Processing tomato
Processing tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) represents one of the most important agri-food chains worldwide. The most relevant production areas are in Europe, with a concentration in Italy, North America, South America (especially Brazil), Asia (China, India) and some regions of Africa. Processing tomato is used to produce passata, canned products, sauces and concentrates, contributing significantly to the global agricultural economy and to the availability of processed food products worldwide. Its cultivation requires intensive irrigation and nutritional management. Harvesting is fully mechanized, and processing takes place within a few hours to preserve color, flavor and lycopene content.
Transplant for processing tomatoes
Successful transplant is crucial to ensure initial plant development, as it determines rapid recovery of root activity, good water and nutrient uptake and balanced growth, all of which influence final yield and quality. Adverse environmental conditions typical of early spring may slow the emission of new roots, reducing vigor and productive potential.
SPRINTALGA® promotes rapid establishment and intense rooting thanks to its formulation rich in biologically active compounds that stimulate the metabolism of young roots and support their elongation. The result is more robust, uniform and resilient tomato seedlings, even under adverse climatic conditions.
SPRINTALGA® promotes rapid establishment and intense rooting thanks to its formulation rich in biologically active compounds that stimulate the metabolism of young roots and support their elongation. The result is more robust, uniform and resilient tomato seedlings, even under adverse climatic conditions.
Flowering and fruit set for processing tomatoes
Flowering in processing tomato varieties is determinate, with hermaphroditic flowers arranged in clusters along the main stem and lateral branches. Uniform flowering is essential to achieve a high fruit set rate and concentrated fruit ripening, facilitating mechanical harvesting and improving overall production quality. Thermal stress, nutritional deficiencies or physiological imbalances may compromise flower development, reduce fruit set and cause uneven ripening.
The use of FOLICIST® supports the plant by providing nutrients and metabolically available molecules that help overcome environmental or physiological stress conditions. The product promotes flower development and receptivity, improving fruit set and contributing to more uniform and higher-quality production.
The use of FOLICIST® supports the plant by providing nutrients and metabolically available molecules that help overcome environmental or physiological stress conditions. The product promotes flower development and receptivity, improving fruit set and contributing to more uniform and higher-quality production.
Fruit sizing for processing tomatoes
Uniformity of fruit size in processing tomato is essential because it ensures more efficient processing, reduces waste and facilitates mechanical sorting.
KRISS®, and its organic variant KRISS® BIOLOGICO, promote natural fruit growth, ensuring a final product that is consistent in terms of quality, color, flavor and soluble solids content, thus optimizing yield and profitability.
KRISS®, and its organic variant KRISS® BIOLOGICO, promote natural fruit growth, ensuring a final product that is consistent in terms of quality, color, flavor and soluble solids content, thus optimizing yield and profitability.
Environmental stress for processing tomatoes
Processed tomato suffers from environmental stresses such as extreme temperatures, drought or excess water, wind, intense light, humidity fluctuations and salinity. All these factors, alone or combined, affect establishment, vegetative growth, flowering, fruit set and fruit quality.
CREMALGA® supports plant metabolism thanks to its components, promoting a more efficient response to environmental stresses and helping to maintain yields and quality standards in line with crop targets.
CREMALGA® supports plant metabolism thanks to its components, promoting a more efficient response to environmental stresses and helping to maintain yields and quality standards in line with crop targets.
Blossom-end rot for processing tomatoes
Blossom-end rot in tomato is a physiological disorder mainly caused by calcium deficiency, water stress and high temperatures. It affects the blossom-end of the fruit, causing tissue necrosis and reducing quality and storability.
LIGOPLEX® Ca is a product with high concentrations of calcium complexed with ammonium lignosulfonate, an organic molecule capable of rapidly penetrating the leaf cuticle. LIGOPLEX® Ca is therefore ideal for preventing physiological disorders caused by calcium deficiency and for improving the firmness of green tissues and fruits, extending shelf-life.
LIGOPLEX® Ca is a product with high concentrations of calcium complexed with ammonium lignosulfonate, an organic molecule capable of rapidly penetrating the leaf cuticle. LIGOPLEX® Ca is therefore ideal for preventing physiological disorders caused by calcium deficiency and for improving the firmness of green tissues and fruits, extending shelf-life.
Tissues strengthening for processing tomatoes
In processing tomato, metabolic dysfunction or nutritional imbalance can increase the plant’s susceptibility to adversities.
The specific formulation of PROTAMIN® CU 62, when used alongside phytosanitary defense strategies, helps strengthen cell walls and vegetative tissues, improving overall nutritional status and enhancing the natural barriers of the tomato plant. This promotes greater resilience to stress.
The specific formulation of PROTAMIN® CU 62, when used alongside phytosanitary defense strategies, helps strengthen cell walls and vegetative tissues, improving overall nutritional status and enhancing the natural barriers of the tomato plant. This promotes greater resilience to stress.
Quality for processing tomatoes
Achieving high fruit quality is a fundamental objective to maximize production value, improve industrial yield and ensure standards suitable for processing. During fruit growth, final berry quality largely depends on cellular activity and the plant’s ability to sustain efficient photosynthesis.
Foliar application of RIZAMMINA® 42 helps optimize these processes: its amino acid and nutrient content promote cell multiplication in fruits and supports the plant’s photosynthetic metabolism. This directly improves fruit quality and increases final yield, with larger, more uniform berries and superior commercial characteristics.
Foliar application of RIZAMMINA® 42 helps optimize these processes: its amino acid and nutrient content promote cell multiplication in fruits and supports the plant’s photosynthetic metabolism. This directly improves fruit quality and increases final yield, with larger, more uniform berries and superior commercial characteristics.
Fruit coloring for processing tomatoes
Uniform ripening and color intensity are key factors determining the commercial value of production. Uniform ripening allows more efficient mechanical harvesting, reducing operating times and minimizing waste of unripe or overripe fruits. At the same time, achieving a high Brix level increases the overall value of the crop.
SUNRED® acts by stimulating natural fruit ripening processes, enhancing tomato coloration and reducing the incidence of waste and overripe fruits. The product improves crop uniformity, stimulates color development and increases the Brix level of fruits, with a direct effect on organoleptic quality, uniformity and economic value of production.
SUNRED® acts by stimulating natural fruit ripening processes, enhancing tomato coloration and reducing the incidence of waste and overripe fruits. The product improves crop uniformity, stimulates color development and increases the Brix level of fruits, with a direct effect on organoleptic quality, uniformity and economic value of production.
