STUDY ON GROWTH AND YIELD CHARACTERISTICS OF SEVEN EXOTIC CHERRY TOMATO VARIETIES

The study was conducted at Horticulture farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, during October 2014 to February 2015, to evaluate the performance of cherry tomato varieties. Seven exotic cherry tomato varieties namely, V₁, JP-13; V₂, JP-26; V₃, JP-27; V₄, CSN-1; V₅, Sweden-2; V₆, Netherlands-13 and V₇, CYN were used in this experiment. Experiment was done in randomized completely blocked design (RCBD) with four replications. Results showed significant variation in all parameters with the cherry tomato varieties. Maximum yield (65.8 t/h) and highest percentage of brix (7.1%) were found with JP-13. Among the varieties, JP-13 was found best for commercial production among the cherry tomato varieties under this study.