Abstract:
The experiment was conducted at Horticulture Farm, Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from October
2016 to April 2017. The experiment consisted of two factors namely Factor A:
Three levels of foliar spray of boron as- B
0
: 0 ppm (Control), B
: 100 ppm
boric acid and B
: 200 ppm boric acid; Factor B: Three different tomato line as-
L
1
2
: Exotic Tomato Line-1, L
2
: Exotic Tomato Line-2, L
: BARI Tomato-15.
The two factorial experiments were laid out in Randomized Complete Block
Design with three replications. Among boron concentrations, maximum fruit
setting (56.73 %), yield (64.89 t/ha) and TSS (4.3 %) was found in B
3
whereas
these were minimum in B
. For tomato lines, maximum yield (79.87 t/ha) was
found in L
3
2
while the minimum in L
. Considering quality parameters, Vitamin
C (20 mg) was the highest in L
3
1
whereas TSS (4.58%) was the highest in L
. In
interaction effect, the highest yield (85 t/ha) was obtained from B
and the
lowest (31.23 t/ha) in B
2
L
. Although the present study suggest to cultivate
BARI Tomato-15, but other two exotic lines were adopted well and showed
good performance in terms of yield and quality parameters.
