Tomato fruit quality - an interdisciplinary approach
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Title: | Tomato fruit quality - an interdisciplinary approach | Authors: | Gormley, T. R. (Thomas Ronan) Maher, M.J. |
Permanent link: | http://hdl.handle.net/10197/6900 | Date: | 1990 | Online since: | 2015-09-07T14:16:58Z | Abstract: | In the last two decades, tomato fruit yields in Ireland have increased by 100% to about 375 tonnes per hectare for long-season crops. This represents a very considereable increase in the intensity of growing and may have implications for fruit quality. For this reason, the inter-relationship between crop production, yield, quality and composition of tomato fruit from high-yielding, intensive growing systems was evaluated by the authors (a food technologist and a crop production specialist, respectively.) with the aid of research contracts awarded under the 1979-1983 and 1984-1988 Agro-Food Programmes (Directorate General VI) of the Commission of the European Communities (Anon,1978, 1983). The research embraced a number of elements, including baseline studies on the quality of commercially grown tomatoes. The effects of growing media, fertilizer levels, nutrient solutions, plant spacing, interplanting and energy-saving techniques on tomato fruit quality were assessed, as was the quality of different cultivars. Procedures for testing and evaluating tomato fruit quality (including sensory aspects) were assessed via inter-laboratory studies with European colleagues. This paper highlights some of the findings of this research and cites the published. | Type of material: | Journal Article | Publisher: | Blackwell Scientific Publications | Journal: | Professional Horticulture | Volume: | 4 | Start page: | 107 | End page: | 112 | Keywords: | Fruit yields; Testing methods | Language: | en | Status of Item: | Peer reviewed |
Appears in Collections: | Agriculture and Food Science Research Collection |
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