Vegetables - BMP in Florida - Research
Season 2006-2007

• Introduction
• Objectives (Viewing)
• Field trial
• Results
• Conclusions

A 3-year project was initiated in southwest Florida in 2004-05 to:

1. establish partnerships with selected tomato growers to evaluate the effects of N fertilization in commercial fields;
2. evaluate the effect of N fertilizer rate on plant growth, nutritional status, yield, disease and pest incidences, and crop market value;
3. determine the optimum N rate for tomato production; and
4. evaluate the cost effectiveness of selected N application rates.  This paper reports the results of the 2nd year of this project and focuses on objectives (1) and (2).