Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kandaghat, Distt. Solan, Himachal Pradesh-173215, India. yrshukla@rediffmail.com
A study was conducted to assess the effect of age of transplants on growth and yield characters of tomato cv. Solan Vajr in an experiment laid in RBD with 3 replications. Ten ages of transplants starting from 15 days old with a gap of 3 days comprised the treatments. Maximum values for most of the characters like survival of seedling after transplanting (100%), number of fruits per plant (19.50), fruit yield per hat (37.2 tonnes), plant height (165.67 cm) and harvest duration (44 days) were recorded using 33 days old transplants. It was concluded that 33 days old transplants were best regarding growth and yield of tomato under mid-hill conditions of Himachal Pradesh.
Tomato, age of transplants, fruit yield, harvest duration
