EARLY TRANSPLANT GROWTH IN RELATION TO FRUIT YIELD IN TOMATO Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Tomato, cv. `Sunny' containerized transplants produced either with overhead (SP1) or sub (flotation) (SP2) irrigation were established in the field in fall, winter, and spring. Leaf area (LA), root volume (RV), and dry weights of shoots (SDW) and roots (RDW) were measured weekly before and after transplanting. In fall 1987, SP1 with 44 cm2 LA, 275 mg SDW, 68 mg RDW, and 0.9 ml RV at transplanting (T0) had 33% more fruit yield than SP2 transplants with 20 cm2 LA, 236 mg SDW, 62 mg RDW, and 0.6 ml RV at T0. In spring and winter 1988, SDW, RDW, and RV increased uniformly in both SP1 and SP2 plants, and yields did not differ significantly. In spring 1989, at T0, SP1 had 182 mg SDW and 7.8 shoot/root ratio (S:R) and SP2 had 92 mg SDW and 4.6 S:R, thereafter SDW and S:R ratios were not different and yields were unaffected. In fall 1989, SP1 total fruit yeild (52.3 t.ha-1) did not differ significantly from that of SP2 (47.4 t.ha-l) plants. Sub irrigated transplants may have similar fruit yields than overhead irrigated transplants provided plants are kept with minimum stress before establishment.

published proceedings

  • HortScience

author list (cited authors)

  • Leskovar, D. I., Cantliffe, D. J., & Stoffella, P. J.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Leskovar, Daniel I||Cantliffe, Daniel J||Stoffella, Peter J

publication date

  • September 1990