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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.

Polfast

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Bejo Zaden B.V.

NL PL
4 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Jean-Christophe Lepeltier

FR UA
5 records

Pozzano

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Kees Konst

NL UA
6 records

Nixarty

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

NL UA
7 records

Nargiza

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

NL UA
7 records

Namib

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

SYNGENTA SEEDS B.V.

NL UA
4 records

Malduo

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Syngenta Seeds B.V.

NL UA
6 records

KM5512

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Syngenta Seeds B.V.

NL UA
6 records

Lagenda

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Syngenta Seeds B.V.

NL UA
7 records

Jangcy

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Vilmorin, F

FR UA
5 records

Kero

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Esasem Spa (IT)

FR UA
5 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Monsanto Vegetable, NL

NL UA
5 records

Herodes

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Petr Klapste

CZ UA
4 records

Irma

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

UO «BELORUSSKAYA GOSUDARSTVENNAYA ORDENOV OKTYABRSKOJ REVOLYUCII I TRUDOVOGO KRASNOGO ZNAMENI SELSKOXOZYAJSTVENNAYA AKADEMIYA» GNU «INSTITUT GENETIKI I CZITOLOGII NAN BELARUSI»

GR UA
4 records

Harem

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Bejo Zaden B.V

BG NL
5 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.

NL UA
6 records

Filiksa

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

NL UA
7 records

Doufu

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel BV (NL)

FR UA
5 records

Fonzix

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Syngenta Seeds B.V.

NL UA
4 records

Dasher

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

DE RUITER SEEDS

ES NL
4 records

Faraon

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

WESTERN SEED ESPAÑA, S.A.

ES PL
4 records

DRC 564

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

TOMAS DAVID LOMAS CANO

NL UA
6 records

Dividend

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

UO «BELORUSSKAYA GOSUDARSTVENNAYA ORDENOV OKTYABRSKOJ REVOLYUCII I TRUDOVOGO KRASNOGO ZNAMENI SELSKOXOZYAJSTVENNAYA AKADEMIYA» GNU «INSTITUT GENETIKI I CZITOLOGII NAN BELARUSI»

NL UA
7 records

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