Influence of plant geometry on physicochemical attributes and yield of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under protected environment

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at Vegetable Research Farm, Department of Vegetable Science and Floriculture, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur during spring-summer 2016 and autumn-winter 2016-17 seasons to study the influence of plant geometry on physicochemical attributes and yield of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under protected environment. Experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications, consisting of two treatments comprising of two plant geometries (70 × 30 cm spacing with two stems pruning and 70 × 60 cm spacing with three stems pruning). Plants spaced at 70 × 60 cm with 3 stems pruning had maximum yield/plant, total soluble solids and equatorial diameter but titrable acidity and ascorbic acid contents were maximum in those fruits whose plants were spaced at 70 × 30 cm with 2 stems.