VSC-101: Area and production

Area and production

Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum. Mill

Family: Solanaceae

Chromosome No.: 2n = 24

Origin: Peru or Mexico

Area and production

The estimated world production of tomato is about 127.92 million tones and area of about 47.19 lakh ha. China ranks first with production of 33.64 million tones leaving USA to second place. The area and production of tomato in our country was about 6.34 lakh ha and 124.33 lakh tones respectively in 2009-10. The leading tomato growing states are UP, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Haryana, Punjab and Bihar.

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