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Research Details

Research Project:Evaluation of promising varieties of vegetables for the Ilocos
Research Title Evaluation of Different Tomato Lines in the Ilocos (Study 2)
Researcher(s) Marissa Atis, Jonathan Ramos, hazel Obien, Marylis Nalundasan, Aleta Dumaoal
Research Category Study
Research Status continuing
Duration Jun 11, 2014 to Dec 31, 2018
Commodity Vegetables
Research Site(s) Mariano Marcos State University, City of Batac, Ilocos Norte
Source of Fund(s)
Brief Description
This study is under the project "Development of Promising Varieties of Vegetables for the Ilocos".

It is being conducted at the MMSU Experimental Farm during the wet and dry season plantings from 2013-2015 to evaluate the performance of 7 tomato lines.

Major activities include:

  1. Land preparation, lay-outing, seedbed preparation, seed sowing and maintenance of seedlings; preparation of planting materials
  2. Field establishment, transplanting/planting, mulching, basal fertilizer application, irrigation
  3. Care and maintenance, trellising, spraying, irrigation, weeding, hilling-up, sidedressing of fertilizer
  4. Data gathering and harvesting
  5. Consolidation of data, statistical analysis and interpretation
  6. Technical report writing and presentation
Expected Output
  1. High yielding and recommended tomato lines suited for wet and dry season plantings under Ilocos condition.
  2. Recommended of the most promising entries to the NSIC either for regional and/or national commercial production.
Abstract Not Available