Influence of direct seeding, transplanting time and mulching on tomato yield

1999

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The effects of the date of direct sowing or transplanting (15 December, 30 December, 16 January and 15 February) and mulches (black and white polyethylene, and sugarcane trash) on tomato were studied in Haryana, India during 1993-94 and 1994-95. Plots mulched with black polyethylene recorded significantly higher soil temperature and moisture percentage compared to other mulch materials and the control (no mulch). Direct sowing on 15 December and mulching with black polyethylene recorded highest yield attributes and lowest disease incidence. The lowest, however, was observed for transplanting on 15 February and in the control plots. The combination of sowing on 15 December and mulching with black polyethylene recorded the earliest fruit ripening/picking, which was one month earlier compared to the treatment of transplanting on 15 February and the control. The highest early and late marketable yields, and lowest unmarketable yield, were observed under sowing on 15 December and mulching with black polyethylene. This treatment was significantly superior to all other treatment combinations, except on the aspect of late marketable and unmarketable yield observed under sowing on 15 December and mulching with white polyethylene.

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