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Title: Staked tomato variety trial results
Series Title: Immokalee SWFREC Reseach Report
Physical Description: v. : ; 28 cm.
Language: English
Creator: University of Florida -- Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural Research Center (Immokalee, Fla.)
Agricultural Research & Education Center (Immokalee, Fla.)
Southwest Florida, Research and Education Center (Immokalee, Fla.)
Publisher: University of Florida, IFAS.
Place of Publication: Immokalee Florida
Creation Date: 1984
Frequency: semiannual
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Subjects / Keywords: Tomatoes -- Varieties -- Periodicals   ( lcsh )
Tomatoes -- Field experiments -- Periodicals -- Florida   ( lcsh )
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Issuing Body: Issued by the Agricultural Research Center in Imokalee, Fla., which changed its name to the Agricultural Research & Education Center and later to the Southwest Florida, Research and Education Center.
General Note: Description based on: Fall 1982; title from caption.
General Note: Latest issue consulted: Fall 1988.
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AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER
IFAS, University of Florida
Immokalee, Florida /

STAKED TOMATO VARIETY TRIAL RESULTS F 1984 '4/

Paul H. Everett and Karen A. Armbre ter1 /iV / j /

Immokalee AREC Research Report IMM85-2 Mr, 1985

A replicated trial was conducted at the Agricultural Researc ucati
Center, Immokalee, Florida, during the fall season (August-December)
evaluate the performance of twenty-two tomato cultivars and/or breeding 1 a
Table 1 is a list of entries and seed sources used in this trial.

EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE

All entries were seeded in ToddR planter trays #150 (1.5 inch cell size) on
August 9, 1984, and were transplanted to field plots on August 30, 1984. Field
plots were arranged in randomized complete blocks with four replications of each
entry. Each plot consisted of 10 plants spaced 15 inches apart in the row on
raised plant beds spaced 6 feet on centers. Plant beds were irrigated with an
open ditch seep system with lateral ditches spaced 41.5 feet apart. There were 5
plant beds between lateral ditches. All plots were fertilized with 7 lb of
5-8-8-1.2 + micronutrients/100 linear bed feet applied in a 30-inch wide band
on a pre-bed and bedded over to a depth of 3-4 inches, and a total of 14 lb of
19-0-30/100 linear bed feet applied on the surface of the finished bed in narrow
bands 10 inches to each side of the plant row. The plant beds were fumigated with
TorlexR at 21 ounces/100 linear bed.feet and then mulched with white plastic film.
?lants were staked but not pruned. Fungicides were applied on a 5-7 day schedule
and insecticides were applied as needed. General weather conditions during this
trial are shown in Table 2. Insects and diseases were not a serious problem in
this test. Tomatoes were harvested on November 19, November 29, and on December
11, 1984. At each harvest fruit were graded, counted and weighed. Per acre yields
in this report are based on 7,260 linear feet of plant bed.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Table 3 shows the marketable yields for each of the 22 entries. Marketable
yields for the first harvest ranged from a high of 1754 25-1b cartons/A for 'FTE 12'
which produced a significantly higher yield than 10 of the remaining entries, to a
low of 926 25-1b cartons/A for entry 'Piedmont'. Yields from all entries were
statistically equal at the second and third harvests. At the second harvest
PSX 72482 had the highest yield at 1212 25-1b cartons/A. The highest third harvest
yield came from 'Independence' at 912 25-1b cartons/A. Total marketable yields
ranged from a high of 3365 25-1b cartons/A for PSX 72482, which was significantly
higher in yield than only 3 of the remaining entries, to a low of 2074 25-1b
cartons/A for 'Summit'.

Average weight of fruit for the first harvest (Table 4) ranged from 9.1 oz for
XPH 5074, which was significantly heavier in size than 17 of the remaining 21


1Professor and Biologist, respectively, IFAS, University of Florida
Agricultural Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL 33934








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entries, to a low of 7.1 oz for 'Pirate'. Second heaviest was 'Duke' at 8.9 oz,
followed by XPH 5011 and 7133 at 8.5 oz.

For the second harvest entry XPH 5074 at 6.2 oz retained its rank as hea-:ic-
and was significantly heavier than 9 of the other entries. 'Atlantic City' at
6.1 oz ranked second in weight and 7130 at 6.0 oz ranked third along with XPH 5031.

'Piedmont' had the heaviest fruit size for the third harvest at 5.8 oz.,
'Atlantic City' ranked second at 5.7 oz and 'Summit' ranked third at 5.6 oz.

Overall, XPH 5074 had the heaviest fruit at 7.0 oz followed by 7130 (6.8 oz),
'Atlantic City'. (6.7 oz) and 'Piedmont' (6.7 oz). 'Pirate' had the lightest
fruit at 5.9 oz.

