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Cultural Techniques To Improve Yield And Cost Efficiency Of Greenhouse Grown Tomatoes, Susannah Kate Amundson
Cultural Techniques To Improve Yield And Cost Efficiency Of Greenhouse Grown Tomatoes, Susannah Kate Amundson
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Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are the most commonly grown greenhouse vegetable crop, preferred for their high consumer demand and high value. To improve profitability, growers continuously seek new techniques to improve yield and cost efficiency of production. Four studies were conducted between Fall 2008 and Spring 2010 in greenhouses at the University of Tennessee Plateau Research and Education Center (35°56́ N lat.) and the University of Tennessee (35o 57’38” N lat.) to investigate the impact different plant spacings (12, 16, 20, 24, or 28 inches in-row), pruning systems (one leader versus two leaders), cluster thinning (three, four, five, or …