Tomato

Common name: Tomato

Scientific name: Lycopersicon esculentum

Family: Solanaceae

Varieties: PKM 1,CO.1 ,CO.2 ,CO.3 , (Marutham) and Paiyur 1

Soil: Well drained loamy soils rich in organic matter with a pH range of 6.5-7.5.

Season of sowing: May - June and November – December.

Seed rate: Varieties : 300-350 g / ha
Hybrids : 100-150 g / ha

Pests: Fruit borer, serpentine leaf miner, white fly, nematode.

Diseases: Damping off, leaf spot, leaf curl, tomato spotted wilt virus.

Yield: Varieties : 30 - 40 t / ha