Open AccessEffects of container volume and seedling density on late transplanting and number of flowers in tomato
Author(s) -
Felipe Sánchez-del Castillo,
Lázaro Portillo-Márquez,
Esaú del Carmen Moreno-Pérez,
J. Jesús Magdaleno-Villar,
José Cutberto Vázquez-Rodríguez
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista chapingo serie horticultura (en línea)/revista chapingo. serie: horticultura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2007-4034
pISSN - 1027-152X
DOI - 10.5154/r.rchsh.2020.06.015
Subject(s) - transplanting , seedling , sowing , randomized block design , horticulture , population , biology , yield (engineering) , container (type theory) , mathematics , botany , medicine , materials science , environmental health , metallurgy , composite material
By managing tomato at a high population density, blunting to the third cluster and transplanting 40 days after sowing (das), the transplant to end-of-harvest cycle lasts four months, achieving three cycles per year and a potential yield of 500 t∙ha-1-2 for 25 mL, and 300, 200, 150 and 75 seedlings∙m-2 for 250 mL) were evaluated.A split-plot randomized complete block design with four replicates was used. Morphological variables, number of flowers and yield were recorded. Analysis of variance and comparison of means (Tukey, P ≤ 0.05) were performed. Seedlings with morphological characteristics suitable for transplanting at 60 das were those grown in 250 mL cavities at densities of 75 and 150 seedlings∙m-2. Cavity volume and seedling density did not influence the number of flowers or fruits per plant.