EJPAU 2011. Suszyna J. THE EFFECT OF RAINFALL DEFICIENCY ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE HIGH-GROWING TOMATO YIELD GROWN IN THE FIELD

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Volume 14
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Suszyna J. 2011. THE EFFECT OF RAINFALL DEFICIENCY ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE HIGH-GROWING TOMATO YIELD GROWN IN THE FIELD, EJPAU 14(1), #04.
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THE EFFECT OF RAINFALL DEFICIENCY ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE HIGH-GROWING TOMATO YIELD GROWN IN THE FIELD

Janusz Suszyna
State Higher Vocational School in Sandomierz, Poland

ABSTRACT

The experiment conducted in the upland part of the Sandomierz region studied the effect of the rainfall deficiency on total, commercial and non-commercial yields of the fruits of high-growing tomato cultivated in the field. Low rainfalls, below the perennial means, occurred in the years 2002–2006 and the obtained results were compared with the values from 2001, which year reflected the average conditions of many years. No effect of low rainfalls on total and commercial yields was observed. In the years deficient in rainfalls, a significantly higher non-commercial yield was obtained where fruits with wrinkled peel dominated. The highest total yield was obtained in the years which were characterized by the highest mean temperature of July.

Key words: tomato, rainfalls, critical conditions, fruit wrinkling.

Janusz Suszyna
State Higher Vocational School in Sandomierz, Poland
13 Schinzl Street, 27-600 Sandomierz, Poland
phone/fax: (+48) 15 644 60 06
email: janusz_suszyna@poczta.onet.pl

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