Grafting and Plant Density Influence Tomato Production in Organic Farming System

The tomato is a key crop cultivated worldwide for the fresh and processing markets. Only small percentage of tomatoes processed by industries were produced following guidelines organic farming system. Potential reasons limited share production are probably related to lower yield obtained in comparison with conventional farming. In this study, use cherry genotype ‘Tomito’ as rootstock two different plant densities (2.5 1.25 m−2) evaluated order improve agronomic performances commercial ‘H3402′ Agronomic quality parameters assessed at harvest time. density influenced biometric parameters, mass marketable yield, fruit health quality. improved per (more than 59%), decreasing number sunburnt fruits (−27.7%). 2.5 m−2 better choices achieve good optimal environmental conditions. However, further studies required validate these results both other environments using scions.