Document Type : Research paper
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School of Agriculture and Rural Development, Bangladesh Open University, Gazipur, Bangladesh
Abstract
Planting date is an important factor which directly related to crop production in a specific area. Different planting time may affect crop yield and quality due to varying climatic conditions at different stages of crop growth and development. The present experiment was laid out to investigate the effect of planting date at an interval of 15 days during winter season of 2019-20 on the yield and quality of cherry tomato. The potentiality of fruiting in the winter season was evaluated by planting on November 15, November 30, December 15, December 30 and January 14. Data on yield and quality attributes of cherry tomato like plant height, number of fruits per plant, fruit yield per plant (g), yield (t ha-1), TSS (%), pH and vitamin C contents (mg 100 g-1) were recorded. Results revealed that planting time had significant effects on the yield and quality parameters of cherry tomato. Cherry tomato performed better on 30 November planting date in respect of yield and vitamin C content due to favorable climatic conditions at different growing stages as per requirements that may lead to higher yield and quality of fruits.
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44. Rahman J, Riad M.I, Begum A.A. 2020. Effect of planting time and variety on the growth and yield of tomato. Tropical Agroecosystems 1(2), 67-69.
45. Rogers M.A, Wszelaki A.L. 2012. Influence of high tunnel production and planting date on yield, growth, and early blight development on organically grown heirloom and hybrid tomato. HortTechnology 22, 452-462.
46. Sanjoy S.1999. Impact of seedling age and planting time on yield performance of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in upland rice (Oryza sativa) based cropping system. Indian Journal of Agronomy 44(4), 669-672.
47. Sato S, Kamiyama M, Iwata T, Makita N, Furukawa H, Ikeda H. 2006. Moderate increase of mean daily temperature adversely affects fruit set of Lycopersicon esculentum by disrupting specific physiological processes in male reproductive development Annals of Botany 97, 731-738.
48. Sato S, Peet M.M, Homas J.F. 2002. Determining critical pre-and post-anthesis periods and physiological processes in Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Exposed to moderately elevated temperatures. Journal of Experimental Botany 53, 1187-1195.
49. Sharma N.K, Tiwari, R.S. 1996. Effect of time of planting on yield and yield contributing
characters of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill). Recent Horticulture 3(1), 82-85.
50. Souri M.K, Dehnavard S. 2018. Tomato plant growth, leaf nutrient concentrations and fruit quality under nitrogen foliar applications. Advances in Horticultural Science 32(1), 41-47.
51. Souri, M.K, Sooraki Y.F. 2019. Benefits of organic fertilizers spray on growth quality of chili pepper seedlings under cool temperature. Journal of Plant Nutrition 42(6), 650-656.
52. Srivastava N.K, Srivastava A.K. 2007. Influence of gibberellic acid on 14 CO2 metabolism, growth, and production of alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus. Photosynthetica 45, 156-60.
53. Tomar S, DubeyA.K, Chaudhary M, Singh J.P, Jeevan, R. 2018. Effect of Different Dates of Transplanting and Mulching on Flowering and Fruiting Behaviour of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience 6(3), 676-680.
54. Vavrina C.S. 1998. Transplant age in vegetable crops. Horticulture Technology 8 (4), 550-555.
55. Viet B.T.N.T, Trang H.T. 2015. Effect of Harvesting Stages and Storage Temperature on Physicochemical Properties and Antioxidant Activities of Yellow Cherry Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Var. Cerasiforme). International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology 4(6), 501-506.
56. Weston L.A. 1988. Effect of flat cell size, transplant age and production site on growth and yield of pepper transplants. Horticulture Science 23 (4), 709-711.
57. Yahia E.M, Contreras-Padilla M, Gonzalez-Aguilar G. 1999. Ascorbic Acid Content in Tomato and Bell Pepper Fruit during Development, Maturation, and Senescence on the Plant and Relation with Ascorbate Oxidase and Polyamines. HortScience. 34(3),533B-533.
3. BARI. 1989. BARI Annual Report 1989-90, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur.
4. Barrett D.M, Weakley C, Diaz J.V, Watnik M. 2007. Qualitative and nutritional differences in processing tomatoes grown under commercial organic and conventional production system. Journal of Food Science 72(9), 441-451.
5. Beecher G.R. 1998. Nutrient content of tomatoes and tomato products. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 218(2), 98-100.
6. Bhowmik D, Kumar K.P.S, Paswan S, Srivastava S. 2012. Tomato-A Natural Medicine and Its Health Benefits. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 1(1), 33-43.
7. Biswas A, Arafat Y, Islam M.S, Dey S, Sarker S. 2017. Growth and yield performances of tomato genotypes during winter season at eastern surma kushiyara floodplain of Bangladesh. Journal of Sylhet Agricultural University 4(1):77-85.
8. Bourne L.C, Rice-Evans C. 1998. Bioavailability of ferulic acid. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communication 253(2), 222-227.
9. Carrari F,Fernie A.R. 2006. Metabolic regulation underlying tomato fruit development. Journal of Experimental Botany 57(9), 1883-1897.
