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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.

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Kees Konst

NL UA
3 records

Trovanzo

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

NL UA
6 records

Tomary

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

NL UA
6 records

Tazawa

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

NL UA
4 records

Tenorio

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

CLAUSE TEZIER,S.A.

ES FR
3 records

Taylor

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Paul Degreef

NL UA
6 records

Samori

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

ESASEM S.p.A

HU UA
4 records

Sonet

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Serheev Hennadii Vasyl`ovych, Yakovenko Artem Volodymyrovych, Terlets`ka Nataliia Vasylivna,

CZ UA
6 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

UNITED GENETICS SEEDS CO

PT UA
5 records

Strabena

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

TOMAS DAVID LOMAS CANO

NL UA
6 records

Salomee

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

ENZA ZADEN B.V.

ES NL
3 records

Rosa

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

ReinSaat KG

AT UA
4 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Syngenta Seeds B.V.

NL UA
5 records

Redetto

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

NL UA
7 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

De Ruiter Zonen (HR)

FR NL
3 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Bernardus van den Bosch

NL UA
4 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

JAN J.DE BRUIN

NL UA
4 records

Olympe

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

GRAINES GAUTIER, S.A.

ES FR
4 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Sakata Seed Sudamerica Ltd (BR)

FR UA
4 records

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Vilmorin SA (FR)

FR HU
3 records

Nancy

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

ES NL
6 records

Pandarosa

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

J. Hoogstarten

NL UA
5 records

Mountain Pride

Terminated

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Daehnfeldt Hayetr O A/S (DK)

FR HR
3 records

Panamera

Active

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Jean-Christophe Lepeltier

FR UA
4 records

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