Review of Dry Matter Production and Growth Modelling to Improve the Yield of Greenhouse Tomatoes

The fresh fruit yield of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) is determined by components and related traits. In low-truss cultivation in Japan, light use efficiency the same cultivar not significantly affected plant density or seedling stage at transplanting. Total dry-matter production equals × intercepted plants. Light interception leaf area index extinction coefficient canopy. photosynthetic rate coefficient. expressed as a function daytime CO2 concentration. high modern tomato cultivars Netherlands due to an increase total dry matter plants, partitioning fruits. An decrease may have increased among Dutch cultivars. Although Japanese content both water soluble solids fruits, has increased. Since greenhouse Japan little since 1980s, researchers attempted improve using current Crop growth models can help management decisions on cultural practices, control climate, fertilization, irrigation. Several including TOMSIM TOMGRO been developed. A model based relationships traits developed predict tomatoes. recommended with highest certain solar radiation. To model, one-year experiment was carried out greenhouse. annual Brix least 5° 50 kg·m−2 for popular cultivar, ‘CF Momotaro York’. For near future, show promise growers helping improvement crop greenhouses.