Study the Effects of Micro-nutrients, Macro-nutrients and Plant Shading on Quantitative Traits of Tomato) Lycopersicon esculentum)

Tomato is one of the great importance in terms of the worldwide consumption of nutritional regimes. The present study investigated the effects of macro (75, 150 and 300 kg NPK ha-1) and micro-nutrients (0 zinc and 0 boron, 2 Zn and 2 B and 4 Zn and 4 B kg ha-1) with plant shading (shading and non-shading) in tomato cropping systems. The results showed that application of 150 kg NPK ha-1 with shading produced 43.11 g fruit weight per plant and the lowest fruit weight (5.66 gr fruit weight per plant) obtained in 75 kg NPK ha-1. The combination of micronutrients and macronutrients with shading had significant effects on plant height. Among studied treatments just micronutrients significantly affected brix index. Highest plant height obtained at 150kg/ha NPK and also 4kg/ha Zn and B resulted to highest plant height. The results obtained from this experiment strongly support this idea of improving the growth and yield of tomatoes by provision of balanced amount of nutrients.