Agriculture Extension Balochistan - Tomato

Crop Detail Tomato originated in the premises of Western coastal plains of South America. Tomato is one of the paramount fruit vegetable grown around the globe and in terms of area it ranks next to potato whereas, as a processing crop it ranks first in the world. Tomato is classified as an annual plant cultivated in warm season with the average optimum growing temperature range of 25°C to 29°C. Generally, its two crops are cultivated during spring and autumn seasons in Pakistan. Tomato has gained enormous significance as fruit vegetable in the country and is being cultivated on an area of about 52.3 thousand hectares with a total annual production of around 529.6 thousand tones with average yield of 9.2 tons hectare^-1.
Major/Minor	Major
Temporary/Permanent	Temporary
Category	Agriculture Extension
Type	Vegetables
Climate	Tropical
Water Method	Irrigated
Duration	Annual
Economic Type	Food Crop
Growing Season	Kharif / Rainy / Monsoon Crops

Managements

Fertilizer

Land Preparation

Sowing Method

Sowing Time

Row - Row Distance

Plant - Plant Distance

Irrigation

Harvesting

When to harvest
When fruit gets fully mature with bright red color

Best time for harvesting
Early morning or evening

Cure after harvesting
Immediately move the fruit to a shady place

Post harvest treatment
washing of fruit with chlorinated water (100-150 ml per litre of water) soon after harvesting

Grading
on the basis of size of fruit

Waxing
Fruit may be treated with harmless chemicals before packing to stop the respiratory mechanism

Packing
For transportation safe packing is necessary to avoid bruises or damage to the fruit. Normally one wooden crate contain 8-15 kg fruit

Pruning

Cutting

Spraying

Climate

Storage

Marketing

Rouging

Inter Cropping

Seed Soaking

Pests, Weeds, Diseases & Disorders

Sucking Pests

Tuta absoluta leaf roller Armyworms Termites fruit fly Grass hopper root-knot nematode Snail Caterpillar flea beetle Tomato Fruit Borer Aphid Cutworms Leaf Miner White Fly Thrips Mite

Fungal Diseases

Bacterial stem Gall Bacterial wilt Septoria leaf blight Blossom End Rot Anthracnose poor flowering Root Rot Late Blight Fusarium Wilt colar rot Damping Off Powdery Mildew Early Blight Fruit Rot

Nutrient

Tomato Fruit Dropping Flower dropping Drying of seedlings leaves. Hailstorm demage Roots are swollen and leaves are drying up Roots are swollen eating roots of tomato seedlin Growth not improving

Weeds

Pre-emergence herbicide Giant Milk Weed Neck weed (Marijuana) Convolvulus (Lehli) Bermuda Grass Signal Grass Canary Grass (Dumbi Sitti) Deep Root Grass (Drab) Sudge Grass (Dhela)

Bacterial Diseases

Bacterial Leaf Spot

Seed Varieties

Name	Seed Rate
RIO GRANDE	-
ROMA	-
MONEYMAKER	-
CHERRY TOMATO	-
BEEF TOMATO	-
SAHIL	-
SEED RATE	120-150 g seeds to prepare nursery for one acre.
FM-9	150 gm per acre for nursery raising
ANA SEMINIS HYBRID TOMATO	80-100 gm
1359	as per label
TOPSIN M.	As per label.
BENLATE	2-3 g/litre of water... Dip the roots of seedling