Information for Growers and Home Gardeners

• NC Vegetables Portal
• Herbicide Carryover in Hay, Manure, Compost, and Grass Clippings – Caution to Hay Producers, Livestock Owners, Farmers and Home Gardeners

Commercial Tomato Production

• Commercial Production of Staked Tomatoes in the Southeast  and Appendix PDF
• Fresh Market Tomato Production Piedmont and Coastal Plain of North Carolina
• Southeastern US Vegetable Crop Handbook
• Tomatoes for Processing in Eastern North Carolina
• Production of Tomato Transplants in Float System Greenhouses
• Using Plastic Mulches and Drip Irrigation for Vegetable Production
• Pruning and Supporting Tomatoes
• Postharvest Cooling and Handling of Field- and Greenhouse-Grown Tomatoes
• Commercial Tomato Production – University of Tennessee
• Organic Tomato Production – ATTRA-National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
• Organic Greenhouse Tomato Production – ATTRA-National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
• Growing Hydroponic Tomatoes – University of Arizona
• United States Standards for Grades of Fresh Tomatoes
• United States Standards for Grades of Greenhouse Tomatoes

Disease, Pests and Other Problems

• Tomato Foliar Disease Fungicide Spray Guide for North Carolina
• Tomato Problem Solver A Guide to the Identification of Common Problems – Texas Cooperative Extension
• Common Tomato Fruit Disorders – Cornell University
• Pests of Tomato (from publication AG 295)
• Bacterial Diseases of Tomato – Cornell University
• Bacterial Leaf Spot of Pepper and Tomato
• Blossom End Rot in the Home Garden
• Botrytis Blight in Vegetable Greenhouse and Plant Beds
• Bortrytis on Tomato – Cornell University
• Crop Protectants for Controlling Diseases of Vegetable Crops in Greenhouses
• Chlorination and Postharvest Disease Control
• Fusarium and and Verticillium Wilts – The Ohio State University Extension
• Time to Control Late Blight on Tomatoes and Potatoes
• Late Blight of Potatoes and Tomatoes – Cornell University
• Damping Off in Flower and Vegetable Seedlings
• Sclerotinia Stem Rot of Tomatoes in Greenhouses
• Southern Blight of Vegetable Crops
• Septoria of Tomato – Cornell University
• Tomato Hornworm (photo) – Clemson University
• Tomato Fruitworm (photo) – Clemson University
• Tomato Pinworm
• Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus – Cornell University
• Vegetable Leafminer (photo) – Clemson University
• Virus Diseases and Disorders of Tomato – Cornell University
• Virus Diseases of Greenhouse Tomato and their Management
• Disease Management for Vegetables and Herbs in Greenhouses Using Low Input Sustainable Methods
• Agricultural Crops Pest Management Information Web Page
• High Soil Salts Injury to Vegetable Crops
• Insect Management in Greenhouses PDF – University of Tennessee

Additional Resources

• Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
• NC Ag Chemicals Manual
• North Carolina Pest News
• NC Pesticide Safety Education Program
• Entomology for the NC Master Gardner
• North Carolina Vegetable Growers Association
• Southern Region Pesticide Safety Education Center
• Solanaceae Genomics Network
• Tomato Gene Index – The Gene Index Project
• Tomato Genetics Cooperative
• American Society for Horticultural Science

Dilip R. Panthee, Ph.D.
Randolph G. Gardner, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759
Phone: 828.684.3562 ~ Fax: 828.684.8715
Email: dilip_panthee@ncsu.edu
Email: randy_gardner@ncsu.edu