@article{Dupuy:257037,
      recid = {257037},
      author = {Dupuy, J. W. and Sencion, M. and Fabelo, J. and Ferreiras,  V.},
      title = {ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR PRODUCING INDUSTRIAL TOMATO PLANTS  BY SMALL FARMERS},
      address = {1996-07-07},
      number = {1888-2017-851},
      pages = {3},
      year = {1996},
      abstract = {The histoiy and economic damage caused by the white fly,  Hemisia (abaci, is well documented worldwide. The  processing tomato industry >n the Azua Valley of Ihc  Dominican Republic, represents the main source of incomes  for more than 3,000 small farmers and Uic principal  activity For 4 tomato industries established in die region.  The tomato industry was almost devastated as the result of  (he presence of the White Fly and the geminivirus (TYLCV)  infestations. To recover the productivity of the tomato  crop, it was necessary to implement and validate a scries  of integrated pest management practices. Correct planting  time, use of resistant and early varieties, and application  of legal measures, arc among these practices. Combined widi  these, the production of tomato plantlets under mosquito  net tunnels, reduces the early infection of TYLCV. This  reduction results in an increase of yield and greater  incomes to farmers. This paper describes a viable and  economic method of producing planting materials using  locally available resources.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/257037},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.257037},
}