The Modern Agronomist's Guide to Tomato Production

Tomato production is both an art and a science. This comprehensive guide provides agronomists, farmers, and horticulture students with the latest research and practical tools to maximize yield, quality, and sustainability.

Learn how to select the right varieties (determinate vs. indeterminate), manage soil health with precision fertility, schedule irrigation using evapotranspiration and soil moisture sensors, and implement IPM for all major pests and diseases - including late blight, Fusarium wilt, TYLCV, and the emerging tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV).

The book covers:

• • Production systems: field, high tunnel, greenhouse, hydroponic, and organic.
  • Grafting and transplant production - rootstock selection, healing chamber protocols.
  • Pruning, training, and canopy management - source-sink relationships.
  • Post-harvest physiology - ethylene ripening, cold chain, MAP, and food safety (FSMA).
  • Economics - cost of production, break-even analysis, crop insurance, and marketing channels.
  • Future trends - CRISPR gene editing, AI scouting, harvesting robots, regenerative agriculture.

Includes appendices with fertigation schedules, pesticide charts (FRAC/IRAC), GDD calculators, and record-keeping templates. Ideal for commercial growers, extension agents, and students of vegetable science.