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Effects of Pinching Time On The Performance of Three Tomato Varieties (Lycopersicon Lycopersicum Mill) in Ogbomoso and Mokwa, Nigeria'
Effects of Pinching Time On The Performance of Three Tomato Varieties (Lycopersicon Lycopersicum Mill) in Ogbomoso and Mokwa, Nigeria'
Effects of Pinching Time On The Performance of Three Tomato Varieties (Lycopersicon Lycopersicum Mill) in Ogbomoso and Mokwa, Nigeria'
Table.2: Effect of variety, pinching time and their interaction on number of flowers per plant of tomato plant in 2012
cropping season
Number of flowers
LSD 0.05
Variety 3.89
Pinching time 4.49
V x PT ns
OL = Ogbomoso local, ML = Mokwa local, PT = pinching time, NS = not significant (P0.05), LSD= least significant
difference
LSD 0.05
Variety 4.04
Pinching time 4.66
V x PT ns
OL = Ogbomoso local, ML = Mokwa local, PT = pinching time, NS = not significant, (P0.05), LSD= least significant
difference
Table.4: Effect of variety, pinching time and their interaction on total fruit yield (t ha -1) of tomato plant in 2012 cropping
season
Total fruit yield t ha-1
LSD 0.05
Variety 2.95
V x PT ns
OL = Ogbomoso local, ML = Mokwa local, V = variety, P = pinching time, NS= not significant, (P0.05), LSD= least
significant difference
Table.6: Effect of pinching time on fruit nutritional qualities of phosphorus, potassium and calcium of three tomato varieties
Nutritional quality (mg/100 g)
Table.7: Effect of pinching time on fruit nutritional qualities of lycopene, magnesium and vitamin C of three tomato varieties
Nutritional quality (mg/100 g)