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Evaluation Studies on Commercial Varieties and Promising Hybrids of Tomato Grown in Himachal Pradesh for Processing

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Title Evaluation Studies on Commercial Varieties and Promising Hybrids of Tomato Grown in Himachal Pradesh for Processing
 
Creator Thakur, Narayan Singh
 
Subject 664.805 Specific Vegetables and Groups of Vegetables
 
Description Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) - a member of Solanaceae family and one of the most important vegetable crop, though originated in Tropical America, is presently grown throughout the world. At present, tomato production in India ranks second only to potato and stands first as far as processing of vegetables is concerned (Sandhu et al., 1990). The area under this crop in the world is 3.040 million hectares with an annual production of about 72.746 million tonnes and in India this crop occupies an area of 0.387 million hectares with an annual production of about 4.6 million tonnes (Anon., 1992). In Himachal Pradesh, tomato is cultivated in an area of 3 thousand hectares with an annual production of about 56 thousand tonnes (Chhabra, 1992).
 
Date 1993
 
Type Thesis
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Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://hillagricrepository.co.in/698/1/19280.pdf
Thakur, Narayan Singh (1993) Evaluation Studies on Commercial Varieties and Promising Hybrids of Tomato Grown in Himachal Pradesh for Processing. PhD thesis thesis, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry.