Abstract:
This study was conducted at Eilafon Area, Bahri Governorate,
Khartoum State, under cooled plastic houses conditions, with the
objective of evaluating the adaptability and productivity of six
indeterminate tomato cultivars. Normal and cherry tomato varieties were
tested. The normal varieties were Chanoa, Merel, Sensie and Yusra, and
the cherry varieties were Tomi and Elitrro. The study was conducted
during summer season 2007 in two different locations. The parameters
assessed in this study were plant height (cm), number of leaves/plant,
number of internodes/plant, number of clusters/plant, number of
flowers/inflorescence, number of fruits/cluster, number of fruits/square
meter, fruits weight/meter square, and fruit diameter (mm). The results
showed that Merel cultivar had the highest plant height and highest
number of leaves and internodes per plant, while Sensie cultivar produced
the highest number of branch/plant. The cultivars, Yusra and Chanoa
recorded the highest number of fruit clusters, while cultivars Merel,
Sensie and Chanoa recorded the highest number of flowers and fruits per
cluster. Chanoa cultivar recorded the highest number of fruits per square
meter. Regarding productivity, Chanoa exhibited the highest productivity
(256.3 t/ha) followed by Yusra (241.3 t/ha). Yusra cultivar recorded the
highest fruit diameter (60- 70mm). In the cherry group, Elitrro cultivar
(247.5 t/ha) showed highest growth and yield parameters compared to
Tomi cultivar (206.3 t/ha). However, the productivity of both Elitrro and
Chanoa was almost similar. However, since Chanoa is a normal sized
tomato it might have economical advantage over Elitrro in local markets
as cherry tomato cultivars are not of similar popularity.
