Vegetable crops
Tomato
1. Scientific name of tomato is – Solanum lycopersicon
2. Family name of tomato is – Solanaceae
3. Origin – Peru
4. Type of fruit –Berry
5. Tomato is universally treated as – Protective food
6. Processed product of tomato is – Paste, Puree, Syrup, Ketchup, Chutney and Soup
7. Ancestor of cultivated tomato is – Solanum lycopersicon var. cerasiformae
8. Pyriformae – Pear shape tomato
9. Communae – Common tomato
10. Grandiflorum – Potato leaf type
11. Validum – Upright tomato
12. Eulycopersicon – Red fruited type
13. Eriolycopersicon – Green fruited type
14. Two types of tomato varieties are 1. Determinate, 2. Indeterminate
15. Staking is required in Indeterminate type of tomato varieties.
16. Red colour of tomato is due to lycopene (20-50mg/100g).
17. Lycopene is highest in 21-24°C temperature
18. Production of this pigment drop off above 27°C temp.
19. Pusa Divya is a F1 Hybrid of tomato.
20. Trap crop for tomato fruit borer is marigold.
21. Father of tomato breeding – Dr. C. M. Crick.
22.Tomato rich in vitamin C – 31mg/100g
23. Tomato fruit contain 20-50mg/100g of lycopene.
,24. Tomatine is a steroidal glycoalkaloid present in tomato.
25. Tomato fruit is aroma is due to Sulfonium.
26. Inflorescence – Raceme
27. Tomato is highly self pollinated crop due to chasmogamy.
28. Seed rate of tomato varieties is 400-500g/ha.
29. Hybrid seed rate – 100-150g/ha.
30. Seed treatment of tomato with 2,4 – D @ 2-5ppm increases fruit set, earliness, and parthenocarpy.
31. GA3 induce parthenocarpy.
32. To enhance ripening of tomato – ethral @ 100ppm.
33. Maturity indices for long distance market – mature green, for local market – Breaker stage.
34. Tomato transgeneic variety – FlavrSavr (High Shelf life variety)
35. BIS specified grade of tomato is – 1. Super A, 2.Super, 3.Fancy, 4.Commercial.
36. Parentage of Pusa Ruby – Sioux x Improve Meeruti.
37. Parentage of Pusa Red plum –Solanum lycopersicon xSolanum pimpinellifolium
38. Pusa – 120 and HisarLalit are resistant to RKN.
39. Green shoulder and Long distance transport tomato variety is – PKM -1
40. PKM-1 is developed from mutation of Annanji Local cultivar.
41. Cold set variety of tomato – Pusa Sheetal
42. Hot Set variety of tomato – Pusa Sadabahar
43. Hisar Anmol – Resistant to TLCV.
44. CO-3 tomato variety otherwise called as – Marutham.
45. CO-1 is selection from Kalyanpur.
46. CO-2 is introduction from Russia.
47. Triple resistant (TLCV, Bacterial wilt, Early blight) variety of tomato is – Arka Samrat.
48. Tomato leaf curl virus (TLCV) is transmitted by – Whitefly (Bemisiatabaci)
, 49. Tomato fruit borer – Helicover paarmigera
50. Serpentine leaf miner – Liriomyzatrifoli
51. Tomato fruit cracking is deficiency of Boron.
52. Blotchy ripening – K deficiency
53. Blossom end rot (BER) – Ca deficiency
54. Two types of cracking is 1. Radial cracking, 2.Concentric cracking.
Brinjal
55. Brinjal otherwise called as – Poor man’s cusp, Eggplant, Aubergine.
56.Brinjal is day neutral plant.
57. white brinjal (KKM-1) is good for diabetic patients.
