QUALIDADE VISUAL E PRODUÇÃO DE TOMATE PARA PROCESSAMENTO INDUSTRIAL PULVERIZADOS COM CITOCININA

Abstract

Cytokinin is a plant hormone that delays leaf senescence of plants favoring the longer period for fruit development and consequent increase in yield. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of quality and production of tomato fruits for industrial processing. The experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with

six sessions (0, 5, 10, 20, 40 and 80 g i.a ha-1) and four replications. At 60 days post- transplant (DAT), as tomato plants were sprayed with the Maxcel® product,

benzyladenine base. The classifications of green fruits were: by) classification in good, green, discolored, rotten and brocade; b) number of bunches; c) number of fruits; d) mass of the fresh matter of fruits; e) length and diameter of fruits. The highest amount of fruits was observed at the dose of 10 g i.a ha-1, while the highest percentage of brocaded fruits was observed for those treated with 5 g i.a ha-1 of cytokinin. A higher percentage was observed at the dose of 80 g i.a ha-1 and the discolored at doses of 20 and 40 g i.a ha-1. And the largest fruit size was reported for a dose of 5 g i.a ha-1. The

variables: rotten fruits, number of bunches and fruits, fresh mass and number of non- different fruits were used by the treatments used. Based on the results, and considering

the number of good fruits it is recommended to spray tomato plants with 10 g i.a ha-1 of the cytokinin-based product.