Tomato 1. Introduction : Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) belongs to the genus Lycopersicon under Solanaceae family. Tomato is a herbaceous sprawling plant growing to 1-3 m in height with weak woody ...
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...Tomato introduction lycopersicon esculentum belongs to the genus under solanaceae family is a herbaceous sprawling plant growing m in height with weak woody stem flowers are yellow colour and fruits of cultivated varieties vary size from cherry tomatoes about cm beefsteak or more diameter most cultivars produce red when ripe native peruvian mexican region though there no definite records how it came india portuguese perhaps introduced one important protective foods because its special nutritive value versatile vegetable wide usage indian culinary tradition used for soup salad pickles ketchup puree sauces many other ways also as has very few competitors addition chain processing international scenario world s largest crop after potato sweet but tops list canned vegetables total global area lakh ha production tune tonnes major producing countries productivity percentage share given table country t brazil china egypt iran italy...