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<strong>Scientific</strong> <strong>Papers</strong>. <strong>Series</strong> B, <strong>Horticulture</strong>. Vol. LVII, 2013Print ISSN 2285-5653, CD-ROM ISSN 2285-5661, Online ISSN 2286-1580, ISSN-L 2285-5653AbstractRESEARCH REGARDING THE INFLUENCE OF THE HYBRIDAND THE NUMBER OF STEMSON THE FIELD PRODUCTION OF TOMATO PLANTSGheorghia HOZAUniversity of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest,59 Marasti Bld., District 1, 011464, Bucharest, RomaniaCorresponding author email: hozagh@yahoo.comThe tomato crop started near Bucharest city, in a favourable area for vegetable growing, using 3 tomato crossbreeds,pruned with one and two stems in order to study their behaviour from the vegetative and fruit forming point of view.The biological material used for this particular experiment was 3 indeterminate, disease-resistant tomato hybrids, withfruits of roughly 150g, round and regular. The plants were pruned with two stems, the first one being the main and thesecond being formed from the first shoot located at the base of the plant. The crop was propped on trellis, with 5clusters and mulched with agro textile material; the planting scheme was 100cm/40cm for variants pruned with twostems and 80cm/40 for variants pruned with one stem. The results showed that all studied hybrids had a satisfactoryvegetative growth, proved by the height of the plants and their leaves, for both the main and the second stem. In whatregards the formation of fruits, the plants with two stems provided a larger quantity. Thus, the number of fruits perplant was almost double for variants with two stems, the average fruit weight registered similar values for bothtreatments, but a considerably higher fruits yield was noted for Veneia F1and Rhuen F1 hybrids.Key words: tomato, hybrids, two stems, yield.INTRODUCTIONTomato cropping is possible in various systemsdue to the satisfactory results obtained whentechnological optimization is used. Tomatopruning with multiple stems is one of theseimprovements, which leads to cost reductionfor the planting material, hence 20% less plantsper hectare in comparison with one stem crops(Hoza, 2011). This pruning system is widelyused in a protected environment, in extendedcycle as far as our country is concerned, but itcan also be practiced in farm field. Usually,tomato plants are pruned with one stem,however they can also be pruned with 2-3stems for commercial crops and 4 stems fordecorative purposes, in which case plants arepropped variously. Research regarding thetomato plants cropped at varied densities,namely 60cm/40cm and 60cm/50cmrespectively, pruned with 1,2 or 3 stems provedthat a higher distance between plants on therow combined with 2 stems pruning, conductedto the highest total and marketable yield (Ara etall., 2007). Other experiments show that plantspruned with 2 stems and 6 fruits per cluster or 2stems and no fruit pruning gave a significantly65higher marketable and total yield; the 3plants/m 2 density issued in a considerablyhigher marketable crop in comparison with the2,5 or 2 plants/m 2 density and the results provedthat the tomato yield and the fruit qualitycan be influenced by the number of stems andthe plant density, while fruit pruning provedlittle effect on the aforementioned features(Maboko et al., 2011). Moreover, pruningtomato plants with 2 stems proves to have asignificant positive influence on the cropquality and plant health (Kanyomeka andShivute, 2005).MATERIALS AND METHODSThe research was conducted near Bucharestcity, in very favourable climatic conditions fortomato crops. The experiment was outlined intwo straps, with two exponents (Table 1):-Exponent A, represented by hybrids, with 3graduations-Exponent B, represented by the number ofstems, with 2 graduationsThe planting was made in simple rows at80cm/40cm for variants pruned with one stemand a leading density of 3.1 pl/m 2 and

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