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Frontiers of Agriculture in China

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CN 11-5729/S

Front Agric Chin    2011, Vol. 5 Issue (3) : 372-374    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11703-011-1089-z
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Effect of foliar application of urea on the growth and yield of tomato
Asit Baran MONDAL1(), Abdullah Al MAMUN2()
1. BPATC, Kotalipara, Gopalgong, Bangladesh; 2. RDA, Bogra, Bangladesh
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Abstract

To study the effect of foliar application of urea fertilizer on the growth and yield of tomato and to find out the optimum concentration of foliar application of urea for maximum growth and yield of tomato, an experiment was conducted with different concentrations of foliar application of urea fertilizer, namely, 2500, 5000, 7500, and 10000 ppm. The experiment was laid out by a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four replications. Results showed that different yield components and yield of tomato were influenced by the foliar application of different concentrations of urea. The maximum plant height (132.6 cm), number of leaves (30.73), number of green leaves per plant at harvest (21.08), days to first flowering (28.94), number of flower clusters (11.89), number of flowers (75.18), fruit clusters (5.81), fruits per cluster (4.14), and fruits per plant (21.49); length (4.72 cm), diameter (6.58 cm), and weight of individual fruit (151.0 g) were significantly influenced by the 10000 ppm concentration of foliar application of urea fertilizer. The 10000 ppm application gave the highest yield (63.69 t/hm2) with the lowest (28.48 t/hm2) in the control treatment. The yield per plant as well as per hectare increased with increasing concentrations of foliar application of urea fertilizer.

Keywords growth      yield      foliar      concentration      tomato     
Corresponding Author(s): MONDAL Asit Baran,Email:mondalasit90@gmail.com; Al MAMUN Abdullah,Email:aamamun15@gmail.com   
Issue Date: 05 September 2011
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Asit Baran MONDAL,Abdullah Al MAMUN. Effect of foliar application of urea on the growth and yield of tomato[J]. Front Agric Chin, 2011, 5(3): 372-374.
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TreatmentPlant height at final harvest (cm)Total no. of leaves per plantNo. of green leaves per plant at final harvestDays to first floweringNo. of flower clusters per plantNo. of flowers per clusterNo. of flowers per plantNo. of fruit clusters per plant
0 (F0)104.5017.659.8044.566.304.7428.692.70
0.25% (F1)112.7021.6013.0840.537.655.4141.753.51
0.50% (F2)114.8024.4515.3836.139.255.4954.693.67
0.75% (F3)125.1027.9518.6032.9710.506.1263.694.70
1.0% (F4)132.6030.7321.0828.9411.896.9375.185.81
LSD (0.05)5.191.981.752.870.9150.4496.020.619
LSD (0.01)7.282.782.454.031.280.6308.440.853
Level of significance****************
TreatmentNo. of fruits per cluster harvestedNo. of fresh ripe fruits per plantFruit length (cm)Fruit diameter (cm)Weight of individual fruit (g)Yield of fresh ripe fruits per plant (kg)Yield of fresh ripe fruits per plot (kg)
0 (F0)1.925.782.182.5750.900.2416.40
0.25% (F1)2.608.703.063.8478.300.6822.21
0.50% (F2)2.8011.203.283.9495.751.2926.77
0.75% (F3)3.4816.203.695.21122.901.9932.94
1.0% (F4)4.1421.494.726.58151.003.1736.69
LSD (0.05)0.4752.040.3040.90819.210.2342.16
LSD (0.01)0.6662.870.4271.2726.930.3283.03
Level of significance**************
Tab.1  Effects of foliar application of urea on yield components and yield of tomato
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