dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT
Tomato (Lycoperscon esculentum M) is an important vegetable crop to rural farmers in
Uganda. Its productivity is highly limited by poor soil fertility. A field experiment was
conducted to evaluate the effect of foliar fertilizers on yield of tomato and to obtain a
candidate foliar fertilizer to be released to farmers. 7 foliar fertilizers (Plantone, Oshozyme,
Venishire, Sunguard, Moreking, Fruit king and Root king) were evaluated on an
experiment established using a randomized complete block design. (RCBD). The control
experiment involved use of no foliar fertilizer. Data was collected on fruit number and fruit
weight for three weeks after three months. Data was then analyzed using R software. The
results showed that there was a significant interaction (p>0.001) between yield of tomato
and use of foliar fertilizers. Sunguard, Venishire HC and fruit king foliar fertilizers
produced the highest number and weight of tomatoes and so, they should be made available
to local tomato growers since they were confirmed experimentally to have a significant
increase on yield of tomato unlike plantone, oshozyme, moreking and root king which
produced less number and weight of tomatoes as compared to the control. | en_US |