NPS fertilizer rates (0, 75,150, 225, and 300 kg/ha) were treatments and laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) in three replications. Growth, phenology, and yield data were collected and analyzed by the Stata 10 software. The result showed that application of 300 kg/ha NPS had delayed days to flowering (55.11 days), increased plant height (80.8 cm), and fruit width (60.03 mm). The maximum number of the primary branches (8.68), fruit number (50.87), marketable fruit/ha (31.48 t), and total fruit/ha (33.50 t) were obtained by 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizers with AVTO 0301 followed by AVTO 1314 variety using 150 kg/ha NPS with marketable and total fruit of (26.91 and 28.94 t/ha), respectively. Economic analysis indicated that 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizers with AVTO 0301 variety gave the maximum net return of birr 733,412ETB with marginal rate of return (MRR; 244.45%). Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizer with AVTO 0301 variety was found to be economically feasible for tomato production in the Wolaita area.
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Claims 12
Claim · model-written summary
300 kg/ha NPS delayed tomato flowering to 55.11 days.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- 300 kg/ha NPSe0
- Outcome
- days to floweringe0
- Direction
- delayede0
- Value
- 55.11 dayse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“application of 300 kg/ha NPS had delayed days to flowering (55.11 days)”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
300 kg/ha NPS increased tomato plant height to 80.8 cm.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- 300 kg/ha NPSe0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 80.8 cme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“application of 300 kg/ha NPS had delayed days to flowering (55.11 days), increased plant height (80.8 cm)”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
300 kg/ha NPS increased tomato fruit width to 60.03 mm.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- 300 kg/ha NPSe0
- Outcome
- fruit widthe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 60.03 mme0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“application of 300 kg/ha NPS had delayed days to flowering (55.11 days), increased plant height (80.8 cm), and fruit width (60.03 mm)”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
AVTO 0301 with 300 kg/ha NPS had a maximum of 8.68 primary branches.
- Material
- AVTO 0301e0
- Treatment
- 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- number of the primary branchese0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 8.68e0
Not reportedTaxonComparator
Verbatim
e0“The maximum number of the primary branches (8.68), fruit number (50.87), marketable fruit/ha (31.48 t), and total fruit/ha (33.50 t) were obtained by 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizers with AVTO 0301”
Claim · model-written summary
AVTO 0301 with 300 kg/ha NPS had a maximum fruit number of 50.87.
- Material
- AVTO 0301e0
- Treatment
- 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- fruit numbere0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 50.87e0
Not reportedTaxonComparator
Verbatim
e0“The maximum number of the primary branches (8.68), fruit number (50.87), marketable fruit/ha (31.48 t), and total fruit/ha (33.50 t) were obtained by 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizers with AVTO 0301”
Claim · model-written summary
AVTO 0301 with 300 kg/ha NPS had maximum marketable fruit yield of 31.48 t.
- Material
- AVTO 0301e0
- Treatment
- 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- marketable fruit/hae0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 31.48 te0
Not reportedTaxonComparator
Verbatim
e0“The maximum number of the primary branches (8.68), fruit number (50.87), marketable fruit/ha (31.48 t), and total fruit/ha (33.50 t) were obtained by 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizers with AVTO 0301”
Claim · model-written summary
AVTO 0301 with 300 kg/ha NPS had maximum total fruit yield of 33.50 t.
- Material
- AVTO 0301e0
- Treatment
- 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- total fruit/hae0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 33.50 te0
Not reportedTaxonComparator
Verbatim
e0“The maximum number of the primary branches (8.68), fruit number (50.87), marketable fruit/ha (31.48 t), and total fruit/ha (33.50 t) were obtained by 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizers with AVTO 0301”
Claim · model-written summary
AVTO 1314 with 150 kg/ha NPS produced 26.91 t/ha marketable fruit.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“AVTO 1314 variety using 150 kg/ha NPS with marketable and total fruit of (26.91 and 28.94 t/ha)”
Claim · model-written summary
AVTO 1314 with 150 kg/ha NPS produced 28.94 t/ha total fruit.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“AVTO 1314 variety using 150 kg/ha NPS with marketable and total fruit of (26.91 and 28.94 t/ha)”
Claim · model-written summary
AVTO 0301 with 300 kg/ha NPS gave the maximum net return of birr 733,412ETB.
- Material
- AVTO 0301e0
- Treatment
- 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- net returne0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- birr 733,412ETBe0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“300 kg/ha NPS fertilizers with AVTO 0301 variety gave the maximum net return of birr 733,412ETB”
Claim · model-written summary
AVTO 0301 with 300 kg/ha NPS gave a marginal rate of return of 244.45%.
- Material
- AVTO 0301e0
- Treatment
- 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- marginal rate of returne0
- Value
- 244.45%e0
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“300 kg/ha NPS fertilizers with AVTO 0301 variety gave the maximum net return of birr 733,412ETB with marginal rate of return (MRR; 244.45%)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors found 300 kg/ha NPS with AVTO 0301 economically feasible for tomato production in Wolaita.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Material
- AVTO 0301e0
- Treatment
- 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizere0
- Outcome
- economically feasiblee0
- Setting
- Wolaita areae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the use of 300 kg/ha NPS fertilizer with AVTO 0301 variety was found to be economically feasible for tomato production in the Wolaita area”
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