The Tomato Crop

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Biosystematics of the tomato

   • I. B. Taylor

   Pages 1-34

3. Genetics and breeding

   • M. Allen Stevens, C. M. Rick

   Pages 35-109

4. Germination and vegetative development

   • A. J. F. Picken, K. Stewart, D. Klapwijk

   Pages 111-166

5. Flowering

   • J. G. Atherton, G. P. Harris

   Pages 167-200

6. Fruit development

   • L. C. Ho, J. D. Hewitt

   Pages 201-239

7. Fruit ripening and quality

   • D. Gierson, A. A. Kader

   Pages 241-280

8. Mineral nutrition

   • P. Adams

   Pages 281-334

9. Water economy

   • J. Rudich, U. Luchinsky

   Pages 335-367

10. Disorders

    • P. Grimbly

    Pages 369-389

11. Pests

    • M. J. Berlinger

    Pages 391-441

12. Diseases

    • J. C. Watterson

    Pages 443-484

13. Weed control

    • A. H. Lange, B. B. Fischer, F. M. Ashton

    Pages 485-510

14. Field crop management

    • C. Geisenberg, K. Stewart

    Pages 511-557

15. The future of the field crop

    • M. Allen Stevens

    Pages 559-579

16. Glasshouse crop production

    • J. van de Vooren, G. W. H. Welles, G. Hayman

    Pages 581-623

17. An economic consideration of the future for glasshouse tomatoes

    • J. A. H. Nicholson

    Pages 625-645

18. Back Matter

    Pages 647-661

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The tomato is commercially important throughout the world both for the fresh fruit market and the processed food industries. It is grown in a wide range of climates in the field, under protection in plastic greenhouses and in heated glasshouses. Genetic, physiological and pathological investigations frequently adopt the tomato plant as a convenient subject. Hitherto, much of the information on tomatoes has been fragmented: tomatoes grown in the field and under protection have been considered separately and the more fundamental findings from research have often failed to reach those involved directly or indirectly in commercial crop production. Similarly, the research scientist is often unaware of the problems of commercial crop production and the possible relevance of his work to the crop. This book is an attempt to rectify that situation. By giving a thorough scientific review of all factors influencing tomato production systems, it is hoped that this book will prove useful to students, researchers and commercial producers alike. It gives the basis for the develop­ ment of improved cultivars, the formulation of strategies for managing pest, disease and disorder problems and the production of high yields of good quality fruit as well as suggesting important areas for scientific initiatives. The extensive bibliographies provide a comprehensive database for tomato researchers. Such a vast subject could not be covered with authority by anyone author.

• biochemistry
• genetics
• logging
• metabolism
• pest management
• physiology
• quality

`For the research worker...the book should prove invaluable.'
Grower

• Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, UK

  Jeff G. Atherton

• The Levi Eshkol School of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

  Jehoshua Rudich

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