Tomatoes / edited by Ep Heuvelink, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands. - 2nd edition. - 1 online resource (x, 378 pages) : illustrations, charts. - Crop production science in horticulture series ; 27 . - Crop production science in horticulture ; 27. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The global tomato industry / J. Miguel Costa and Ep Heuvelink -- Genetics and breeding / Sjaak van Heusden and Pim Lindhout -- Developmental processes / Ep Heuvelink and Robert C.O. Okello -- Crop growth and yield / Ep Heuvelink, Tao Li and Martine Dorais -- Fruit quality / Nadia Bertin -- Irrigation and fertilization / Bielinski M. Santos and Emmanuel A. Torres-Quezada -- Crop protection: pest and disease management / Gary E. Vallad, Gerben Messelink and Hugh A. Smith -- Production in open field / Bielinski M. Santos and Teresa P. Salam�e-Donoso -- Greenhouse tomato production / Cheiri Kubota, Arie de Gelder and Mary Peet -- Postharvest biology and handling / Mikal E. Saltveit -- Organic tomato / Martine Dorais and Dietmar Schwarz.

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This book contains 11 chapters focusing on the global industry, genetics and breeding, plant development, growth and yield, fruit quality, irrigation and fertilizer application, pest and disease management, greenhouse production, postharvest management and organic farming of tomatoes.



9781780641942 9781786394125


Tomatoes.
Crop quality.
Crop yield.
Fertilizers.
Fruits.
Greenhouses.
Growth rate.
Irrigation.
Organic farming.
Pest control.
Pests.
Plant breeding.
Plant development.
Plant disease control.
Plant diseases.
Plant pests.
Postharvest systems.
Protected cultivation.
Tomatoes.

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