A field experiment was conducted in the semi-green house at the Horticulture Farm of Sher-e- Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh, during October 2019 to March 2020 to improve yield and quality of cherry tomato cultivation through stem pruning in hydroponic culture. The experiment consisted of three level of pruning viz. P0= No pruning; P1 = One time stem pruning and P2 = Two times stem pruning and four different cherry tomato varieties viz. V1= BARI Tomato-11; V2= BARI Tomato-20; V3= Red Star F1 and V4 = SAU Tomato-2. There were 12 treatment combinations and experiment were setup in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications. In case of pruning, the highest plant height and branches number per plant were obtained from P2 treatment at 60 DAT, which enhanced the tomato yield. Similarly, the highest plant height and maximum branches number per plant were obtained from V2 treatment at 60 DAT, which also enhanced the tomato yield. The study noted that the maximum chlorophyll content was observed from P2 and V2, respectively. Considering combined effect, the maximum plant height, branches number per plant, chlorophyll content and yield per plant (2.98 kg) were obtained from V2P2 treatment. Among the treatment combination, V2P2 (BARI Tomato-20 variety with two stem pruning) treatment seemed to be more promising for obtaining higher growth and yield of cherry tomato.
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