Calcium, boron and vegetal regulators in the fruit fixing in tomato

Mayara Wesley da Silva, Cleber Junior Jadoski, Elizabeth Orika Ono, Rumy Goto

Abstract


Tomato crop presents expressive area of cultivation and economical importance for the agribusiness for the state of São Paulo. It was evaluated the influence of boron and calcium nutrients and plant growth regulators to increase fruit set in tomato, in view of the inadequate supply of nutrients, coupled with other external factors may promote the abortion of flowers and fruits. To evaluate the treatments, it was quantified the rate of fruit set in tomato ‘Saladinha Plus’, and it was ranked the fruit concerning marketing and mass (kg), indicating that due to good conditions in which the experiment was conducted, the treatment application, even in protected cultivation, did not provide greater fruit set, and no increase in the number of marketable fruits.


Keywords


abortion; flowers; commercial production; tomato



DOI: https://doi.org/10.5777/paet.v2i3.1506