Influence of pollination of tomato performance (solanumlycopersicum L.): a research study
International Journal of Development Research
Influence of pollination of tomato performance (solanumlycopersicum L.): a research study
Received 06th May, 2019; Received in revised form 09th June, 2019; Accepted 07th July, 2019; Published online 28th August, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Danilo Sergio Costa. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Tomato (Solanumlycopersicum L.) is among the most cultivated vegetables in the world, being produced in more than 160 countries. Pollination is a symbiotic process that occurs between pollinating and pollinated species and its importance are to ensure reproduction, fruit development and maintain genetic diversity and a wide variety of food. Fifteen random flowers were selected, which were covered with packages made of "TNT" (non-woven fabric). After the 40-day period, nine pollinated fruits and nine non-pollinated fruits were collected. The tomatoes were then taken to the laboratory for weight, length, and seed count. Pollination was extremely important for the productive performance of S. lycopersicum, since its absence significantly affected the size (6.97 vs 4.47), the weight (114.91 vs 39.93) and the number of tomato seeds (153,77 against 29,22) whose flowers were deprived of this process.