10. Ciardi J.A, Vavrina C.S,Orzolek M.D.1998. Evaluation of tomato transplant production methods for improving establishment rates, HortScience33 (2), 229-232. 11. Clutter M.E, Miller E.V.1961. Ascorbic acid content and time of ripening of tomatoes. Economic Botany volume 15,218-222.
12. Damato G, Trotta L.2000. Cell shape, transplant age, cultivars and yield in broccoli. ActaHorticulturae 533, 145–152.
13. Davies J.N, Hobson G.E. 1981. The constituent of tomato fruit-the influence of environment, nutrition and genotype. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition15 (3), 205-280.
14. Dehnavard S, Souri M.K, Mardanlu S. 2017. Tomato growth responses to foliar application of ammonium sulfate in hydroponic culture. Journal of Plant Nutrition 40(3), 315-323.
15. Drost D. T, Price H.C.1991. Effect of tillage system and planting date on growth and yield of transplanted tomato. HortScience 26, 1478-1480.
16. Dumas Y, Dadomo M, Di Lucca G, Grolier P. 2003. Effects of environmental factors and agricultural techniques on antioxidant content of tomatoes. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 83(5), 369-382.
17. Erba D, Casiraghi M.C, Ribas A, Caceres R, Marfa O, Castellari M. 2013. Nutritional value of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) grown in greenhouse by different agronomic techniques. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Elsevier 31 (2), 245-251.
18. Frusciante L, Carli P, Ercolana M.R, Pernice R, Matteo A.D, Fogliano V, Pellegrini N. 2007. Antioxidant nutritional quality of tomato. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research 51(5), 609-617.
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19. Gent M.P.N. 1992. Yield response to planting date and ventilation temperature of tomato grown in unheated high tunnels in the northeast USA. ActaHorticulturae 303, 53-60.
20. George B, Kaur C, Khurdiya D.S, Kapoor H.C. 2004. Antioxidants in tomato (Lycopersium esculentum) as a function of genotype. Food Chemistry 84(1), 45-51.
21. Ghamande M, Surpaithankar A, Bhanse A, Durani R, Chugwani R, Shinde S. 2018. Effects of Heat on Vitamin C in Tomatoes. International Journal of Advance Researsch in Science and Engineering. 7(2): 332-336. 22. Gomez K.A, Gomez A.A. 1984. Statistical Procedures for Agricultural Research (2nd Ed.). An International Rice Research Institute Book. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, USA. pp. 84-101. 23. Hamner K.C, Bernstein L, Maynard L.A. 1945. Effects of light intensity, day length, temperature and other environment factors on the ascorbic acid content of tomatoes. The Journal of Nutrition 29(2), 85–97.
24. Harel D, Fadida H, Slepoy A, Gantz S, Shilo K. 2014. The Effect of Mean Daily Temperature and Relative Humidity on Pollen, Fruit Set and Yield of Tomato Grown in Commercial Protected Cultivation. Agronomy 4, 167-177. 25. Hernandez V, Hellin P, Fenoll J, Molina M.V, Garrido I, Flores P. 2018. Impact of high temperature stress on ascorbic acid concentration in tomato. Acta Horticulture 1194, 985-990.
26. Islam M.T. 2011. Effect of temperature on photosynthesis, yield attributes and yield of tomato genotypes. International journal of experimental agriculture 2(1), 8-11.
27. Islam S, Islam M.M, Siddik M.A, Afsana N, Rabin M.H, Hossain M.D, Parvin S. 2017. Variation in Growth and Yield of Tomato at Different Transplanting Time. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications 7(2), 142-145.
28. Jankauskieno J, Brazaityto A, BobinasY, Duchovskis P. 2013. Effect of transplant growth stage on tomato productivity. Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Hortorum Cultus 12(2), 143-152.
29. Jong M.D, Mariani C, Vriezen W. H. 2009. The role of auxin and gibberellin in tomato fruit set. Journal of Experimental Botany 60(5), 1523–1532.
30. Kadam D.D, Deore B.P, Chaudhari S. M. 1991. Effects of sowing dates and stacking on yield of
tomato (Lycopersiconesculentum Mill.). Indian Agricst 35 (4), 225-230.
31. Kaur M, Kanwar J.S. 2006. Response of genotypes and planting dates to fruit and seed yield in tomato. Haryana journal of horticultural sciences 35 (3 & 4), 331-333.
32. Kleinhenz M.D, Wszelaki A. 2003. Yield and relationships among head traits in cabbage as influenced by planting date and cultivar. Horticultural Science 38, 1349-1354. 33. Koh E, Charoenprasert S, Mitchell A.E. 2012. Effects of industrial tomato paste processing on ascorbic acid, flavonoids, carotenoids and their stability over one-year storage. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 92(1), 23-28.
