Abstract:
A pot experiment was conducted on the rooftop at the Academic Building, Shere-Bangla
Agricultural
University,
Dhaka-1207
during
November
2019
to
March
2020
to
evaluate
the
influences
of
irrigation
frequency
on
the
growth
and
yield
of
cherry tomato varieties under drip irrigation system. Four cherry tomato
varieties and three levels of drip irrigation frequencies were used in this
experiment. The cherry tomato varieties were: SAU Cherry Tomato-1 (V
1
),
Crimson Red (V
2
), Australian Cherry (V
3
II
), Sutton Cherry (V
4
); and drip
irrigation frequencies were: Once a day (I
1
), Twice a day (I
2
) and Thrice a day
(I
3
). All the drip irrigation treatments have received the same amount of water
with different frequency of application. The experiment was outlined in the
Completely Randomized Design with five replications. Significant variation was
found with the treatments. Among the varieties, the maximum plant height
(153.30 cm), flower number (995.20/plant), fruit number (645.50/plant) and fruit
yield (3.37 Kg/plant) were found from V
1
while the minimum fruit yield (1.67
Kg/plant) was found from V
3
. Irrigation once a day (I
1
) gave the best results for
growth and yield related parameters than other applications. The highest fruit
yield (4.44 Kg/plant) was found from combination V
1
I
1
and lowest yield (1.06
Kg/plant) was found from the combination V
3
I
3
. In view of the overall
performances, SAU Cherry Tomato-1(V
1
) with irrigation once a day (I
1
)
provided the best results for the growth and yield attributes.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
HORTICULTURE
