International Journal of Agricultural Research1816-48972152-2553Academic Journals Inc.10.3923/ijar.2014.259.264ChernetShushay ZibeloHaile 5201495The objective of the study was to evaluate nationally released tomato varieties for fruit yield and yield components in western Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Nine tomato varieties collected from Melkassa Agricultural Research Center were evaluated in randomized complete block design in three replications. The study was conducted in Humera Agricultural Research Center experimental site during 2012 under irrigation condition. Tukeys test and Pearson correlation were used to compare treatment means and estimate association of characters. All the traits except number of flowers per plant and number of fruit per plant showed highly significant (p<0.001) difference among the varieties. Melkasalsa scored the highest number of fruits per plant (100), highest fruit yield per plant (2.491 kg) and marketable fruit yield (56.07 t ha-1) while, the minimum (17.89 t ha-1) marketable fruit yield was recorded from Bishola variety. Correlation studies showed that fruit yield per hectare had a very highly significant positive correlation with fruit yield per plant (r = 0.903), number of fruits per plant (r = 0.807), number of fruit clusters per plant (r = 0.850) and shape index (r = 0.501) indicated selection based on trait improve fruit yield per hectare. While, it showed significant negative correlation with fruit equatorial diameter (r = -0.478).]]>Abdelmageed, A.H.A. and N. Gruda,2009110145154Akindele, J.A., D.J. Ogunniyan and E.O. Ajayi,2011Lycopersicum esculentum) hybrids.]]>41722Emami, A., M. Homauni-Far, R. Razavi and A.R. Eivazi,2013Solanum lycopersicum L.).]]>11926EARO,20022002FAOSTAT,20122012Hussain, S.I., K.M. Khokhar, T. Mahmood, M.H. Laghari and M.M. Mahmud,2001412151216Dufera, J.T.,2013Lycopersicon esculantumm Mill.) genotypes in Mizan, Southwestern Ethiopia.]]>2714501454Desalegne, L.,20022002Regassa, M.D., A. Mohammed and K. Bantte,2012Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) genotypes for yield and yield components.]]>64549Saleem, M.Y., M. Asghar and Q. Iqbal,2013Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.).]]>45215218SAS,2008Chernet, S., D. Belew and F. Abay,2013Solanum lcopersicon L.) genotypes in Northern Ethiopia.]]>86776