Inter-cultivar pollination success rate of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

Pollination in tomato plants is crucial for successful fruit development; yet, no research has been undertaken to examine the efficacy of different flower pollination methods in this species. This study aimed to ascertain the pollination success rate of tomato plant cultivars, namely the servo cultivar in comparison to local cultivars. This research constitutes a completely randomized design (CRD) with six treatments, each replicated three times. The findings indicated that the mode of pollination influences the development of tomato plant fruit. Every kind of pollination exhibits a distinct success rate. In the Servo variety of tomato plants, the success rate of pollination was 100% across all methods, except for cross-pollination with a different plant, which had a success rate of 33.33%. In the local tomato plant variety, the success rate after pollination was 100% across all pollination treatments; however, with a different cultivar, the success rate was 66.67%.