Response of yield and yield components of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) to different tillage methods

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Rashidi, Majid, Gholami, Mohammad and Khabbaz, Borzoo Ghareei. 2009. "Response of yield and yield components of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) to different tillage methods." International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 11 (5), pp. 626-630.
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Response of yield and yield components of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) to different tillage methods

ERA Journal ID210620
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsRashidi, Majid (Author), Gholami, Mohammad (Author) and Khabbaz, Borzoo Ghareei (Author)
Journal TitleInternational Journal of Agriculture and Biology
Journal Citation11 (5), pp. 626-630
Number of Pages5
Year2009
Place of PublicationFaisalabad, Pakistan
ISSN1560-8530
1814-9596
Web Address (URL)http://www.fspublishers.org/ijab/past-issues/IJABVOL_11_NO_5/23.pdf
Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at the Research Site of Varamin Agricultural Research Center, Varamin, Iran on the sandy loam soils to study the response of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) to different tillage methods during 2007 and 2008 growing seasons. Tillage treatments in the study included were conventional tillage (CT; moldboard plowing + two passes of disk harrowing), minimum tillage (MT; one pass of disk harrowing) and no-tillage (NT). Yield, yield components (plant population density, PPD; number of fruits per plant, NFPP; fruit weight, FW; fruit length, FL; fruit diameter, FD) and fruit quality parameter (total soluble solids, TSS) were determined for all treatments. Results indicated that tillage methods
significantly (P ≤ 0.05) influenced the yield, yield components and TSS. Results also showed that PPD and NFPP were the most important yield components explaining yield difference under the different tillage methods. The maximum PPD (10025 plants ha-1), NFPP (19.1) and as a result yield (12.2 t ha-1) were observed with the CT, while maximum values of FW (71.2 g),FL (70.0 mm), FD (59.2 mm) and TSS (7.27%) were noted NT plots. On the other hand, minimum PPD (5117 plants ha-1), NFPP (10.2) and hence yield (3.70 t ha-1) were obtained with NT, while the minimum values of FW (63.6 g), FL (61.0 mm),FD (53.6 mm) and TSS (5.81%) were noted in case of the CT treatment. Therefore, one pass of moldboard plow followed by two passes of disk harrow was found to be more appropriate and profitable tillage method in improving yield of tomato in the arid lands of Iran.

Keywordsconventional tillage; conservation tillage; minimum tillage; no tillage; tomato; yield; arid lands; Iran
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020300207. Agricultural systems analysis and modelling
300803. Horticultural crop improvement (incl. selection and breeding)
409901. Agricultural engineering
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Byline AffiliationsIslamic Azad University, Iran
Faculty of Engineering and Surveying
National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture
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