34. Kuti J.O, Konuru H.B. 2005. Effects of genotype and cultivation environment on lycopene content in red‐ripe tomatoes. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 85(12), 2021-2026. 35. Lahoz I, Perez-de-Castro A, Valcarcel M, Macua J.I, Beltrand J, Roselloc S,Cebolla-Cornejo J. 2016. Effect of water deficit on the agronomical performance and quality of processing tomato. Scientia Horticulturae 200, 55–65.
36. Liptay A, Papadopoulos A.P, Bryan H.H, Gull D. 1986. Ascorbic acid levels in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) at low temperatures. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry 50(12), 3185-3187. 37. More S.J, Bhanderi, D.R. 2014. Effect of transplanting dates and mulching on yield of tomato. Book. Publisher: Scholar's Press.
38. Naika S, Jeude J.V.L.D, Goffau M.D, Hilmi M, Dam B.V. 2005. Production, processing and marketing. In: DAM, B. V. (ed.) Cultivation of tomato. Fourth edition ed. Wageningen: Agromisa Foundation and CTA.
39. Paul L.C, Metzger J.D.2005. Impact of vermicompost on vegetable transplant quality. HortScience 40 (7), 2020–2023.
40. Peet M, Sato S, Clément C, Pressman E. 2002. Heat stress increases sensitivity of pollen, fruit and seed production in tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) to non-optimal vapor pressure deficits. International Horticultural Congress: Environmental Stress and Horticulture Crops 618, 209–215.
41. Preedy V.R, Watson R.R. 2008. Tomatoes and tomato products: Nutritional, medicinal and therapeutic properties. CRC Press.
Md. Farid Hossain Int. J. Hort. Sci. Technol. 2021 8(2): 123-131
131
42. Prema G, Indiresh K.K, Santosha H.M. 2011. Evaluation of cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme) genotypes for growth, yield and quality traits. Asian Journal of Horticulture 6(1), 181-184.
43. Raffo A, Leonardi C, Fogliano V, Ambrosino P, Salucci M, Gennaro L, Bugianesi R, Giuffrida F, Quaglia G. 2002. Nutritional value of cherry tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum cv. Naomi F1) harvested at different ripening stages. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 50(22), 6550–6556.
44. Rahman J, Riad M.I, Begum A.A. 2020. Effect of planting time and variety on the growth and yield of tomato. Tropical Agroecosystems 1(2), 67-69.
45. Rogers M.A, Wszelaki A.L. 2012. Influence of high tunnel production and planting date on yield, growth, and early blight development on organically grown heirloom and hybrid tomato. HortTechnology 22, 452-462.
46. Sanjoy S.1999. Impact of seedling age and planting time on yield performance of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in upland rice (Oryza sativa) based cropping system. Indian Journal of Agronomy 44(4), 669-672.
47. Sato S, Kamiyama M, Iwata T, Makita N, Furukawa H, Ikeda H. 2006. Moderate increase of mean daily temperature adversely affects fruit set of Lycopersicon esculentum by disrupting specific physiological processes in male reproductive development Annals of Botany 97, 731-738.
48. Sato S, Peet M.M, Homas J.F. 2002. Determining critical pre-and post-anthesis periods and physiological processes in Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Exposed to moderately elevated temperatures. Journal of Experimental Botany 53, 1187-1195.
49. Sharma N.K, Tiwari, R.S. 1996. Effect of time of planting on yield and yield contributing
characters of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill). Recent Horticulture 3(1), 82-85.
50. Souri M.K, Dehnavard S. 2018. Tomato plant growth, leaf nutrient concentrations and fruit quality under nitrogen foliar applications. Advances in Horticultural Science 32(1), 41-47.
51. Souri, M.K, Sooraki Y.F. 2019. Benefits of organic fertilizers spray on growth quality of chili pepper seedlings under cool temperature. Journal of Plant Nutrition 42(6), 650-656.
52. Srivastava N.K, Srivastava A.K. 2007. Influence of gibberellic acid on 14 CO2 metabolism, growth, and production of alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus. Photosynthetica 45, 156-60.
53. Tomar S, DubeyA.K, Chaudhary M, Singh J.P, Jeevan, R. 2018. Effect of Different Dates of Transplanting and Mulching on Flowering and Fruiting Behaviour of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience 6(3), 676-680.
54. Vavrina C.S. 1998. Transplant age in vegetable crops. Horticulture Technology 8 (4), 550-555.
55. Viet B.T.N.T, Trang H.T. 2015. Effect of Harvesting Stages and Storage Temperature on Physicochemical Properties and Antioxidant Activities of Yellow Cherry Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Var. Cerasiforme). International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology 4(6), 501-506.
56. Weston L.A. 1988. Effect of flat cell size, transplant age and production site on growth and yield of pepper transplants. Horticulture Science 23 (4), 709-711.
57. Yahia E.M, Contreras-Padilla M, Gonzalez-Aguilar G. 1999. Ascorbic Acid Content in Tomato and Bell Pepper Fruit during Development, Maturation, and Senescence on the Plant and Relation with Ascorbate Oxidase and Polyamines. HortScience. 34(3),533B-533.
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