Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Description of popular varieties and hybrids

• A large number of tomato determinate and indeterminate varieties have been evolved by various organizations of the country. According to the growth habit, tomato is characterized by two types of plant.

Determinate type:
Inflorescence occurs more frequently in almost every internode until terminal ones are formed and elongation ceases at this point, in otherwords, it may be defined as self topping and the main stem terminates with a flower cluster.

Indeterminate type:
Inflorescence cluster occurs at every third internode and main axis continues to grow indefinitely.