Assessment of Fruit Yield and Quality of Tomato Varieties in One and Several Times Hand-Harvesting

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To assess fruit yield and quality of tomato varieties in one and many hand-harvesting a field experiment was carried out using factorial arrangement in randomized complete blocks design with four replications in 2010 and 2011 cropping seasons in Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Khorasan Razavi Province, Mashhad, Iran. Three determinate tomato hybrid varieties with simultanous rippening and suitable for processing Hypeel 108, Hypeel 303 and Hypeel 347 along with PetoPride 2 as check cultivar, and number of harvesting one and many times hand-harvesting were the experimental factors. Combined analysis of variance revealed that tomato varieties significantly differed in fruit weight plant-1, total fruit yield and brix index. Mean comparison showed that Hypeel 347 was superior to PetoPride 2 by 26.9%, 26.9% and 11.9%, respectively. Number of hand-harvesting times had also significant effect on all traits except pH and brix index. Mean times of hand-harvesting had higher number of fruits plant-1, fruit weight plant-1 and total fruit weight and was superior to one time
hand-harvesting by 14.1%, 13.1% and 131%, respectively. However, the required number of labor was greater in several times of hand-harvesting.

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Seed and Plant Production Journal
Volume 29, Issue 2
May 2013
Pages 235-249

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