Performance of advanced breeding lines of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under protected condition

Abstract

The present investigation was undertaken during 2024-2025 to evaluate the performance of twenty advanced breeding lines of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) for growth, yield and quality characters. The study was conducted at College of Horticulture, Mudigere. The evaluation of advanced breeding lines of tomato experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replication, standard check varieties namely, Arka Vikas and Pusa Ruby were included for comparison. Among the advanced lines, CHMT-1 exhibited superior performance in most of the traits like plant height (226.20 cm), number of branches (8.69), average fruit weight (100.79 g), number of fruits per plant (27.00), fruit yield per plant (2.33 kg) total chlorophyll (4.17 mg/g) and shelf life (18.37 days).When compared to standard checks i.e., Arka Vikas and Pusa Ruby. Overall performance of the advanced lines identified CHMT-1 as promising lines for growth, yield and quality characters. This line is recommended for inclusion in future tomato crop improvement programme.