Effect of different concentrations of test pesticides on fruit attributes of S. lycopersicum (L.) plantsa.
Pesticides | Concentrations used (μg mL−1) | Flowers number/plant | Number of fruits/branch | Number of fruits/plant | Fruit size (cm) | Fruit fresh mass (g) | Fruit dry biomass (g) | Fruit ripening (unit per plant) | Moisture content (%) | Mean |
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Control | 0 | 20.0a | 3.0a | 7.0a | 3.74a | 19.4a | 2.10a | 1.10a | 94.2a | 18.7a |
Diazinon | 25 | 18.0b | 2.0b | 6.0b | 3.10a | 18.0a | 1.80b | 1.00a | 94.0a | 17.9a |
50 | 16.0c | 2.0b | 6.0b | 2.65b | 16.3b | 1.40c | 0.66b | 92.2b | 17.1a | |
75 | 14.0d | 1.5b | 5.0c | 2.20b | 15.3c | 1.34d | 0.66b | 92.0b | 16.5b | |
100 | 12.0d | 1.4b | 4.0d | 1.89c | 14.0c | 1.10e | 0.44c | 92.0b | 15.8b | |
150 | 10.0e | 1.0d | 3.0e | 1.78c | 12.0e | 0.87f | 0.33d | 92.0b | 15.1c | |
200 | 7.00f | 1.0d | 2.0f | 1.20d | 9.2 | 0.52g | 0.22e | 00 | 2.6e | |
Mean | 12.8 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 2.10 | 14.1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 77.0 | 14.1 | |
Imidacloprid | 25 | 19.0b | 3.0a | 6.0b | 3.45a | 18.4a | 2.20a | 1.00a | 94.2b | 18.4a |
50 | 18.0b | 3.0a | 5.0c | 3.12a | 17.0b | 2.00a | 0.66b | 94.2b | 17.8a | |
75 | 16.0c | 3.0a | 5.0c | 2.54b | 15.4c | 1.97b | 0.66b | 93.7b | 17.2a | |
100 | 15.0c | 2.0b | 5.0c | 2.10c | 13.5d | 1.56c | 0.55b | 93.7b | 16.6b | |
150 | 13.0d | 2.0b | 4.0d | 2.00c | 11.0e | 1.32d | 0.44c | 92.2c | 15.7b | |
200 | 11.0e | 2.0v | 3.0e | 1.40d | 10.2f | 1.10e | 0.33d | 92.0c | 15.1c | |
Mean | 15.3 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 2.40 | 14.2 | 1.69 | 0.6 | 93.3 | 16.8 | |
Mancozeb | 25 | 18.0b | 2.5a | 5.0c | 2.40b | 17.4b | 2.00a | 1.0a | 92.0c | 17.5a |
50 | 16.0c | 2.0b | 4.5c | 2.10c | 15.7c | 1.77b | 0.66b | 92.0c | 16.8b | |
75 | 14.0d | 1.5b | 4.0d | 2.00c | 13.2d | 1.54c | 0.55b | 91.7d | 16.0c | |
100 | 11.0e | 1.2c | 3.5d | 1.40d | 11.4e | 1.23d | 0.44c | 91.0d | 15.1c | |
150 | 7.00f | 1.0d | 2.5e | 1.20d | 9.30f | 0.78f | 0.33d | 91.0d | 14.1d | |
200 | 2.00g | 1.0d | 2.0f | 1.10e | 5.30g | 0.43h | 00 | 00 | 1.4f | |
Mean | 11.3 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 1.70 | 12.05 | 1.2 | 0.49 | 76.2 | 13.4 |
Values are mean of three independent replicates.