Tomatoes /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005.
• Series: Crop production science in horticulture ; 13.
• Subjects: Tomatoes.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Production.; Weeds and Noxious Plants.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Biological Control.; Environmental Pest Management.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Fertilizers and other Amendments.; Soil Water Management (Irrigation and Drainage), (Revised June 2002); Crop Produce.; Food Processing (General); Food Storage and Preservation.; Food Composition and Quality.; Acari.; Fungi.; Insects.; Mites.; Nematoda.; Solanum lycopersicum.; Arthropod pests.; Biological control.; Chemical control.; Crop production.; Crop quality.; Crop yield.; Cultural control.; Fertilizers.; Fruits.; Fungal diseases.; Genetics.; Growth.; Handling.; Insect pests.; Irrigation.; Natural enemies.; Nematode control.; Pest control.; Plant breeding.; Plant development.; Plant disease control.; Plant diseases.; Plant parasitic nematodes.; Plant pathogenic bacteria.; Plant pathogenic fungi.; Plant pathogens.; Plant pests.; Plant protection.; Plant viruses.; Postharvest physiology.; Protected cultivation.; Ripening.; Storage.; Weed control.; Weeds.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 339 pages, 2 unnumbered page of plates) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This multiauthor book contains 10 chapters written by internationally renowned experts with extensive knowledge of their subjects. Following an introduction to the tomato crop and the industry, subsequent chapters cover genetics and breeding; developmental processes; crop growth and yield; fruit ripening and fruit quality; irrigation and fertilization; crop protection (control of weeds, nematodes, insect and mite pests, and diseases caused by fungi, bacteria and viruses) of field and greenhouse crops; production in the open field; greenhouse tomato production; and postharvest biology and handling. The book is intended for students and professionals working in horticulture.