Better Soil, Higher Yield and More Taste for Tomatoes
Tomatoes are the world’s most-grown vegetable for the food processing industry. Farmers in many countries use polyethylene (PE) mulch films to increase the tomato yield by controlling weeds, soil temperature and water usage.
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Tomato Grower has A New Buddy
July 2019: Tomato growers would prefer to see the tomatoes grow all day with their own eyes. However, that is quite time-consuming. The Plantalyzer - developed by the Greenhouse Horticulture Business Unit at Wageningen University & Research and HortiKey / Berg Hortimotive
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AgriTech Releases Galaxy Suite Grape Tomato Varieties
New York farmers have a new way to satisfy consumers’ hunger for something different. Phillip Griffiths, associate professor of plant breeding and genetics at Cornell AgriTech, has released a collection of organic grape tomato varieties that are pretty, profitable and pack a culinary punch.
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Signify Expands in Belgian Horticulture Market with New TOMCO Project
Eindhoven, Netherlands – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, today announced its second horticulture project with tomato grower Luc Coghe to install full LED lighting in a newly built 10 hectares greenhouse in Roeselare, Belgium.
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India’s First Triple Disease Resistant Tomato F1 Hybrid Arka Rakshak
Tomato is one of the important vegetable crops grown in India. Among the major contributing states Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar and Maharashtra, the average productivity is highest in Karnataka (35 t/ha) mostly
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Irrigation Guide Lines by Naan Dan Jain Irrigation for Table Tomato in Open Fields
From planting to establishment, apply light irrigation of 5-10 m3/day/ha For sandy soil, irrigate daily. For medium to heavy soil, irrigate every 2-3 days. After establishment, apply irrigation in wider intervals of 3-5 days, depending on the soil type.
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Trial at GreenQ Improvement Centre A Great Success
The latest LED trials with tomatoes at the GreenQ Improvement Centre have given rise to a yield of no less than 100 kg per m2. This was achieved with the help of intensive light from Philips GreenPower toplighting and interlighting.
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Enhancing Livelihood of Tribal Community of Dehradun through Technological Interventions in Tomato
Tomato is commercially important vegetable crop intensively grown in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and North Eastern States of India.
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Penn State Researchers win funding for new tomatoes varieties
Penn State research teams working on two promising discoveries a new, energy-efficient treatment to kill destructive insects in wood, and new tomato varieties bred for Pennsylvania conditions each have won $75,000 Research Applications for Innovation, or RAIN, grants to bring their discoveries to market.
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India Partners Ghana to Boost Tomato Production
India and Ghana are team up for a Pilot Research Project on Tomato Production, which would ensure that there is an abundance production and supply of the crop in the country.
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Bacterial Spot Bacterial Diseases on Tomato
The bacterial spot pathogen may produce lesions on all aboveground parts of the plant- leaves, stems, flowers and fruit.
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Tomato Farmers Memorandum for Cold Storage
Farmers hurled the tomato harvest to the ground, demanding access to cold storage facilities and compensation for losses.
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Tomato Crop Cultivation Guide: Instead of Throwing Tomato Produce, Process It: PAU
In view of crash in tomato prices, the food science and technology experts of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) have advised the farmers not to throw their produce on roads and instead, take an initiative of their processing for value addition.
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Two Approaches to Enhancing Tomato Flavour.
Enza Zaden’s tomato demonstration greenhouse in Gravenzande is open to visitors again. They hope to meet peoples there to show them wide range of tomato varieties and inform visitors about the latest developments. Like last year, Enza Zaden’s demonstration greenhouse comprises two separate sections, at two different locations. At Enza Zaden’s Triomaas location visitors will find all smaller types of tomatoes and varieties intended for specific taste segments.
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Tomato Demonstration Greenhouse Open to Visitors Again.
Enza Zaden’s tomato demonstration greenhouse in Gravenzande is open to visitors again. They hope to meet peoples there to show them wide range of tomato varieties and inform visitors about the latest developments. Like last year, Enza Zaden’s demonstration greenhouse comprises two separate sections, at two different locations. At Enza Zaden’s Triomaas location visitors will find all smaller types of tomatoes and varieties intended for specific taste segments.
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‘Rutgers 250’ Tomato Seeds Variety Released for Sale.
Introducing an improved version of the classic Rutgers tomato which is what most people think of as the Jersey tomato, the Rutgers
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) recently released the new “Rutgers 250” tomato seeds for sale.
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Improved Production Technology in Tomato Crop
Tomato is an important commercial vegetable crop for farmers. Due to outbreak of pest and diseases related to climate change,
labour shortage and bore wells going dry etc., Tomato farmers are facing various problems. In the last few years, in Kharif and late
Kharif season, late blight has emerged as a devastating disease for tomato farmers.
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Tomato Experts Impressed with LED Results
In the third Philips High Wire Event organized by Philips Horticulture LED lighting, a select group of 50 innovative tomato growers, owners and consultants from 9 countries participated to learn from each other. Participants visited four greenhouse growers in Finland who are using LED grow lights to improve the yields, quality and cost-efficiency of their tomato crops in this challenging northern climate.
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Tomato News: Priva Group Developing Deleafing Robot For Tomatoes.
Together with a large group of tomato growers Priva has developed a robot, which removes leaves from tomato plants completely independently and in an economically profitable manner. Labour is indeed a significant cost item for a grower.
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5th International Symposium on Tomato Diseases
Date: June 13-16, 2016.
Venue: San Jacinto 2, 29007 Malaga (Spain)
Held under the auspices of the International Society of Horticultural Science (ISHS) this symposium is a forum to discuss the latest advances in all areas of plant diseases affecting tomato crops. Every three years, it brings together about 150 to 200 international experts from different fields.
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Stoffels Plans to Promote Gusto Tomato throughout Europe
Tholen – The Gusto tomato stands out among the specialty varieties not only because of its larger size. Paul Stoffels said “It is a beef tomato with a high Brix value and a fresh, spicy flavour that you do not expect in a tomato of this size.”
Stoffels has big plans for Gusto. Their objective is to create a European brand out of Gusto. Also meanwhile, they have retailers in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia who are enthusiastic about the product.
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In tomato production, India to assist Ghana.
Now expertise from India will help boost the ailing tomato-growing sector in Ghana. The Ghanaian government has allotted three plots of five acres each in three different regions to the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC).
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