58. Dry fruit of brinjal contain goitrogeneic principles
59. Discolouration of brinjal is due to Polyphenol oxidase (PPO)
60. Bitter taste in brinjal is due to Solasodin e.
61. Solasodine of brinjal ranging from 0.37mg/100g.
62. India is the second largest producer of brinjal in the world after china.
63. Most favourable temp. for brinjal production – 21-27°C.
64. Optimum temperature of brinjal seed germination - 25°C.
65. Brinjal flowers are pentamerous.
66. Type of fruit – Berry
67. Heterostyly is common in Brinjal.
68. Different type of brinjalare 1. Long style, 2.Medium style, 3.Pseudo astyle and 4. Short style
69. Maximum fruit setting in long styled flowers – 70-86.7 % and medium style flowers – 12.5-55.6%
70. No fruit setting in Pseudo and Short style flowers.
Tomato
1. Scientific name of tomato is – Solanum lycopersicon
2. Family name of tomato is – Solanaceae
3. Origin – Peru
4. Type of fruit –Berry
5. Tomato is universally treated as – Protective food
6. Processed product of tomato is – Paste, Puree, Syrup, Ketchup, Chutney and Soup
7. Ancestor of cultivated tomato is – Solanum lycopersicon var. cerasiformae
8. Pyriformae – Pear shape tomato
9. Communae – Common tomato
10. Grandiflorum – Potato leaf type
11. Validum – Upright tomato
12. Eulycopersicon – Red fruited type
13. Eriolycopersicon – Green fruited type
14. Two types of tomato varieties are 1. Determinate, 2. Indeterminate
15. Staking is required in Indeterminate type of tomato varieties.
16. Red colour of tomato is due to lycopene (20-50mg/100g).
17. Lycopene is highest in 21-24°C temperature
18. Production of this pigment drop off above 27°C temp.
19. Pusa Divya is a F1 Hybrid of tomato.
20. Trap crop for tomato fruit borer is marigold.
21. Father of tomato breeding – Dr. C. M. Crick.
22.Tomato rich in vitamin C – 31mg/100g
23. Tomato fruit contain 20-50mg/100g of lycopene.
,24. Tomatine is a steroidal glycoalkaloid present in tomato.
25. Tomato fruit is aroma is due to Sulfonium.
26. Inflorescence – Raceme
27. Tomato is highly self pollinated crop due to chasmogamy.
28. Seed rate of tomato varieties is 400-500g/ha.
29. Hybrid seed rate – 100-150g/ha.
30. Seed treatment of tomato with 2,4 – D @ 2-5ppm increases fruit set, earliness, and parthenocarpy.
31. GA3 induce parthenocarpy.
32. To enhance ripening of tomato – ethral @ 100ppm.
33. Maturity indices for long distance market – mature green, for local market – Breaker stage.
34. Tomato transgeneic variety – FlavrSavr (High Shelf life variety)
35. BIS specified grade of tomato is – 1. Super A, 2.Super, 3.Fancy, 4.Commercial.
36. Parentage of Pusa Ruby – Sioux x Improve Meeruti.
37. Parentage of Pusa Red plum –Solanum lycopersicon xSolanum pimpinellifolium
38. Pusa – 120 and HisarLalit are resistant to RKN.
39. Green shoulder and Long distance transport tomato variety is – PKM -1
40. PKM-1 is developed from mutation of Annanji Local cultivar.
41. Cold set variety of tomato – Pusa Sheetal
42. Hot Set variety of tomato – Pusa Sadabahar
43. Hisar Anmol – Resistant to TLCV.
44. CO-3 tomato variety otherwise called as – Marutham.
45. CO-1 is selection from Kalyanpur.
46. CO-2 is introduction from Russia.
47. Triple resistant (TLCV, Bacterial wilt, Early blight) variety of tomato is – Arka Samrat.
48. Tomato leaf curl virus (TLCV) is transmitted by – Whitefly (Bemisiatabaci)
, 49. Tomato fruit borer – Helicover paarmigera
50. Serpentine leaf miner – Liriomyzatrifoli
51. Tomato fruit cracking is deficiency of Boron.
52. Blotchy ripening – K deficiency
53. Blossom end rot (BER) – Ca deficiency
54. Two types of cracking is 1. Radial cracking, 2.Concentric cracking.
Brinjal
55. Brinjal otherwise called as – Poor man’s cusp, Eggplant, Aubergine.
56.Brinjal is day neutral plant.
57. white brinjal (KKM-1) is good for diabetic patients.
58. Dry fruit of brinjal contain goitrogeneic principles
59. Discolouration of brinjal is due to Polyphenol oxidase (PPO)
60. Bitter taste in brinjal is due to Solasodin e.
61. Solasodine of brinjal ranging from 0.37mg/100g.
62. India is the second largest producer of brinjal in the world after china.
63. Most favourable temp. for brinjal production – 21-27°C.
64. Optimum temperature of brinjal seed germination - 25°C.
65. Brinjal flowers are pentamerous.
66. Type of fruit – Berry
67. Heterostyly is common in Brinjal.
68. Different type of brinjalare 1. Long style, 2.Medium style, 3.Pseudo astyle and 4. Short style
69. Maximum fruit setting in long styled flowers – 70-86.7 % and medium style flowers – 12.5-55.6%
70. No fruit setting in Pseudo and Short style flowers.
