The experiment was carried out with the objective to evaluate the production of fruits of different hybrids of tomato plants in function of plants "vibration". Five hybrids (AF-8651, Débora Pto, Jennifer, Miramar and Platinum) and two treatments of "vibration" (1 - with plant "vibration"; 2 - without plant "vibration"). Randomized blocks design was used with four replication and each plot was constituted by five plants, with three useful plants per plot. The vibratory stimulation of the plants was carried through individual and manually from the beginning of the bloomming. For this, plants were "vibrated", individually, shaking wire where support was fixed (bamboo) with hand for 5 seconds, twice a day. Numbers of seeds, mass of seeds, number of commercial fruits, mass of commercial fruits, average mass of commercial fruits, fruit setting and percentage of commercial fruits had been evaluated. The "vibration" of the tomato plants favored the release of pollen grains, and, therefore bigger fruits setting and greater number of seeds for fruit that had provided to greater production of fruits, with bigger percentage of commercial fruits in the different hybrids.
Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.; protected cultivation; pollination; vibration
