Vol. 7, Issue 4 (2019)
Impact of flooding on growth of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
Author(s): S Pavithra and KB Sujatha
Abstract: Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.,) is one of the most popular vegetables and an essential source of antioxidants including, lycopene, phenolics, and vitamin C in the human diet which is widely grown in temperate and tropical regions of the world. Usually, plants are vulnerable to various abiotic stresses, and one of the significant abiotic stresses is flooding to which tomato is considered to be most sensitive. Exposure of tomato plants to flooding would cause reduced plant growth. Hence, a study on the impact of flooding on the growth of tomato was conducted. The observation on plant height, the number of leaves, leaf area, relative growth rate were significantly reduced under flooding compared to control, but the genotypes like LE 523, LE 828, and LE 102 has recorded nearest lower value compared to their control. Among all the genotypes LE 523 has recorded higher plant height (43.20cm), the number of leaves (46), leaf area (184.27 cm2) and relative growth rate (7.29mg g-1day-1) followed by LE 828. On the other hand, the genotypes, PKM 1 and CO 3 had decreased plant height, the number of leaves, leaf area, and relative growth rate, revealing that it is susceptible to flooding stress.
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S Pavithra, KB Sujatha. Impact of flooding on growth of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(4):2679-2682.
