Adaptability of tomato cultivars with short growing period and determination of suitable planting date in northern cold region of Fars province

Subject Areas : Journal of Plant Ecophysiology

Z. Amini ¹ , S.M. Hosseini ² , M. Ali Mohammadi ³ , A. Sisakhti ⁴ , A. Eskandari ⁵

1 - کارشناس ارشد و عضو باشگاه پژوهشگران جوان دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد اقلید
2 - استادیار مرکز تحقیقات کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی فارس
3 - دانشجوی دکتری و عضو باشگاه پژوهشگران جوان دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد اقلید
4 - عضوهیات علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد اقلید
5 - کارشناس پژوهش دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد ارسنجان

Received: 2014-05-28 Accepted : 2014-05-28 Published : 2013-08-01

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Abstract :

In order to study adaptability of tomato cultivars with short growing period and determination of suitable planting date in northern cold region of Fars province, an experiment in Eghlid Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Station was done. The experiment was carried out in split plots as a randomized complete block design with 15 treatments and 3 replications. The main plots were date of planting: 10 May, 22 May and 31 May             and Subplots included: Sun6108, Nena Rio grand, Tomato Rio grand, Early Urbana VF and Falat cultivars. At the end of year, plant height, plant fresh weight, plant dry weight, fruit acidity, fruit length, fruit width, number of seed per fruit, fruit weight, number of fruits per plant, plant yield and yield in one square meter were measured. The results showed that the plant height, plant fresh weight, plant dry weight, fruit length, fruit width, number of seed per fruit, fruit weight, number of fruits per  plant, plant yield and yield in one square meter are the highest in date of planting 10 May. Also Nena Rio gerand cultivar had the highest plant height, fruit acidity, number of fruits per plant, plant yield and yield in one square meter. So the planting date 10 May and Nena Rio Gerand cultivar in northern cold region of Fars province was recommended.