Open AccessEffect of Foliar Spray of Boron on the Growth and Quality of Exotic Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) in Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Arjun Chandra Roy,
Md. Rasal-Monir,
Samar Biswas,
Sumya Fatima,
M. Al-Amin,
Mohammad Humayun Kabir
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian plant research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-9992
DOI - 10.9734/aprj/2020/v4i430092
Subject(s) - lycopersicon , randomized block design , boric acid , horticulture , cultivar , yield (engineering) , boron , borax , sowing , mathematics , factorial experiment , biology , chemistry , materials science , raw material , metallurgy , organic chemistry , ecology , statistics
The experiment was conducted at Horticulture Farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from October 2016 to April 2017. The experiment was conducted to assess the effect of two factors, for example; I, two levels of foliar spray of boron as:100 ppm boric acid (B1) and 200 ppm boric acid (B2) in relation to a control and II, three different tomato cultivars/lines as: L1: Exotic Tomato Line-1, L2: Exotic Tomato Line-2, L3: BARI Tomato-15. The two factorial experiments were laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. Fruit setting (56.73%), yield (64.89 t/ha) and total soluble solid (TSS) (4.3%) were considerably higher in B1 and low in B2. Whereas, significantly higher yield (79.87 t/ha) was recorded in L3 in in comparison to L1. Considering quality parameters, Vitamin C (20 mg) was the highest in L3 whereas TSS (4.58%) was the highest in L1. In interaction effect, the highest yield (85 t/ha) was obtained from B1L3 and the lowest (31.23 t/ha) in B2L1. The present study suggest to cultivate BARI Tomato-15, but other two exotic lines adapted well and showed good performance in terms of yield and quality parameters.