Greenhouse tomatoes

Dorais M, Papadopoulos AP and Gosselin A. 2001a. Greenhouse tomato fruit quality. Hort Rev 26 239-319. 

Cabras, P, Cabitza, F., Meloni, M., andPirisi, F.M. Behavior ofsome pesticide residues on greenhouse tomatoes. 2. Fungicides, acaricides, and insecticides, J. Agric. Food Chem., 33(5) 935-937, 1985. 

Atiyeh, R. M., Arancon, N., Edwards, C. A., and Metzger, J. D. (2000). Influence of earthworm-processed pig manure on the growth and yield of greenhouse tomatoes. Bioresource Technol. 75(3), 175-180. 

At home, a few hours later, the front door opens and Raoul walks in, arms full of a large basket of freshly harvested kale, greenhouse tomatoes, lettuce, green garlic, and herbs. 

Ghaly, A.E., Alkoaik, F., and Snow, A. 2007. Degradation of pirimiphos-methyl during thermophilic composting of greenhouse tomato plant residues. Canadian Biosystems Engineering, 49 1-11. 

Gundersen, V., McCall, D., Bechmann, I.E. Comparison of major and trace element concentrations in Danish greenhouse tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculenmm Cv. Aromata FI) cultivated in different substrates. J. Agric. Food Chem. 49, 3808-3815 (2001)... 

Another interesting potential application for this type of material would be in the production of greenhouse tomatoes. The 1971 Annual Report of the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute from the United Kingdom estimated that approximately two billion side shoots were... 

Larena, I. et al.. Biocontrol of Fusarium and Verticillium wilt of tomato by Penicillium oxalicum under greenhouse and field conditions, J. Phytopath, 151, 507, 2003. Hashem, A.M., Purification and properties of a milk-clotting enzyme produced by Penicillium oxalicum, Biores. Technol, 75, 219, 2000. 

Assessments of risks associated with the use of chlorpyrifos insecticide products for workers have been made. The assessments are based on the results of field studies conducted in citrus groves, a Christmas tree farm, cauliflower and tomato fields, and greenhouses that utilized both passive dosimetry and biomonitoring techniques to determine exposure. The biomonitoring results likely provide the best estimate of absorbed dose of chlorpyrifos, and these have been compared to the acute and chronic no observed effect levels (NOELs) for chlorpyrifos. Standard margin-of-exposure (MOE) calculations using the geometric mean of the data are performed however, probability (Student s f-test) and distributional (Monte Carlo simulation) analyses are deemed to provide more realistic evaluations of exposure and risk to the exposed population. 

Tomato Edible, containment in greenhouses More expensive to grow, must be chilled after harvest... 

Temperature. Temperature during fruit development significantly influenced the carotenoid concentration of tomato produced in a controlled-environment greenhouse (Koskitalo and Ormrod 1972). At diurnal 17.8/25.6°C minimum-maximum temperatures, the (3-carotene concentration was 2.97,2.18, and 2.19 pg/g, respectively, in fruits harvested 7,14, and 21 days following the onset of initial coloration. The corresponding levels for lycopene were 43.5, 57.7, and 64.8 pg/g. At 2.8/13.9°C, (3-carotene content was 3.56, 3.73, and 3.67 pg/g and lycopene content was 9.30, 20.5, and 24.2 pg/g in fruit collected 7, 14, and 21 days following color break, respectively. 

Garau V, Angioni A, Real AAD, Russo M, Cabras P (2002) Disappearance of azoxystrobin, pyrimethanil, cyprodinil and fludioxinil on tomatoes in a greenhouse. J Agric Food Chem 50 1929-1932... 

Fig. 9.4 Effect of soil solarization on root galling in tomato plants in soil infested by the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita in plastic greenhouse in Sothem Italy. On the left a tomato root from solarized soil, on the right a root from nonsolarized soil, deformed by large galls...

Fig. 9.6 Increased growth response of tomato plants in solarized soil in a plastic greenhouse in Southern Italy. In background the solarized soil with larger tomato plants in foreground the smaller tomato plants in nonsolarized soil...

Greenhouses, lumber mills, canneries, farmers, and manufacturers can reduce energy and disposal costs by using their waste as feedstock for energy systems. In Ireland, greenhouses for early tomatoes are heated with biomass from willow wood. The willow wood fuel costs one third as much as the oil it replaced. 

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