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Greenhouse Tomatoes: Process Simulation
… and adaptable environment for crops such as tomatoes to grow year-round. Fresh tomatoes are the second most consumed vegetable per capita in U.S. diets, currently averaging 20.7 pounds. The growing consumption of fresh tomatoes has been the result of increasing cultural diversity in the …
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Chemical weed control in transplanted tomatoes
Weed control in transplanted tomatoes with diphenamid, trifluralin, and paraquat was evaluated under field conditions on a predominantly Grosclose silt loan soil on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Horticulture farm near Blacksburg, Virginia. The herbicides were used singularly and in certain …
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Dwarf Tomatoes in an Indoor Vertical System
… to evaluate the potential of producing dwarf tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in an indoor vertical system. Cultivars 'Micro Tom', 'Jochalos', and 'Venus' were grown under the three daily light integral (DLI) levels of 16.9, 22.7, and 27.9 mol·m-2·day-1. Cultivar had an effect on height, …
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Respiratory Changes in Normal and Bruised Tomatoes During Ripening
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T17:53:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6503161.pdf: 2518478 bytes, checksum: 509af243abd17aef5bc61362a5a6b4e7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1964
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Acid ecologies : or the secret lives of Spanish tomatoes/
This thesis seeks to unpack the nature of ecology within architecture, not as a neutral science, but a legitimizing construct, building a future and transforming the ethics of the present towards very deliberate ideological ends, and contingent on certain practices of alienation which themselves …
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Chemical changes and pH stability in acidified canned tomatoes
… storage for 52 weeks the pH of non-acidified tomatoes packed in #303x406 cans rose 0.1 units. This rise was believed to be due to corrosion points through pinholes in the enamel films of all the cans by the reaction: H⁺ + Sn⁰ → H⁰ + Sn⁺. Ten tomato varieties from four geographical regions were …
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The Heritable and Non-Heritable Control of Solids in Tomatoes
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T17:53:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6511876.pdf: 2698751 bytes, checksum: 9dd01e35d252bcc856c09177978d4b15 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1965
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Factors Affecting the Ascorbic Acid Content (Vitamin C) of Tomatoes
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-04T19:49:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 0002071.pdf: 2346917 bytes, checksum: 082768bfacb28b111c5afce38db84d44 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1950
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Investigation of Yield and Quality of Grafted Heirloom and Hybrid Tomatoes
Tomatoes (<i>Lycopersicon esculentum Mill</i>) are one of the most popular vegetable crops grown for fresh market and processing in the U.S. Grafting involves the uniting of a shoot or bud scion with a rootstock to form a compound plant, mainly for managing soil-borne diseases and increasing crop …
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Engineering of polyphenol metabolism in tomatoes to enhance anti-cancer activities
… accumulation of trihydroxylated anthocyanins in tomatoes. Tomato DFR substrate specificity for trihydroxylated precursors prevents the formation of other anthocyanin classes. By inhibiting the activity of F3’5’H, blocking biosynthesis of trihydroxylated anthocyanins, and introducing a …
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Competition for Nitrogen Between Eastern Black Nightshade and Fresh Market Tomatoes
… using 15N was conducted with staked fresh market tomatoes and SOLPT, which included two plant populations, and four N treatments. Overall, tomato grew taller faster, and gained more shoot mass than SOLPT regardless of N rate or population density. When grown together both species produced taller …
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Salmonella Internalization From Contaminated Seeds or Irrigation Water in Greenhouse Tomatoes
… no Salmonella watering treatment. A total of 128 tomatoes were sampled from the tomato plants of all three groups and none tested positive for Salmonella. Tissue samples consisting of roots, leaves, and stems, and were collected from one plant per each of three replications. No leaves or stems …
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Novel Coated Fertilizers as Multi-Nutrient Sources for Soybeans and Tomatoes
… as multi-nutrient sources for soybeans and tomatoes. A comprehensive review of the chemistry, behavior, and functionality of key nutrients provided by the fertilizer (P, S, Mn, and B) in both soils and plant tissues and the current state of chelate use in agriculture is provided along with …
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Physical and Chemical Changes During the Ripening of Tomatoes as Affectedby Temperature
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-04T19:49:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5805461.pdf: 2575972 bytes, checksum: 37257445d5094a002e091414bd77ce5d (MD5) Previous issue date: 1958
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High Hydrostatic Pressure Processing Reduces Salmonella enterica from Diced and Whole Tomatoes
Fresh and fresh-cut tomatoes have been associated with numerous outbreaks of salmonellosis in recent years. While the exact routes of contamination are unknown, high pressure processing (HPP) is being evaluated as a post harvest treatment to eliminate Salmonella enterica from tomatoes. The …
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Species diversity, genetic structure and variability of begomovirus populations infecting tomatoes in Ecuador
O gênero Begomovirus (família Geminiviridae) inclui vírus com genoma de DNA de fita simples, que infectam espécies de plantas dicotiledôneas e são transmitidas pela moscabranca Bemisia tabaci. Doenças causadas por begomovírus são economicamente importantes por causarem grandes perdas em culturas …
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Some Physiological Effects of Metribuzin and Its Usefulness for Weed Control in Tomatoes
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T00:57:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7405569.pdf: 3735109 bytes, checksum: 1e247ddac8a3ea6f3abac7cf25e984b0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1973
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Effects of mulching, pinching, and vine spreading on production of fresh market tomatoes
… on production of groundgrown, fresh market tomatoes. Pinching out the apex of tomato plants 7 days after field setting in 1971 delayed fruit harvest but did not affect total yield or fruit quality. Pinching gave no better natural distribution of foliage over the soil surface than …
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