Evaluation of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Hybrids for quality parameter in Allahabad agro climatic condition

Abstract

The experiment was conducted under Randomized Block Design with three replications during winter season of the year 2017-18 in Departmental Research field of Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agricultural Technology and Sciences, Allahabad. Twenty-five hybrid varieties of tomato were evaluated for quality parameters under total soluble solids, acidity, ascorbic acid and fruit shape index. Hybrid H20 (Excel - 204) is found to be best for most of the quality parameters such as it had maximum ascorbic acid (26.900 mg) and total soluble solids (6.073° Brix). Fruit shape index was high in hybrid H₁₀ (CHAITANYA) (1.053) and acidity was minimum in hybrid H₂₄ (Arka Rakshak) (0.740 %).