Protein Quantification and Comparison of Three Tomato Hybrid Varieties Grown in Poly House and Shade House

Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) is an edible citrus fruit and considered as an important vegetable in our day to day life. Nowadays hundreds of different tomato varieties are available and are differ in size, shape, and color. In this study three tomato hybrid varieties namely Anagha, Swaraksha, and Sakhtiman were selected for protein quantification and comparison. Aim of this study is to predict growth, yield and disease resistance of these three varieties according to protein content estimated in them. Leaves of these varieties were taken from both polyhouse and shade house grown plants for comparison. Folins-Lowry method was employed for protein quantification of them. Shade dried leaves and fresh leaves were taken as samples and two methods were adopted for sample preparation. Results showed that plants grown in polyhouse have high protein content than shade house grown plants. Among these three varieties Anagha and Sakhtiman shows more protein quantity than Swaraksha. Based on the results it was clear that the overall growth, yield and disease resistance is high for polyhouse plants than shade house plants; especially Anagha and Sakhtiman varieties are more potent for high yield, growth and disease resistance.