22 Nov Scientific cultivation of tomato
टमाटर की वैज्ञानिक खेती Tomato is an inexpensively most important crop worldwide. Tomato is a popular vegetable of Bihar with an area of 46.27 thousand ha, production of 1011MT and productivity of 21.85ton/ha. In India also, the high nutritive value of tomato has helped this vegetable to be in regular consumption list, either as table purpose, culinary purposes or as processed products. As a major vegetable growing region, the state of Bihar significantly contributes to the total tomato production in India. It has prominent place in human food. A brief account of its cultivation is given below. Varieties of Tomato: Varieties Year Breeding Institutes Azad T-2 1984 Pedigree Selection CSAUAT, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Kaliyanpur Angoorlata 1994 Selection CSAUAT, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Azad T-6 1996 Selection CSAUAT, Kanpur,...