Evaluation of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Hybrids for Morphological and Qualitative Traits under Protected Environment

Ten hybrids of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) were obtained from public and private sectors were evaluated to performance of genotype on various characters like Days to flowering, Days to fruiting, Number of cluster per plant and Number of flower per cluster, Number of fruit per cluster, Total number of fruit per plant and Plant height (cm), Fruit length, diameter of fruit, Number of locule per fruit, Pericarp thickness of fruit, Total soluble solids (brix), Standard fruit weight (g), Yield per plant (kg), For qualitative traits fruit shape, Immature fruit color and Mature fruit color, Foliage coverage, Stem pigmentation, pulpiness and plant habits and fruit firmness inside the polyhouse at Department of Agriculture Guru Nanak College, Budhlada during kharif 2020-21. The experiment was layout in RBD with three replications. Analysis of variance revealed significant difference among the genotype for all the characters under study, which is representing the survival of sufficient heritable variation among the genotypes. Days to flowering and days to fruiting were early in the Himshikher and NS 4266 hybrids. Highest fruit length and diameter was exhibit by Abhinav and Himshikher respectively. The highest yield per plant was exhibited by Himshikher, Polyana and Lakshmi in under protected environment.