A study on the proximate composition of tomato (dwarf gem) variety as influenced by nutritional treatments was carried out at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. Randomized Complete Block Design was used for the study. Data was subjected to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Twenty buckets was filled with 30kg of sandy loamy soil. Goat pellets was used as the organic manure while for the inorganic fertilizer (NPK 15:15:15) was used to treat the soil. The result of the study revealed that for the Ash and Crude fiber contents, the highest mean values of 1.35±0.002 and 2.08±0.005 were obtained from the fruits of plants treated with organic and inorganic fertilizers in combination with Nacl and Bicarbonate. For the Moisture content, the highest mean value of 31.60±0.036 was gotten from the plants fed with organic fertilizer. The total Carbohydrate and Lipid, had their highest mean of 4.95±0.003 and 1.00±0.050 from the fruits of the plants treated with organic and inorganic fertilizers. The Control of all the treatments gave the least value except the Moisture content that had its least mean value in the plant treated with organic and inorganic fertilizer in combination with Nacl and Bicarbonate. In all the treatments, there were significant differences (P<0.05).

Keywords: Proximate, Composition, Tomato, (Solanum lycopersicum, Influenced, Nutritional and Treatments.

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