International Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Sciences ISSN 1712-3496 Vol. 4(2), pp. 072-076 September, 2017. © Advanced Scholars Journals

Full length Research Paper

Study of hybrid Hermosa indeterminate yield Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) under greenhouse conditions

*Benito Cuarón González, Ricardo S. García and Juana Valenzuela

División de Ingenierías Económico Administrativa; Universidad Tecnológica de la Costa, Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, México.

*Corresponding Author. Email: benito.cuaró[email protected] 

Accepted 12 August, 2017

Abstract

The organics alternatives in the vegetables production are a strategy to produce free chemical polluted foods that endanger human health. In the present study, the Hermosa indeterminate tomato variety was used and the following treatments were evaluated in a completely randomized design: Compost 2 tons/ha + VAM and BAC + Compost tea 50% (Treatment 1), Compost 4 tons/ha + VAM and BAC + Compost tea 50% (Treatment 2), Compost 6 tons/ha + VAM and BAC + Compost tea 50% (Treatment 3), VAM and BAC + Compost tea 50% (Treatment 4) and Absolute control (Treatment 5). The results indicate that Treatment 3 (Compost 6 ton/ha + VAM and BAC + Compost tea 50%) had the highest plant height at 120 days after planting (414.07 cm). Regarding the number of fruits per plant, fruit weight per experimental unit, fruit weight per m² and fruit weight per plant, no significant differences were identified. The five treatments show no significant difference in polar and equatorial diameter of the fruit weight, fruit density and unit volume. For five treatments evaluated, the pH, Brix and fruit firmness variables do not show significant difference.

Key words: Tomato, Lycopersicum, manure.