Evaluation of indeterminate tomato hybrids (Solanum lycopersicum. L) for fruit quality and biochemical traits under polyhouse condition

Protected cultivation offers higher production and productivity per unit area and better-quality products for year-round production gaining importance among the growers. The present investigation on evaluation of five promising indeterminate tomato hybrids and their parents with check hybrids namely Naveen and Savannah under polyhouse condition was undertaken during 2018 – 2019 at Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, TNAU, Coimbatore. The results reported that the hybrids Punjab Sartaj X EC163605 and Punjab Sartaj X IIVR BT-10 were recorded the highest values for fruit quality and biochemical traits viz., pericarp thickness (5.69 and 5.76 mm), fruit firmness (3.00 and 3.04 kgf/cm2), shelf life (45 and 40.8 days), ascorbic acid (14.75 and 13.90 mg/100g), titrable acidity (0.46 and 0.38 %), lycopene content (0.32 and 0.36 mg/100g) and β carotene content (0.44 and 0.46 mg/100g) compared to the check hybrids. This can be recommended for cultivation under polyhouse condition for fruit yield and quality.