Tomato production in Florida

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Florida is the largest producer of fresh-market tomatoes in the United States.[1][2]

Season

Harvest is almost year-round, from October to June.

insects and diseases.[3]

Diseases

Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. Both are economically significant in fresh-market tomato here.[4]

Treatments

phage therapy in agriculture.[citation needed
]

Labor

The Florida tomato industry has historically relied on

migrant labor.[5] Exploitation of that labor was widespread with the town of Immokalee, Florida being "known as ground zero for modern day slavery."[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "FE1027/FE1027: The US Tomato Industry: An Overview of Production and Trade". Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS). Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida. 2021-08-30. FE1027. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  2. ^ "Tomatoes". Agricultural Marketing Resource Center. 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  3. ^ "7 CFR § 457.139 - Fresh market tomato (dollar plan) crop insurance provisions". Legal Information Institute (LII). 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  4. ^ a b c d e
    • Louws, F. J.; Wilson, M.; Campbell, H. L.; Cuppels, D. A.; Jones, J. B.; Shoemaker, P. B.; Sahin, F.; Miller, S. A. (2001). "Field Control of Bacterial Spot and Bacterial Speck of Tomato Using a Plant Activator". Plant Disease. 85 (5). Scientific Societies: 481–488.
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  5. ^ Jonsson, Patrik. "Trafficking: In Florida's tomato fields, a fight for ethical farm labor grows". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  6. ^ Cohen, Lisa (30 May 2017). "How America's 'ground-zero' for modern slavery was cleaned up by workers' group". CNN. cnn.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
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