International Journal of Horticulture, 2025, Vol.15, No.3, 99-104 http://hortherbpublisher.com/index.php/ijh 101 3 Results and Analysis 3.1 Growth parameter At 60 days after transplanting, plant height was measured and found significantly higher in T7 (7.5 t/ha of well-decomposed FYM + 25% of recommended NPK +5 t/ha of vermicompost + 2.5 t/ha poultry manure) with 116.46 cm, which is statistically higher than other treatments (Table 2). While the minimum height was recorded with control (101.66 cm) which is due to the application of major and minor nutrients, through different organic manure and bio fertilizers, which increased the photosynthetic activity, chlorophyll formation, nitrogen metabolism, and auxin contents in the plants which ultimately improved the plant height. Table 2 Mean performance of yield attributing traits of tomato under different treatments Treatment PH NF FC/P F/C FL FD FW Y/P Y/H T1 105.60c 50.00bc 6.33b 6.66b 3.88c 52.11d 51.83bc 45.60d 112.59d T2 108.87d 53.33bc 6.66b 6.66b 4.30bc 55.00b 53.88bc 50.57cd 124.00cd T3 106.70e 48.33bc 6.33b 6.66b 4.25bc 53.83c 55.21b 48.91cd 120.77cd T4 105.70e 47.66bc 6.33b 6.33b 4.07cd 50.43c 49.56c 45.89d 113.30d T5 110.75c 58.33b 7.00ab 7.30b 4.45ab 55.56ab 53.61bc 60.04b 148.25b T6 114.22b 54.33bc 7.33ab 7.00b 4.44ab 56.02a 54.68a 53.76c 132.79c T7 116.46a 84.33a 8.33a 9.66a 4.64a 56.08a 62.25d 75.35a 186.05a T8 101.66c 43.00c 3.00c 4.00c 3.21d 45.22f 37.83** 28.38e 70.07e LSD 1.38*** 10.99** 1.27* 1.64* 0.21** 0.81** 6.76 6.01** 14.83** SEm(±) 0.16 1.28 0.14 0.19 0.02 0.07 0.78 0.70 1.72 CV(%) 0.71 11.50 10.71 13.25 2.33 0.87 7.42 6.72 6.72 Grand mean 108.86 54.91 6.41 6.79 4.13 50.03 52.23 51.06 126.09 Note: LSD= Least Significant Difference, SEM=Standard Error of Mean, CV= Coefficient of Variation, GM= Grand Mean, PH= Plant height, NF= Number of flowers, FC/P= Number of fruit cluster per plants, F/C= Fruits per cluster, FL= Fruit length, FD= Fruit diameter, FW= Fruit weight, Y/P= Yield per plot, Y/H= Yield per harvest 3.2 Flower, fruit characteristics and yield Number of flowers were significantly influenced by different types of nutrients (Table 3). The average number of flowers were found to be 54.91. The highest number of flowers (84.33) were observed in T7 followed by T5 (58.33). The lowest number of flowers were recorded in control (43.00). The average number of fruit clusters/plants was 6.41. The highest number of fruit clusters/plant was recorded in T7 (8.33) followed by T6 (7.33) and the minimum number of fruit clusters/plant was found in control (3.00). The mean number of fruits/clusters was 6.79 and the highest was observed with T7 (9.66) and the lowest was found in control (4.00). The average fruit length was found to be 4.13 cm with highest in T7 (4.64 cm). The highest fruit diameter was obtained from T7 with 56.08 mm, which is significantly at par with T6. The lowest diameter was obtained from the control with 45.22 mm. The average fruit diameter was 50.03 mm. The average fruit weight was calculated to be 52.23 g. The highest fruit weight was obtained from T7 with 62.25 g followed by T3 and the lowest was found in the control. And the highest yield/hectare was obtained from T7 (186.05 mt/ha) which is followed by T5 (148.25 mt/ha) and T6 (132.79 mt/ha) and the lowest was found in control with 70.07 mt/ha. 3.3 Correlation between different plant parameters The study showed that the traits plant height and yield were positively and significantly correlated (r=0.77) which means an increase in plant height increase the yield of tomato significantly (Table 4). Number of branches and yield were found significantly and positively correlated. Similar findings were reported for number of branches and plant height by Naveen et al. (2017). Similarly, number of flowers, number of fruits cluster per plant, number of fruits per cluster, and yield were found positively and significantly correlated with correlation coefficient r=0.82, r=0.65 and r=0.70, respectively, which means increase in number of flowers, number of fruits cluster per plant, and number of fruits per cluster
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