Seham Wannous* (1), Shaza Mayhoub (1), Ali Dayyoub (1), Itaf blal-Nada Yousef (1), and Nisreen Moustafa (1)
(1). AL-Jmmaseh Research Station, Scientific Agricultural Researches Center of Tartous, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR), Tartous, Syria.
(*Corresponding author:SehamWannous. E-Mail: sehamwannous8@ gmail.com).
Received: 13/08/2021 Accepted: 3/07/2022
Abstract:
During 2019-2020 an experiment was carried out at Al-Jmmaseh Station, Agricultural Research Center in Tartous, Syria, to evaluate four inbred lines of cherry tomato under the covered planting conditions on the Syrian coast in terms of their phonological phases, morphological fruit characters, yield and some of its components in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. Analysis of variance shows significant differences between the means for all lines squares studied characters. Among different linesAs2 was the earliest in flowering which needed (30.83) days from planting for 50 percent of its plants to flower by forming (6.31) leaves under the first flowerecent, it also recorded the maximum numbers of flowers and fruits per fluorescent (17.95-16.3respectively). The highest average fruit weight (49.62 g) was observed in line Sa, the maximum fruit height was observed in line MS (4.94cm), while line M registered a maximum fruit diameter (4.41cm), the thickest fruit wall (4.94mm) and the highest fruit yield per plant (1.865k g). These results show the capacity of using the evaluated lines in breeding programs to produce hybrids based on the variances of their studies’ characters.
Key Words: Covered Planting, Cherry Tomato, Inbred Lines, Morphological Characters- Yield
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