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Tomato Production in Florida1

S.M. Olson, W.M. Stall, G.E. Vallad, S.E. Webb, T.G. Taylor, S.A. Smith, E.H. Simonne, E. McAvoy, B.M. Santos2

The Vegetable Production Handbook for Florida was updated in November 2009. The most current version of this chapter may be found at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/CV/CV13700.pdf .

Keywords: tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum, Solanaceae

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Fresh market tomatoes.

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Cherry tomatoes on the vine.

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Young staked fresh market tomatoes near Ruskin, FL.

Footnotes

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This document is HS739, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Date first printed: June 1995. Date revised: November 2009. Please visit the EDIS Web site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

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S.M. Olson, professor, W.M. Stall, professor, Horticultural Sciences Department; G.E. Vallad, assistant professor, Plant Pathology Department; S.E. Webb, associate professor, Entomology and Nematology Department; T.G. Taylor, professor, S.A. Smith, economic analyst, Food and Resource Economics Department; E.H. Simonne, associate professor, Horticultural Sciences Department; E. McAvoy, extension agent III, Hendry County; B.M. Santos, assistant professor, Horticultural Sciences Department; Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611. The Vegetable Production Handbook for Florida is edited by S.M. Olson, professor, NFREC-Quincy and E.H. Simonne, associate professor, Horticultural Sciences Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida.

The use of trade names in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information. It is not a guarantee or warranty of the products named, and does not signify that they are approved to the exclusion of others of suitable composition. Use pesticides safely. Read and follow directions on the manufacturer's label.

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