Articles - Tomato

Driving

Nutritional balance as an ally of the natural resistance of tomato plants

Nutritional balance is an important ally in tomato plants, as it favors the natural resistance of plants and allows them to better face possible stress situations.

30.08.2021 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Tomato

Use of tomato rootstocks as a measure to increase productivity and combat diseases

By Marcelo Tavares, marketing manager for the Seminis brand, Bayer's produce arm in Brazil

30.09.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Driving

Biological control against tomato seedling tipping

Method using Trichoderma, associated with other management measures, is one of the alternatives to combat the problem

17.06.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

White fly

How to deal with new species of whitefly on tomatoes

​Studies indicate the identification of the New World 1 and New World 2 species of the pest in Brazil, causing numerous damages to the crop

12.06.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Machines

Mechanized tomato harvesting

The tomato crop is one of the most sensitive in the harvesting process, requiring care from operators and well-performed calibrations

08.06.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Tomato

Management of late blight in tomato

Rational and integrated measures are necessary to prevent the incidence or minimize losses in affected areas

21.05.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

How to control black spot on tomato plants

Management requires integration of measures that include the use of fungicides applied preventively or as soon as the first symptoms appear

14.05.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Tomato

Control by bacteria of nematodes that attack tomato crops

Nematodes are responsible for serious damage to tomato plants and in situations of high infestation they can make cultivation and production unfeasible. That's why the search for

16.05.2018 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Vegetables and Fruits

Dreaded villain: tomato late blight

Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is a highly aggressive disease in tomato crops, capable of decimating entire crops in a short space of time.

17.01.2018 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Nematodes

Control by bacteria: strategy for managing nematodes in tomato plants

Nematodes are responsible for serious damage to tomato plants and in situations of high infestation they can make cultivation and production unfeasible.

17.01.2018 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Trichoderma spp.

Serious disease in seedling production, damping off causes losses in tomato plants

Diseases in seedling production are responsible for serious losses in tomato cultivation, such as tipping over

18.10.2017 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Machines

Ideal settings for mechanized tomato harvesting

Mechanized tomato harvesting is an increasingly present reality, but significant fruit losses can be avoided with different configurations of the harvester's threshing system.

05.12.2016 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

late blight

Efficient management of late blight in tomato crops

Aggressive and with a great destructive impact, late blight is one of the main diseases that affect tomato crops.

29.11.2016 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Vegetables and Fruits

Preventative application for black spot control

Early blight, caused by Alteranaria solani, is one of the most important diseases in tomato crops. Managing it requires the integration of measures that include the use of fungicides applied preventively or as soon as it appears.

17.10.2016 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Pests

Management of Helicoverpa armigera in tomato

The serious damage caused by Helicoverpa armigera to tomato crops and the strong evidence of damage caused by the pest for years in Brazil raises the alarm for the need for urgent and judicious measures to reduce

27.09.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Vegetables and Fruits

Early blight management in tomato cultivation

Early blight is one of the most economically important fungal diseases in tomato cultivation.

15.09.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

late blight

Late blight: one of the main diseases of tomato crops

Aggressive and with a great destructive impact, late blight is one of the main diseases that affect tomato crops.

12.09.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Tomato

High fall

Diseases in seedling production are responsible for serious losses in tomato cultivation, such as tipping over

08.09.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Invasive Plants

Integrated weed management in industrial tomato cultivation

Industrial tomato plants have slower initial growth than most weeds, which favors infestation in the early stages of crop development.

28.07.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Septoriosis

Septoriosis in tomato: significant disease

With the potential to lead plants to death and result in losses of up to 100% of production, in certain regions or growing seasons, septoria has grown in areas of staked, industrial tomatoes

23.06.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Vegetables and Fruits

Compatibility of chemical and biological control in pests that attack tomato

Making the use of chemical and biological controls against tomato pests compatible is a challenge that is of great importance

07.06.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Tomato

Tiguera plant management

Important sources of initial inoculum for phytopathogens that can be transmitted through seeds and those transmitted through insect vectors, such as viruses, tigueras are an additional problem to be faced by

30.05.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Tomato

How to manage begomovirus or geminivirus in tomato crops

Begomovirus or geminivirus, transmitted by Bemisia tabaci, is one of the worst nightmares faced by tomato producers

27.05.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Tomato

Balanced fertilization generates more beautiful and longer-lasting tomatoes

Tomato is one of the main fruits consumed in Brazil, present in salads and classic pasta sauces, and is also widely used in restrictive diets, as each fruit has an average of 25 calories.

13.06.2017 | 20:59 (UTC -3)