Chemical Control of Tomato Diseases in China

Chemical Control of Tomato Diseases in China - Acta Horticulturae, 808, p.315-316, 2009 .

The history of tomato cultivation in China started with Qing dynasty (1644-1911), when tomato was grown for a long time as an ornamental plant. During the 1950s, the tomato production area expanded rapidly, becoming one of the main vegetables in China. Nowadays, the tomato is planted almost everywhere in China. In 2006, the acreage planted to tomatoes was about 812,600 hectares, harvesting as much as 35,565,000 tons of fruit. Recently, China became one of the most important tomato production and ketchup processing country in the world. It is estimated that in 2006-2007 production season about 30


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