El-Sherief, M. G. M.  <br/><br/>
Growth, chemical composition, yield and fruit quality of tomato plants as affected by different pesticides  [electronic resource]. 
 النمو والتركيب الكيماوى والمحصول وجودة الثمار لنباتات الطماطم تحت تأثير مبيدات مختلفة. 

 - p.1837-1854. 
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<br/><br/> Two field experiments were performed during the two seasons of 2002 and 2003, to study the effect of different pesticides (insecticide, acaricide and fungicide) on the growth, physiological behavior, yield and fruit quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill L. Supper strain B) plants. The obtained results indicated that, the greatest values for the growth characters represented by plant height and leaf area were obtained with samples taken 35 days after the pesticide treatments. Spraying tomato plants with all of the pesticides significantly decreased growth characters. The highest reduction in plant height and leaf area was achieved by the application of trebon (insecticide). The acaricide (sanmite) and the two fungicides (topsin-M and cupro-antracol) showed respectively higher values with the same growth parameters.  Key words: Tomato plants, pesticides, insecticides, plant height, sanmite, yield, fruit quality, total soluble solids, ascorbic acid. 
<br/><br/><br/>Summary in Arabic. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tomatoes--Growth.<br/>Tomatoes--Composition.<br/>Tomatoes--Yield.<br/>Tomatoes--Effect of pesticides on.<br/>Tomatoes--Quality.