Genetic Variations of Two Elite Tomato Varieties Yield and its Parameters in Nangarhar, Afghanistan

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Published Feb 25, 2023
https://doi.org/10.70436/nuijb.v2i01.23
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Vol. 2 No. 01 (2023): February

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Waliullah Yousafzai

Abstract

Background: Tomato is considered as one of the most import crop in food industry due to its great health benefits in all over the world; especially in Afghanistan as it has been significant rule on boosting of balance of trade. This Study indicated the field experiment was conducted to evaluate the potential productivity of two elite tomato varieties, CXD_222 and Roma_VF, in Nangarhar, Afghanistan.
Materials and Methods: The experiment was conducted in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four replications in 2018 and 2019. Yield and yield parameters were measured at the red-ripe maturity stage.
Findings: The results revealed that CXD_222 produced significantly higher yield than Roma VF. Branch number were not significantly different; however, CXD_222 had significantly higher number of fruits per plants than Roma_VF. CXD_222 produced 3.72 and 3.88 kg tomato in 2018 and 2019, respectively whereas the yield was 2.5 and 2.63 kg in Roma_VF for the respective years. There was a strong correlation between fruit number per plant and fruit yield in both varieties which suggests that higher productivity in CXD_222 is solely due its capacity of producing higher number of fruits.
Conclusion: This study indicates that CXD_222 is a viable alternative to the long-used Roma_VF tomato variety.

Keywords

Tomato Yield, CXD_22, Roma_VF, Genetic Variation, Nangarhar

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Yousafzai, W. (2023). Genetic Variations of Two Elite Tomato Varieties Yield and its Parameters in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Nangarhar University International Journal of Biosciences, 2(01), 70–77. https://doi.org/10.70436/nuijb.v2i01.23

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