Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a major horticultural commodity with increasing demand due to its desirable fruit quality characteristics and the wide variety of processed products derived from it. However, field productivity is often constrained by plant pest and disease infestations that can significantly reduce yield. Chemical pesticides remain the primary control strategy, although their i…
Tomatoes (Lycopersicum esculentum L.) are one of the high value horticultural commodities widely cultivated in Indonesia. However, tomato productivity in Indonesia is still considered low compared to the potential yield that should be achievable. One of the main obstacles in tomato cultivation is the attack of Fusarium wilt disease caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici. The …
Beef tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill) is a crop that requires stable water availability to support growth and prevent water stress or diseases caused by excessive or insufficient watering. Manual irrigation is often inefficient and leads to uncontrolled soil moisture levels. The optimal soil moisture level for tomatoes is 60%, thus a system capable of predicting and regulating irrigation m…
Modern agriculture increasingly relies on technology to improve efficiency and productivity, one of which is through the application of the Internet of Things (IoT). This study aims to develop an IoT-based automatic irrigation system for tomato plants with real-time temperature and humidity monitoring. The system is designed using the DS18B20 sensor to measure environmental temperature and humi…
This research was aimed at studying the effects of Tagetes patula and T. erecta on root gali disease of tomato caused by Meloidogyne incognita and also to verify whether or not the root exudates of Jmpatients balsamina could promot the growth of the nematode population. The research was conducted in Glasshouse and Nematological Laboratory of the Department of Plant Pests and Diseases, Faculty o…
Tomat merupakan tanaman hortikultura yang sangat mudah ditemukan di Indonesia. Buah tomat banyak digemari masyarakat untuk dikonsumsi karena mempunyai kandungan gizi yang baik untuk kesehatan. Selain itu, tomat banyak di budidaya karena harga tomat yang cukup stabil. Akan tetapi, terdapat kendala dalam membudidayakan tanaman tomat bagi para petani karena tomat rentan diserang penyakit salah sat…
The research discussed the application of a porous fertigation system as an irrigation method in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cultivation. The system is designed to deliver water and nutrients evenly to the root zone using porous emitters. The research was conducted at the Plant House of Sriwijaya University from November 2024 to February 2025. The study applied watering durations of 2 and …
Limited water resources and irrigation inefficiency are the main problems in minimizing water use while still supporting optimal tomato plant growth. Porous irrigation is the latest innovation in sustainable agriculture to deliver water to crops more efficiently without water shortage or excess. This study aims to determine the water demand and the value of the crop coefficient by using porous …
The tomato plant is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant and one that has high economic value. When the production period increased, tomato plants experienced many obstacles, one of which was pest and disease problems in the plants. Meloidogyne sp. is a nematode that grows very quickly and has high pressure on plant growth with typical symptoms visible on the roots, namely in the form of nodu…
Tomato is a horticultural plant that belongs to the Solaceae family and the most important vegetable commodity that is widely consumed by the public. The process of cultivating tomato plants requires special attention, because it is easily attacked by disease. There are many factors that cause low production of tomato plants such as pathogen infection by fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes. …
Tomat (Solanum lycopersicum L.) merupakan salah satu jenis tanaman hortikultura yang banyak dibudidayakan di Indonesia. Ketersedian benih yang bermutu menjadi salah satu pengaruh untuk hasil panen buah yang berkualitas. Tujuan dari penelitian ini ialah untuk mengetahui bagaimana pengaruh aplikasi Trichoderma sp. terhadap pertumbuhan tanaman tomat dan perkembangan infeksi penyakit layu fusarium.…
This research was conducted at the Laboratory Nematology, Fitopatology and glass house, Department of Plant pest and disease Agriculture Faculty, University of Sriwijaya, Indralaya ffom May to November 2012. The Objectives of the research were to evaluate the effect of Arthrobotrys sp. Formulating in culture maize to supress Meloidogyne sp. on tomato and their effect on the plant growth. This r…
Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh perlakuan irigasi defisit terhadap pertumbuhan dan produksi tomat cherry (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill var.cerasiforma). Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan empat taraf perlakuan pemberian air yaitu 60%, 70%, 80%, dan 100% yang diaplikasikan pada 36 tanaman tomat cherry. Parameter yang diamati adalah pertumbuhan tinggi tanaman, berat berangkasa…
Rampai tomatoes (Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium) are a horticultural commodity of the family solanacea small round and have a high economic value. In addition to consumption, rampai tomatoes are beneficial for health and beauty because of their nutritional content and rich in vitamins. But in the cultivation of tomato rampai often encounter obstacles that inhibit production, one of which is caus…