Abstract:
The study investigates the performance of staked and non-staked on Shasta tomato at different plant spacing. The experimental design used for the study was 2 x 3 factorial arranged in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. The treatment was up of three spacing; 50cm x 40 cm ,60 cm x 40 cm and 70 cm x 40 cm and two factors, staked and non-staked. There were six experimental plots with varying plot length of which each block contained six plots. The result shows that there was a significant (P ≤ 0.05) difference between staking and No staking in yield per hectare. Staking produced significantly higher (1996kg/ha) yield per plant than No staking treatment with the least recorded (1801.0 kg/ha) in yield per plant.There was also significant (P ≤ 0.05) difference betweenplant spacing of 50 cm x 40 cm, 60 cm x 40 cm and 70 cm x 40 cm in yield per hectare. Spacing 50 cm x 40 cm produced the highest yield per hectare while 70 cm x 40 cm produced the least mean of (1318.0kg/ha). The study further recommends that farmer should plant tomato No staking x 50 cm × 40 cm for potential yield 3352 kg/ha.
Description:
A dissertation submitted in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Education,
Faculty of Agriculture Education to the school of Graduate Studies impartial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Master of Agriculture Education in the University of Education, Winneba
MARCH, 2022
