ISHS Acta Horticulturae 301: IV International Symposium on Processing Tomatoes
CROP MANAGEMENT FOR PROCESSING TOMATOES IN THE YEAR 2000 |
| Author: | Y. Dumas |
| Abstract:
It is hazardous to try to envision the next ten years because changes do not occur at the same time in the various countries concerned by processing tomato: there are great differences between countries with non-mechanized production and yield increase as their main objective, and others with developed techniques and quality as a new concern. Ten years is both a long and short period. It roughly represents the time required to disseminate new technology. But technological progress (such as drip irrigation) continues to accelerate. Many changes may also appear with some fields, such as the new requirements of the processed product purchasers. Ten years may see, short for other concerns such as plant-breeding: creating and distributing a new cultivar may take a decade. So, what will the tomato crop management look like in the year 2000? In the following sections, not all the cop management techniques are examined in detail. After an evocation of changes in the general cropping context, important points of the crop management will be analysed in relation to the main tomato development phases. | |
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