Produtividade do tomateiro cv. Compack sob idade e tipos de mudas

Abstract

Faced with a high cost and extremely competitive agricultural production market, there is a need to look for measures to improve productivity and reduce costs in tomato cultivation. Therefore, this work evaluated the yield in tomato cultivation under four different transplanting ages and two different stem conduction modes. The experiment was carried out from December to May 2016/2017, in a randomized block design, factorial 4 x 2 with four replications using the Compack tomato variety. The seedlings were grown in a greenhouse, transplanted at 30, 40, 45 and 50 days after sowing, and Belgian pruning was performed on the day of transplantation. The use of Belgian pruning and the increase of transplant age led to a reduction in the total commercial yield of fruits 1A, fruits 2A, average fresh fruit mass per plant and number of fruits per plant, there was no significant difference in the percentage of discard between treatments. The seedling production method using traditional 30-day seedlings leads to the formation of more vigorously and productively efficient seedlings.