Performance evaluation of tomato varieties under mid-altitude of Mokokchung district of Nagaland

Owing to the limited availability of improved varieties the yield of tomato in mid-hill altitude is very low. Hence identification of improved tomato varieties that are adaptable and high yielding is necessary. Therefore an experiment was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mokokchung, Nagaland to evaluate 5 tomato varieties for their growth and fruit yield using randomized block design with 3 replications under field conditions. Data were collected on growth parameters and yield components including plant height, number of branches, fruit length, fruit girth, fruit weight and total fruit yield per hectare. The study indicated that yield per hectare was highest in Megha-1 followed by Sel-1, Punjab Chuara and Sel-2. The lowest yield was obtained in Pusa Ruby. Considering yield and yield components variety Megha-1was found to be the best among all the varieties while the variety Pusa Ruby was the poorest performer for all the parameters. This investigation led to infer that Megha-1 was the bestperforming variety with high tolerance to fruit borer infestation and therefore it could be recommended for commercial production.