Abstract

HERRERA, HERMAN DE JESÚS; HURTADO-SALAZAR, ALEJANDRO  and  CEBALLOS-AGUIRRE, NELSON. Economic study of the elite cherry tomato type (Solanum lycopersicumL. var. cerasiforme) under semicontrolled conditions. rev.colomb.cienc.hortic. [online]. 2015, vol.9, n.2, pp.290-300. ISSN 2011-2173.  https://doi.org/10.17584/rcch.2015v9i2.4185.

The cherry tomato, being a crop of fast economic return, has aroused the interest of producers, but there is little information on the costs of production and profitability in the domestic market, which prevents crop expansion. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate 10 economically elite introductions of cherry tomato under controlled conditions in the Colombian Andes. The study was conducted on the Tesorito Farm owned by Caldas University located in the city of Manizales (Colombia). The experimental design used completely randomized blocks with 10 treatments (elite introductions) and a commercial control (Sweet million), with four repetitions. The physiological variables were: yield (g/plant), weight of lost fruits, net yield, yield in kg ha^-1, number of fruits per cluster, number of bunches per plant, and average fruit weight. The following economic variables were estimated: production costs, production unit margin, cost benefit ratio, and rate of return; in addition, a sensitivity analysis was performed. The results showed that the IAC 391, IAC 1621 and IAC 1688 introductions exceeded the financial perspective under the studied conditions, making these materials options for producers.

Keywords : profitability; productivity; cherry tomato.

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