Abu Saleh Mohammad Yousuf Ali¹, Md. Hamim Reza², Muhammad Ali³, Md. Delwar Hossain⁴, Syed Tarik Mahabub⁵, Md. Ariful  Hoque⁶ 

¹Scientific Officer (Horticulture), Regional Horticultural Research Station, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh
²Principal Scientific Officer (Horticulture), Agricultural Research Station, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Burirhat, Rangpur, Bangladesh
³Project Manager, Integrated Agricultural productivity Project (IAPP), Regional Project Implementation Unit (RPIU), Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Rangpur, Bangladesh
⁴Department of Biochemestry, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
⁵Department of Plant Pathology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
⁶Department of Agricultural Botany, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Thirteen local and exotic hybrid tomato varieties viz. BARI F₁ Tomato-4, BARI F₁ Tomato-5, BARI F₁ Tomato-6, BARI F₁ Tomato-7, BARI F₁ Tomato-8, Lali, Abhilash, Nayak, Moon, Delta, Mintoo super, Mintoo, and Sucsess were evaluated to see their performances during the winter season of 2012-2013. The design used was RCBD (Randomized Complete Block Design) having three replications. Unit plot size was 4.0mx1.0m maintaining the spacing 60cm x 50cm.The seeds were sown on 23 October 2012 and the seedlings were transplanted in the main field on 28 November 2012. Different parameters were studied in this study. All the characters showed significant differences among the varieties. The variety Nayak required maximum days for 50% flowering (77.00) while BARI F₁ tomato-4 and 8 required minimum days for 50% flowering (60.00). The highest plant height was found in Success variety (134.3cm) and the lowest was found in BARI F₁ Tomato-7 (103.3). The maximum number of fruits/cluster (5.83) was recorded from BARI F₁ tomato-8 while minimum were recorded from Mintoo Super (4.40). BARI F1 tomato-4 variety produced the maximum number and weight of fruits/plant (87.6 and 2.30 kg) whereas BARI F₁ tomato-6 and Delta produced minimum number and weight of fruits per plant (49.33 and 1.62 kg). The average fruit weight was maximum in BARI F₁ tomato-5 (52.73 g) and minimum in Abhilash (41.97 g). The maximum fruit length and diameter (5.14 cm and 5.41 cm) were obtained from BARI tomato-7 and 5 whereas minimum fruit length and diameter (3.77 cm and 4.22 cm) were obtained from BARI F₁ tomato-4 and Mintoo. The number of locule/fruit was found maximum in BARI F₁ tomato-5 (4.33) while minimum no. of locule/fruit was found in Delta (2.13). The variety Nayak showed maximum thickness of pericarp (0.52cm) and BARI F₁ tomato-8 showed minimum thickness of pericarp (0.34cm). The TSS percentage was found maximum (5.00) in BARI F₁ tomato-8 and Mintoo while minimum TSS percentage (4.00) was found in BARI F₁ tomato-8 and Mintoo Super. The shelf life of the fruits were maximum in Delta (18.00 days) and minimum in Abhilash (5.00 days). The variety Nayak required maximum days to 1^st harvest (154.0) and BARI F₁ tomato-4 and 8 required minimum days to 1^st harvest (138.0). Yellow leaf curl virus was found maximum in the variety Lali (10.41%) and minimum (2.08%) in BARI F₁ tomato-5 and Mintoo. No virus infected plants were found in the rest varieties. The yield ranged from 64.92 to 93.21 t/ha. The maximum yield (93.21t/ha) was obtained from BARI F₁ tomato-4 while minimum yield was obtained from Delta (64.92 t/ha). Considering the results it can be concluded that most of the local varieties showed better performance compared to the exotic varieties.

Key words: Tomato, local, exotic variety, performance, Bangladesh

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