Percent cull fruit are shown in Table 4 with XPH 5074 having the lowest per-
centage (2.8%) and 7130 having the highest (8.8%). Categories of cull fruit, by
harvest, are shown in Table 5. Large and leaky blossom-end-scars (BES) were
responsible for the highest percentage of cull fruit in all three harvests.
Entries 7136 and 7130 had the highest percentages of BES in the first harvest.
This continued to be a problem in the second harvest where only 'Summit' had a
higher percentage of BES. Radial cracking, odd shape, zipper scars and cat facing
accounted for some culls but were not a serious problem. Other categories such
as decay and scarring accounted for a considerable number of culls by the third
harvest.


Table 1. List of Entries and Seed Sources


Cultivar or
breeding line


breeding line Seed Source


PSX 72482
*FTE 12
*Independence
*Pirate
XPH 5074
*Sunny
PSX 74180
7130
*Duke
7132
7129
*Horizon
*Atlantic City
XPH 5011
XPH 5031
7131
*Hayslip
7133
7136
7134
*Piedmont
*Summit


Petoseed
Petoseed
Abbott & Cobb
Sluis & Groot
Asgrow Seed Company
Asgrow Seed Company
Petoseed
Bradenton-GCREC
Petoseed
Bradenton-GCREC
Bradenton-GCREC
Bradenton-GCREC
Ferry MIrse
Asgrow Seed Company
Asgrow Seed Company
Bradenton-GCREC
Bradenton-GCREC
Bradenton-GCREC
Bradenton-GCREC
Bradenton-GCREC
N.C. State Univ.
N.C. State Univ.


*Cultivars commercially available


Seed Source






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Table 2. Weather Conditions for the Fall 1984 Season


Temperature F Rainfall
Month Avgg. Mx. Avg. Min. (inches)

September 88 71 11.24
October ;86 66 0.91
November 78 58 6.90
December (1-11) 77 53 0.02





Table 3. Marketable Yields for 22 Tomato Cultivars or Breeding Lines

Cultivar or .-Marketable Yieldl
breeding line 1st Har. 2nd Har. 3rd Har.. Total
S- --------25-1b cartons---------------

PSX 72482 1321 a-e2 1212 a 833 a 3365 a
FTE 12 1754 a 916 a 688 a 3356 a
Independence 1481 a-d 935 a 912 a 3326 a
Pirate 1377 a-e 1163 a 763 a 3302 a
XPH 5074 1572 ab 888 a 823 a 3284 a
Sunny 1372 a-e 1105 a 777 a 3254 ab
PSX 74180 1533 a-c 828 a 779 a 3140 ab
7130 1519 a-c 963 a 595 a 3077 ab
Duke 1221 b-e 1065 a 737 a 3026 ab
7132 1288 a-e 909 a 812 a 3009 ab
7129 1281 a-e 826 a 851 a 2958 ab
Horizon 1181 b-e 979 a 777 a 2940 ab
Atlantic City 1328 a-e 916 a 691 a 2935 ab
XPH 5011 1363 a-e 740 a 772 a 2874 ab
XPH 5031 1072 b-e 1133 a 653 a 2858 ab
7131 1119 b-e 881 a 802 a 2802 a-c
Hayslip 1077 b-e 974 a 670 a 2721 a-c
7133 986 de 970 a 723 a 2679 a-d
7136 1023 c-e 1030 a 621 a 2674 a-d
7134 1160 b-e 919 a 493 a 2572 b-d
Piedmont 926 e 605 a 674 a 2207 cd
Summit 963 de 584 a 528 a 2074 d

LSD 5% 428 567

1Yield per acre based on 7260 linear bed feet/acre
2Mean separation by Duncan's Multiple Range Test, 5% level











Table 4. Average Fruit Weight and Percent Cull Fruit for 22 Tomato Cultivars
or Breeding Lines.

Cultivar or Avg Fruit Wt by Harvest Avg Fruit Wt 7
breeding line 1st Har. 2nd Har. 3rd Har. Total all Harvest Culls
S--------------------- oz/fruit---------------------


PSX 72482
FTE 12
Independence
Pirate
XPH 55074
Sunny
PSX 74180
7130
Duke .
7132
7129
Horizon
Atlantic City
XPH 5011
XPH 5031
7131
Hayslip
7133
7136
7134
Piedmont
Summit

LSD 5%


7.6 e-h1
7.7 d-h
7.6 e-h
7.1 h
9.1 a
7.5 e-h
8.0 c-g
8.4 a-d
8.9 ab
7.4 f-h
7.6 d-h
7.2 gh
8,1 c-f
8.5 a-c-
8.0 c-g
8.0 c-g
7.7 d-h
8.5 a-c
8.0 c-f
8.2 b-e
8.3 b-e
8.0 c-f

0.7


IMean Separation by Duncan's Multiple Ringe Test, 5% level.


