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Researchers

Mr Zach Bagley



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Companies/organisations
California Tomato Research Institute, Inc.

Job title
Managing Director

Research topics
  • QUALITY PARAMETERS & METHODS OF ANALYSIS
  • TOMATO COMPONENTS & PRODUCTS
  • FRUIT & PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • CROP PROTECTION, PESTS & DISEASES
    • bacterial canker, clavibacter michiganensis
    • bacterial speck, pseudomonas syringae
    • beet curly top virus, BCTV, geminiviridae curtovirus, beet leafhopper
    • consperse stink bug, euschitus conspersus
    • egyptian broomrape, root parastic plants, orobanche, phelipanche
    • fungicides, biofungicides
    • fungus, fungal diseases
    • fusarium wilt, fusarium oxyporum
    • herbicides, weed control, pre and post emergence treatment
    • insecticides
    • late blight, phytophtora infestans
    • nematodes, root knot nematodes, nematicides
    • other viruses, viral diseases
    • pesticides
    • powdery mildew, oidium neolycopersici
    • southern blight, sclerotium rolfsii
    • spotted wilt, TSWV
    • tuta absoluta, helicoverpa armigera, lepidoptera species
    • yellow leaf curl virus, TYLCV
  • FIELD MANAGEMENT, IRRIGATION & FERTILIZATION
    • biofertilizers
    • compost, manure, organic fertilisers
  • ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
    • organic production
  • VARIETIES, BREEDING & GENETICS
    • disease resistance, relative varietal resistance, resistance breaking
    • drought tolerance
    • extended field storage, EFS, extended field holding, EFH
    • variety trials
Contact details
PO Box 2437
95695, Woodland - California
USA
Contact email : Click to see email address
Description

Founded in 1968, The California Tomato Research Institute, Inc. is a non-profit organization of processing tomato growers. As the industry's research sponsor, the Institute's purpose is to identify, fund and direct research to maintain and enhance the economic viability of California's processing tomato industry with emphasis on production, product quality and the environment.



In the news

Broomrape: Parasitic weeds threaten California tomato fields

04/10/2023
Can science save California tomatoes from invasive weeds?  At first glance, Orobanche ramosa looks like an interesting blossoming plant,...
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Publication: ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1351

09/01/2023
The Proceedings of the XVI International Symposium on the Processing Tomato, held virtually in San Juan (Argentina) in 2022, have been published...
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The Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus in California

26/07/2019
Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV), a threat to field grown tomatoes in California?...
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Studies

Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV)- A threat to field grown tomatoes in California?

The Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) has spread globally in less than 5 years, is highly virulent and is not controlled by our existing genetics. Although ToBRFV is not currently established in California, it was detected in a greenhouse in southern California in 2018. This pamphlet has been put together as a brief to the industry on this new viruses status and characteristics; including measures which should be taken now by seed companies, dealers, growers and industry personnel to prevent it's spread into and throughout California.
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CTRI 2018 Report

The California Tomato Research Institute (CTRI) 2018 annual research report marks the 50th year of continuous crop research sponsored by the contributing members of the organization. 

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