Physiological Disorders in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum Mill.)-An Abnormalities

Physiological disorders of tomato fruit are abnormalities in fruit morphology, colour, or both which are not caused by infectious diseases or insects. The fruit abnormalities occur as a result of environmental stress on the plant. Reported causes of physiological disorders include genetic, environmental factors, nutrition and cultural practices such as watering practices, training and pruning. Physiological disorders encountered in this study included blossom end rot (BER), blotchy ripening, growth cracks, catface, fruit cracking, cuticle cracking, internal white tissue, irregular ripening, puffiness, gold fleck, green back, stem abnormality, sun scald, chilling injury and bronzing.