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Tomato fruit cracking

Solanum lycopersicum L.

A physiological disorder caused by the fruit epidermis's inability to expand during rapid internal tissue growth due to high turgor pressure. This leads to a loss of marketability, reduced shelf life, and increased phytosanitary risk due to pathogen entry.

In the reference 1 060 varieties crop Tomato, where this is mentioned in the description.

Damage is classified into radial cracking, which radiates from the pedicel to the blossom end, and concentric cracking, which forms circular lines around the pedicel attachment point. Large-fruited hybrids and thin-skinned varieties are characterized by increased susceptibility to this disorder.

In agronomic practice, resistance is assessed based on the proportion of marketable produce in a plot. The critical threshold for marketability for fruit with shallow damage is generally considered to be a crack length of up to 1.3 cm; deeper or multiple cracks render the produce unmarketable.

The development of cracks is triggered by instability in water management, including sudden fluctuations in soil moisture and irrigation following drought. Negative impacts are also caused by imbalanced mineral nutrition, specifically calcium deficiency and excess nitrogen, as well as intensive foliage removal, which disrupts transpiration.

General information about the subject — on the page Fruit cracking.

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Varieties of Tomato mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Janko

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

PLANTICO HODOWLA I NASIENNICTWO OGRODNICZE ZIELONKI SP. Z O.O.

PL
3 records

Infinity

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

HAZERA GENETICS

ES
2 records

Kalami

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

ReinSaat KG

AT
2 records

IZK Olimp

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

D. Ganeva, G. Pevicharova, D. Protohristova-Kostova, O. Georgieva, I. Nikolova, N. Todorova

BG
3 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Domaine Public (FR)

FR
2 records

Jokato

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

PlantiCo Hodowla i Nasiennictwo Ogrodnicze Golebiew sp. z o.o.

PL
3 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Prosem (FR)

FR
2 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Domaine Public (FR)

FR
2 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Daniela G. Ganeva, Galina T. Pevicharova, Milko Y. Stoyanov, Olga A. Georgieva, Dimitrina P. Kostova, Veselina P. Nikolova, Ivanka P. Nikolova

BG
3 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

ReinSaat KG

AT
2 records

Heredero

Application submitted

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

HAZERA SEEDS BV

ES
2 records

Ibeth

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Syngenta Seeds B.V.

NL
4 records

Huzar

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy \Przedsiębiorstwo Nasiennictwa Ogrodniczego i Szkółkarstwa w Ożarowie Mazowieckim Spółka z o.o.

PL
2 records

Green Pineapple

Protection expired

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Domaine Public (FR)

FR
2 records

Granit

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

PLANTICO HODOWLA I NASIENNICTWO OGRODNICZE ZIELONKI SP. Z O.O.

PL
3 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

INTERSEMILLAS SAU

ES
2 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

HM.Clause S.A.S.

FR
3 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

SEMILLAS FITO, S.A.

ES
2 records

Guinea

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.

NL
4 records

Guindo

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

NL
4 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Clause Tezier, FR

FR
2 records

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