Cultivation/Production of Tomato

•  Tomato : Lycorpersicon esculentunn,

• Famous as :Wolf Apple

•  Family : Solanacae

• Origin : Peru

• Fruit type : Bery

• Main Nutrient :(rich in Vit.- A)

• Main Varieties:

1. Pusa ruby

2. Pusa Early Dwarf 

3. Sioux

4. Marglobe 

5. Supreme (Seln-120)

6. Pusa Gaurav

7. Arka Vikas Processing

8. Arka Saurab

9. Arka Ahuti

10. Arka Ashish

• Hybrids :

1. Arka vishal,

2. Arka vardan (Registant to nematode),

3. Vaishali (Indo-American Hybrids),

4. Rupail (Indo-American Hybrids)

5. Naveen (Indo-American Hybrids)

• Seed rate : Normal: 300-350 gm/ha, and (Hybrid: 70-90 gm/ ha)
• Spacing : 60×60 cm and 90 x 90 cm
•  Maturity : Colour development
•  Major pest : Fruit borer (Helicoverpa armijera)
• Major Disease : Tomato Spotted wilt virus (TSWV), Damping off, (Vector
  Thrips)
•  BER : Blosoom-End-Rot (due to Calcium deficiency.)
•  Cold set : eg. Pusa sheetal, Pusa Hybrid-2
• Hot set : eg: Pusa Hybrid-1