Name of crop Tomato
Category : Vegetable crops
Name of variety : BARI Tomato-13 (Shraboni), summer hybrid
Identifying character : Heat tolerant hybrid tomato variety, Fruits are oblong with an average weight of 30 gm, Suitable for summer and rainy season under polytunnel on raised bed without hormone, Planting time ranges from May to July, Resistant to bacterial will.
Developed by (Centre/Division) : Olericulture Division, HRC, Gazipur
Year of release : 1998
Crop duration : 90-95 days (DAT)
Yield (kg/ha) : 45-50 (summer)
Fruit Size : Oblong
Fruit Colour : Red
Suitable area : All over Bangladesh
Sowing time : May -June
Harvesting time : August to October
Major diseases and Management : a) Damping off
Management:
1. Soil sterilization by Formaldehyde with 50 times water up to 4// soil depth.
2. Seeds should be treated with Captan @ 1 g per kg seeds.
3. Spraying of 1% Bordeaux mixture at an interval of 8-10 days of sowing.
b) Bacterial wilt
Management:
1. Use of resistant varieties.
2. Clean and well drained land.
3. Grafting with resistant Solanum root stock
c) Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)
Management:
1. Rouging out of mosaic affected plants as soon as observed.
2. Use of resistant varieties.
Major insect/pest and Management : a) White fly
Management:
1. Use of yellow trap or covering of seed bed with 60 mesh net/mosquito net.
2. Spraying of Admire 200 SL @ 0.5 ml per liter of water.
3. Late planting.
4. NSKE @ 10 kg/ 10 L of water soaking over night.
b) Tomato fruit warm
Management:
1. Use of sex pheromone trap.
2. Biological control with Trichogramma chilouis @ 40,000-45,000/ha per week.
3. Apply NSKE @ 50 g/L of soaking over night (12 hours).
4. Spraying with Kinalux/Deviquin @ 1 ml/L of water at 10 days interval.
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