Tomato Production in North Carolina

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Late Breaking News

• Herbicide Carryover in Hay, Manure, Compost, and Grass Clippings: Caution to Hay Producers, Livestock Owners, Farmers and Home Gardeners (PDF)
• Time to Control Late Blight on Tomatoes and Potatoes

Commercial Tomato Production

• Fresh Market Tomato Production Piedmont and Coastal Plain of North Carolina – PDF
• Tomatoes for Processing in Eastern North Carolina – PDF
• Production of Tomato Transplants in Float System Greenhouses PDF
• Using Plastic Mulches and Drip Irrigation for Vegetable Production
• Pruning and Supporting Tomatoes – PDF
• Postharvest Cooling and Handling of Field- and Greenhouse-Grown Tomatoes
• Vegetable Crop Guidelines for the Southeastern US PDF
• Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production in the South
• Commercial Tomato Production PDF – University of Tennessee
• Organic Tomato Production – ATTRA-National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
• Organic Greenhouse Tomato Production – ATTRA-National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
• Growing Hydroponic Tomatoes – University of Arizona
• United States Standards for Grades of Fresh Tomatoes PDF
• United States Standards for Grades of Greenhouse Tomatoes PDF

Home Tomato Production

• Early Tomatoes
• Trellising Tomatoes
• Pruning and Supporting Home Garden Tomatoes – PDF

Disease, Pests and Other Problems

• Tomato Foliar Disease Fungicide Spray Guide for North Carolina
• Images of Tomato Diseases, Disorders and Insect Damage
• Tomato Problem Solver A Guide to the Identification of Common Problems – Texas Cooperative Extension
• Common Tomato Fruit Disorders – Cornell University
• Pests of Tomato (from publication AG 295)
  • Tomato Cutworm
  • Tomato Fruitworms
  • Greenhouse Whitefly
  • Hornworms
  • Tomato Pinworms
  • Silverleaf Whitefly
  • Vegetable Leafminer
  • Western Flower Thrips
• Bacterial Diseases of Tomato – Cornell University
• Bacterial Leaf Spot of Pepper and Tomato
• Blossom End Rot of Tomatoes – PDF
• Blossom End Rot of Tomato, Pepper and Watermellon
• Blossom End Rot in the Home Garden – PDF
• Botrytis Blight in Vegetable Greenhouse and Plant Beds
• Bortrytis on Tomato – Cornell University
• Crop Protectants for Controlling Diseases of Vegetable Crops in Greenhouses
• Clorination and Postharvest Disease Control
• Fusarium and and Verticillium Wilts – The Ohio State University Extension
• Time to Control Late Blight on Tomatoes and Potatoes
• Late Blight of Potatoes and Tomatoes – Cornell University
• Damping Off in Flower and Vegetable Seedlings
• Sclerotinia Stem Rot of Tomatoes in Greenhouses
• Southern Blight of Vegetable Crops
• Septoria of Tomato – Cornell University
• Tomato Hornworm (photo) – Clemson University
• Tomato Fruitworm (photo) – Clemson University
• Tomato Pinworm
• Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus – Cornell University
• Tomato Plant Physiological Disorders: Causes, Prevention and Remedies PDF
• Vegetable Leafminer (photo) – Clemson University
• Virus Diseases and Disorders of Tomato – Cornell University
• Virus Diseases of Greenhouse Tomato and their Management
• Disease Management for Vegetables and Herbs in Greenhouses Using Low Input Sustainable Methods
• Agricultural Crops Pest Management Information Web Page
• Herbicide Carryover in Hay, Manure, Compost, and Grass Clippings: Caution to Hay Producers, Livestock Owners, Farmers and Home Gardeners (PDF)
• High Soil Salts Injury to Vegetable Crops
• Insect Management in Greenhouses PDF – University of Tennessee

Additional Resources

• Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
• Plant Pathogen Identification Laboratory
• NC Ag Chemicals Manual
• North Carolina Pest News
• NC Pesticide Safety Education Program
• Entomology for the NC Master Gardner
• North Carolina Vegetable Growers Association
• Southern Region IPM Center
• Southern Region Pesticide Safety Education Center
• Solanaceae Genomics Network
• Tomato Gene Index – The Gene Index Project
• Tomato Genetics Cooperative
• American Society for Horticultural Science

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Dilip R. Panthee, Ph.D.
Randolph G. Gardner, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759
Phone: 828.684.3562 ~ Fax: 828.684.8715
Email: dilip_panthee@ncsu.edu
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Updated October 29, 2009