International Journal of Horticulture, 2025, Vol.15, No.3, 99-104 http://hortherbpublisher.com/index.php/ijh 102 significantly increase the yield of tomato. Sinha et al. (2020) has also reported that fruit per cluster, fruit cluster per plant and plant height significantly influence the fruit yield in tomato. Furthermore, fruit length (r=0.79), fruit diameter (r=0.77) and fruit weight (r=0.81) were also found positively significant with the yield indicating their contribution to the yield. Table 3 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 Table 4 Correlation between different plant parameters YPP PH NOB NOF NOFCP NOFC FD FL FW YPP 1 - - - - - - - - PH 0.77** 1 - - - - - - - NOB 0.56** 0.52** 1 - - - - - - NOF 0.82** 0.72** 0.44* 1 - - - - - NOFCP 0.65** 0.66** 0.44* 0.70** 1 - - - - NOFC 0.70* 0.61** 0.34 0.90** 0.36 1 - - - FD 0.77** 0.72** 0.33 0.75** 0.60** 0.67** 1 - - FL 0.79** 0.78** 0.51** 0.51** 0.53** 0.38 0.74** 1 - FW 0.81** 0.68** 0.45* 0.57** 0.63** 0.39 0.64** 0.82** 1 Note: ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level; *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level; YPP= Yield / plot, PH= Plant height, NOB= No. of branches, NOF= No. of flowers, NOFCP=No. of fruit clusters/plant, NOFC=No. of fruit / clusters, FL= Fruit Length, FD= Fruit Diameter, FW= Fruit Weight 4 Discussion The experimental findings showed that among the eight treatments used in the experiment, the integrated nutrient combination (7.5 t/ha of well-decomposed FYM + 25% of recommended NPK + 5 t/ha of vermicompost + 2.5 t/ha of poultry manure) was found to be superior in terms of plant growth and performance including fruit yield. The enhanced growth can be attributed to the synergistic effects of organic and inorganic nutrient sources, which improved soil structure, microbial activity, and nutrient availability, thereby promoting better physiological responses in tomato plants. Correlation study revealed that yield per plot of tomato was positively correlated and highly significant with number of fruits followed by fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter, plant height, number of fruits per cluster and number of fruit cluster per plant. Thus, yield can be further improved by improving these traits.
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