{"id":48139,"date":"2025-07-17T10:58:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azud.com\/sectores\/tomate\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:54:24","slug":"tomate","status":"publish","type":"sectores","link":"https:\/\/azud.com\/en\/sectores\/agriculture\/horticolas\/tomate\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomato"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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About Tomatoes Industrial<\/strong>\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Tomatoes are one of the most widely grown vegetable crops worldwide and the one with the greatest economic value. Demand for them is constantly increasing, and with it, their cultivation, production, and trade.<\/p>

Global production stands at 85 million metric tons (FAO 2007), and the world\u2019s top producers are China, Mexico, the United States, Turkey, Spain, Italy, and Egypt. At the continental level, according to FAO data, Asia accounts for just over 50%, followed by the Americas with 20%, Europe with 15%, and the remainder comes from Oceania and Africa.<\/p>

Temperatures above 35\u00baC affect fruit development due to poor ovule development and hinder the plant\u2019s overall growth. Fruit ripening is greatly influenced by temperature; thus, temperatures around 10\u00b0C as well as those above 30\u00b0C cause the fruit to take on a yellowish hue.<\/p>

The tomato plant is not very demanding when it comes to soil. It grows well in both well-drained soils (loose and rich in organic matter) and sandy-clay soils. Tomatoes are the crop that best tolerates salinity in both the soil and irrigation water.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Effective Techniques for Irrigation and nutrition <\/strong>industrial tomatoes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The planting pattern is determined by the plant\u2019s size, which in turn depends on the commercial variety being grown. The most commonly used spacing is 1.5 meters between rows and 0.5 meters between plants, although for medium-sized plants, it is common to increase the planting density to 2 plants per square meter with a spacing of 1 m x 0.5 m.<\/p>

It is not only the amount of water that determines yield, but also the optimal timing of application, which is dictated by the crop\u2019s physiology. It is necessary to understand the water requirements at each phenological stage of the crop in order to achieve maximum economic yield.<\/p>

In protected tomato crops, water and most nutrients are generally supplied through drip irrigation, and this depends on the plant\u2019s phenological stage as well as the environment in which it grows (soil type, climatic conditions, irrigation water quality, etc.).<\/p>

In soil-based and sand-based cultivation, the timing and volume of irrigation will be determined primarily by the following parameters:<\/p>

  • Soil water tension (matrix tension), which should be determined through proper use of tensiometers; it is advisable to irrigate before the tension reaches 20\u201330 centibars.<\/li>
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  • Crop evapotranspiration.<\/li>
  • Irrigation efficiency (uniformity of flow rate from the drippers).<\/li>
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