Effect of Transplanting Dates and Varieties on the Vegetative Growth, Yield, and Yield Components of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

The study was carried out in the Research field of Regional Agricultural Station (RARS), Hathazari, Chattogram, Bangladesh from November 2019 to April 2020 observe effect transplanting date and variety for tomato production. Eight open-pollinated varieties viz. BARI tomato-2, tomato-3, tomato-14, tomato-15, Marglobe, Roma VF, Riograndi, Khattabegun were considered as factor A two dates 18th December January B. laid factorial Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Different showed significant effects on vegetative growth yield tomato. In transplanting, highest number fruits per plant recorded Tomato-3 (46.87), followed by Tomato-14 (43.22), while lowest Marglobe (13.00). had maximum (14.17), tomato-3 (14.02) tomato-14 (13.97) January. obtained (38.55 ton ha-1), (38.16 found Riograndi (9.17 ha-1). tomato-15 (12.10 observed local (6.25 ha-1) Therefore, it is concluded that a combination noted best get optimum