Evaluation of Some Quality Characters of Five Tomato Varieties Grown in Regosols of Batticaloa District

S., Sutharsan; V., Arulnandthy; T., Mahendran

dc.contributor.author	S., Sutharsan
dc.contributor.author	V., Arulnandthy
dc.contributor.author	T., Mahendran
dc.date.accessioned	2020-10-22T06:11:09Z
dc.date.available	2020-10-22T06:11:09Z
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk/handle/123456789/13601
dc.description.abstract	Five varieties of tomatoes were grown in sandy regosols to evaluate some of their quality characters viz. acidity and contents ol vitamin C and sugar at different stages of fruit development such as green green orange and ripening stages. The varieties KC 1, Roma and Caribou lnra showed progressive Increase in sugarconteniftom grcento green orange io ripening stage. However, the variety Marglob€ expressed a decreasing trend on the same. The increasing trend of acidity from green lo opening was observed in KC 1, Roma and Caribou Inra bui vice-versa in th€ varieties oiT i45 and Marqibo. The vitamin C content of variety Marglobe was found to be higher than that of ihe vanety T 146 ai all three stages of fruit	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Eastern University Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.subject	Acidity	en_US
dc.subject	Sugar Content	en_US
dc.subject	Vitamin C	en_US
dc.subject	Tomato Varieties	en_US
dc.title	Evaluation of Some Quality Characters of Five Tomato Varieties Grown in Regosols of Batticaloa District	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US