PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF TOMATO INDETERMINATE ENTRIES (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) ALL INDIA CO-ORDINATED VEGETABLE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (AICVIP) VARIETAL TRIALS (AVT-II)

R. PANDIYAN¹*, L. PUGALENTHI², V.A. SATHYAMURTHY^3
1Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
²Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
³Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
* Corresponding Author : kalaivanipandiyan.74@rediffmail.com

Received : 08-11-2018     Accepted : 25-08-2019     Published : 30-08-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 8       Pages : 626 - 628
Genetics 11.8 (2019):626-628

Keywords : ICAR-ICRP-VC -Tomato Indeterminate varietal entries (AVT-II), growth, Yield
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India. Authors are also thankful to ICAR-All India Co-Ordinated Vegetable Improvement Project
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The field experiment was carried out to study the performance evaluation of All India Co-Ordinated Vegetable Improvement Project (AICVIP) varietal trial (AVT-II) on growth, yield and quality of Tomato Indeterminate entries from 2014 to 2015 at the Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. The seeds of the tomato Indeterminate (AVT-II) Six entries were chosen for this study. Among the Six entries tested (AVT-II), the highest fruit yield (345.0 q/ha) was recorded in 2012/ TOINDVAR-4 followed by ARKA VIKAS (C) (335.0 q/ha), whereas, the lowest fruit yield (291.0 q/ha) was recorded in 2012/ TOINDVAR-1

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