Tomato High-Yield Cultivation Method (Second Revised Edition)

Author: Xu Hejin
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: This book is compiled by experts from the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The second revised edition adds tomato growth stages, soilless cultivation technology for inorganic ecosystems, and long-season cultivation technology for facility-grown tomatoes; replaces excellent varieties for fresh consumption and canning with new ones, including cherry tomato varieties; updates the use of pesticides for various diseases and insect pests, and adds new emerging diseases, insect pests, and their control technologies. The content includes: the botanical characteristics, growth and development process, and environmental requirements of tomatoes; excellent tomato varieties; open-field cultivation technology for tomatoes; protected cultivation technology for tomatoes; low-toxicity control of tomato diseases and insect pests; breeding of excellent tomato varieties and hybrid seed production technology; and seed supply units for excellent tomato varieties. This book is suitable for and grassroots agricultural extension personnel to learn, and can also be used as a reference for teachers and students in agricultural colleges and universities.