RESPONSE OF VARIETIES AND TRANSPLANTING DATES ON SEED YIELD AND QUALITY OF TOMATO

Abstract

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) is one of the major commercial fruit vegetables of north India. Due to lack of adequate knowledge of seed production practices, the growers are unable to produce quality seed of newly developed varieties. In tomato, pollination and fruit set are highly affected by temperature, thus at low and high temperatures the fruit and seed yields are reduced. It indicates that transplanting date directly affects the seed yield and quality. Hence, the present study was undertaken to identify the optimum planting date for seed production of newly developed tomato varieties.