Evaluation of some tomato cultivars in the greenhouse conditions

Abstract

The cultivation of tomatoes in protected areas in the town of Matca in Galați county is already a tradition and ensures, along with the cultivation of other vegetable species, the main income of the growers in the area. Testing the behavior of new tomato hybrids is an activity preceding their cultivation on a larger scale. For this purpose, in 2020, an experiment was carried out in the greenhouse, with five new tomato hybrids, where the following aspects were evaluated: the dynamics of plant height and the number of leaves per plant at 60, 90 and 120 days from planting, average fruit weight and number of fruits per plant, as well as average production per unit area, both by harvest stage and in total. The final results, expressed by the total fruit production per hectare were very good and without significant differences compared to the control (experience average), except for one hybrid, where the fruit production in the second stage of harvesting was very significantly lower compared compared to of the control variant.