5.9
5.5
5.5
5.5
6.2
5.9
5.8
6.0
5.8
5.6
5.5
5.5
6.1
5.5
6.0
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.8
5.7
5.9
5.9


0.4


5.1
4.9
4.9
4.8
5.3
5.0
4.9
5.3
5.0
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.7
4.8
5.1
5.2
5.0
5.4
4.9
5.1
5.8
5.6


6.2
6.3
6.0
5.9
7.0
6.2
6.4
6.8
6.5
6.1
6.1
6.0
6.7
6.3
6.4
6.2
6.1
6.5
6.2
6.5
6.7
6.6

0.4


5.2
3.4
4.8
3.4
2.8
4.7
6.1
8.8
4.6
7.0
7.6
3.8
3.2
5.3
6.9
3.5
6.6
7.8
8.0
6.0
6.2
7.2

2.7


0.6









Table 5. Percent Cull Fruit in Seven Categories at Each Harvest

Cultivar or 1st Harvest 2nd Harvest 3rd Harvest
breeding line CRI BESS OS3 ZS' CFS Ob CR BES OS ZS CF 0 CR BES OS ZS CF 0
---------------------------% of total number of fruit/harvest------------------------- -

PSX 72482 0.2 4.9 0.2 0.2 -- -- --- 2.1 0.5 0.3 --- 0.9 --- 2.3 0.4 -- --- 2.1
FTE 12 0.2 1.7 0.5 0.5 --- --- --- 2.9 0.4 --- --- 0.4 --- 0.8 -- --- ---0.3
Independence 1.0 3.7 0.3 --- --- --- 0.4 1.9 --- 0.8 --- 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 --- --- 0.8
Pirate 0.2 3.5 0.7 --- 0.9 --- 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 --- 0.3 0.2 0.7 --- --- --- 0.5
XPH 5074 0.2 1.4 --- 0.8 0.2 --- 0.3 1.0 --- --- -- 0.5 0.2 --- -- 0.2 --- 1.6
Sunny 0.2 2.6 --- 0.9 0.2 -- --- 1.7 0.7 1.1 --- 0.4 --- 1.4 0.9 -- --- 1.4
PSX 74180 0.2 4.6 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.2 --- 2.0 0.5 0.7 --- 1.2 1.5 1.5 0.4 --- -- 1.7
7130 --- 9.4 0.2 0.9 0.2 -- --- 3.5 0.2 -- --- 0.4 0.6 2.5 0.3 -- --- 0.6
Duke --- 4.7 --- 0.2 --- --- 0.4 2.5 0.4 1.9 -- 0.2 --- .5
7132 --- 6.1 0.2 --- --- --- 0.2 3.4 1.1 --- --- 1.5 --- 2.9 --- --- --- 1.1
7129 --- 7.5 0.6 --- 0.6 --- --- 2.8 0.5 0.2 --- 0.5 --- 2.3 --- 0.4 --- 2.8
Horizon 0.4 1.1 --- 0.6 --- --- 0.6 0.8 0.2 1.8 -- --- 1.2 0.5 --- --- --- 1.4
Atlantic City --- 2.6 0.2 --- --- 0.2 --- 0.7 -- --- --- 0.5 0.6 0.6 --- --- --- 3.7
XPH 5011 0.9 4.3 0.2 --- -- 0.2 0.8 2.8 0.3 0.3 --- 0.5 1.8 1.3--- -- -- --
XPH 5031 4.3 2.3 --- 1.5 0.5 --- 0.9 1.3 0.4 0.4 --- 0.6 1.9 0.5 -- --- --- 0.5
7131 --- 2.7 0.2 0.5 --- -- --- 2.0 --- --- -- 0.5 0.5 0.5 --- --- -- 1.2
Hayslip --- 7.1 0.5 --- 1.7 --- --- 2.3 0.2 0.6 --- 0.2 --- 1.1 --- 0.3 --- 1.1
7133 0.3 9.2 0.8 --- --- --- 0.2 1.9 --- 0.4 --- 1.1 0.8 2.1 --- 1.3 --- 0.5
7136 --- 9.8 0.2 1.0 --- --- -v- 3.5 0.2 1.0 --- 0.4 0.8 2.5 --- --- --- 1.1
7134 --- 8.0 --- 0.2 --- --- --- 1.8 --- 1.1 --- --- --- 3.3 --- --- --- 0.7
Piedmont --- 2.2 --- 2.2 --- -- 0.6 1.9 --- 2.6 --- 2.6 0.3 1.8 --- 0.6 --- 1.5
Summit --- 3.4 --- 1.1 --- -- --- 4.8 1.4 0.7 --- 1.0 1.1 0.7 --- --- --- 4,4

1Cracks (radial and concentric)
2Blossom-end scars (large and leaky)
3Odd shape
4Zipper scars
5Cat face
6ther (decay, scars, etc.)









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