study on yield and quality of 15 tomato lines and cultivars in bushehr province

tomato is the most important agricultural crops in bushehr province. this experiment was conducted on a randomized complete block design (r.c.b.d.) with 15 treatments cultivars and 4 replications in the borazjan research station during two consecutive cropping seasons (1995-97) to find tomato cultivars with high yield and quality and suitable for the region. cultivars had been selected among 60 cultivars and lines from the previous years preliminary yield trails carried out in 1993-94. cultivars were planted in the furrows with spacing 110 x 50 cm. highest yields (table 1 in farsi text) were obtained from sp.99 (40.15 tha-1), l-519 (calj hyb 579, 36.42 tha-1) and l-81 (koral, 35.97 tha-1) so they are recommonded for bushehr province