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Agriculture & Food 4th International Conference 20–24 June 2016 Elenite Holiday Village, Bulgaria, Elenite Holiay Village/Burgas, Bulgaria, 20 - 24 June 2016, pp.1
Five tomatillo (Physalis ixocarpa Brot. ex Hornem) cultivars available from commercial seed companies (Amarylla tomatillo, Yellow tomatillo, Cisneros tomatillo, Purple tomatillo and Purple de milpa) and two populations (Macula tomatillo and Macula de milpa) were grown in 2013 at the field of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Lapseki Vocational College. Field trials were performed by randomized block design with three replications. Eight seedlings were planting per plot. Measurements were made for four plants per plot.
Data were collected about of leaf area index, diameter of fruit and seed number per fruit for each genotype. Some morphological characteristics were also observed. There were statistically significant differences between tomatillo genotypes for all three traits. Leaf area index varied from 5.55 to 23.0 cm-2. Diameter of fruit varied from 1.80 to 4.23 cm. Seed number per fruit varied from 247.33 to 525.66. Seed number per fruit values of Cisneros tomatillo, Amarylla tomatillo and Macula tomatillo were higher than others. Yellow tomatillo and Cisneros tomatillo that have high leaf area index values shall achieve high yield in Çanakkale ecological conditions. Cisneros tomatillo performed better than other genotypes with regard to diameter of fruit. Plant height varied from 75 (Macula de milpa) to 182 (Amarylla tomatillo) cm. Plants were either erect or leaying in habit. Peduncles contained anthocyanin all genotypes.
Key words: Tomatillo, leaf area index, diameter of fruit, seed number